Jerry's Game Recap - Wild vs Flyers

Well, the second game on the tour took us close to home... Well, 3 hours away to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was rooting for the Flyers for the simple reason Jen was rooting for the Wild. I was torn though since Owen Nolan is one of my all-time favorite players.

Five minutes after the drop of the puck, the Wild's Cal Clutterbuck put a wrister past Leighton, but Philly answered quickly... Literally within 30 seconds, Flyer tough guy Daniel Carcillo mucked one in to tie it up. Other than that, the 1st period was pretty slow action wise.

The second period brought more physical play, and my man Owen Nolan put the puck in the net halfway through the period. Shortly after that, he dropped Hartnell with a big clean open ice hit that resulted in them dropping the gloves for a quick bout. Nolan Landed a couple, Hartnell had one or so glance of a shoulder pad then they went down to the ice. It really got the crowd pumped, and even though I was for the boys in orange, I was happy it was Owen that was putting on the show.

Third period brought some decent hits, a few penalties, and shots on goal, but no tallies on the board. The WIld got the 2-1 W and the coolest part was the Wild goalie made his rookie debut start and the received the player of the game award. Khudobin made 38 saves and won over a very skeptical crowd.

The humor I found in the evening was there was a cougar type woman sitting next to me with her three kids. They were held up in there big dolla seat season tix. When the Wild scored, she would high five Jen because I was wearing my Dave Schultz Flyers Jersey. Anyway, in chatting I told her I was really a Hawks fan and she said she was too. I told her I was originally from Chicago and asked if she was as well? She replied "No, we just think Patrick Kane is cute." Wow, not sure that's a reason to be a fan? Oh well, whatever!

Then the funniest installment - As the announcer repeated "THE GREATEST FANS IN THE WORLD!" I replied ..."If you were the greatest fans in the world, the Northstars would of never moved to Dallas!"... Well, I thought it was funny!

See you after Phoenix,
Jerry