Stars 0 vs Bruins 3 — Do They Make A Bruins Flu Shot?

Ok, well, that was just sad. 

Hub and I headed off for the AAC by ourselves last night.  Patty (in Dallas) is (in New Jersey) visiting the Ookies of Interchangeable Parts fame.  The Kid was a little under the weather and had an early morning call today for All-City Band try-outs.  (Which she thinks went all right. We’ll find out on Monday.)  So it was date night for us. 

What can I say about the game?  The Stars were just flat outplayed.  Period.  They were slow, sluggish, unorganized.  Couldn’t get a puck through the neutral zone, much less anywhere close to the net.  Oof.  I told Hub on the way home, I kept waiting for Morrow and Neal to come out and start banging bodies to get some energy going but….they tried here and there, but no go.  NO GO.  I’m not used to seeing the Stars get pushed around and that is what happened last night.  Wandell and Toby were primary targets, it seemed.  Over and over again with no response from the Stars.  I know they can.  Morrow, Neal, Barch, Sutherby, Fistric can all bang heads with the best of them.  I did see Ribs bounce off of Chara a couple of times.  Good for trying.  Hub said many times, they needed someone glued to Chara to solely be there to steal the puck from him.  You don’t have to hit him, just pokecheck.  Lord knows, there is plenty of room to reach in on him.  I don’t know what else to say about the game itself.  It was bad.  Is Otter that big of a difference maker for this team?  It kinda seems that way. 

Personally, we still had a good time.  We had a nice surprise during first intermission when Thomas Arendt stopped by.  Thomas is our ticket guy with the Stars and he does a fabulous job taking care of us.  I know we are small change in his pool of clientele but he is always first rate in his treatment of us.  I’ve been able to email or call him with any kind of question and he is always very quick and helpful with his response.  I highly recommend you call or email him to buy tickets.  (A nice plus is you don’t have to pay the extra fees like you do when you order online.)  His email is tarendt@dallasstars.com or call 214.467.8277 and ask for Thomas.  (Additional plus, he is adorable, even if he is a Longhorn, poor thing.)

Anyway, when Thomas stopped by to say hi, he gave us two tickets for the rest of the game in section 105 on the next to back row.  Choice, if I do day so.  Far enough up to see the whole rink but still close enough to hear more of the action.  I’ve sat in the lower bowl a couple of times and these were the best yet.  If you saw Rhadigan and Ludwig do their intermission reports, we were almost directly behind them.  If I had stood up and yelled, you would have at least heard me if not seen me.  Not that the thought crossed my mind or anything.    The Kid was bummed because she has been chomping at the bit to sit in the lower bowl.  I guess I’ll have to get her some, one of these days.  Personally, I am more comfortable in the upper deck.  You can be loud and people won’t stare at you.    The lower bowl is a whole different world.  More there to see and be seen than to watch a hockey game.  So I don’t see us ever moving down there on a permanent basis.  (Sorry, Thomas, no lower bowl commission coming from us.)  But it was fun to play dress up for one game.  Thanks again, Thomas!

On to tonight.  I won’t be blogging tonight because we have FIOS and therefore won’t be getting the game.  Gees, I hope this is not going to be an ongoing issue.  Is there a service out there that you can see all of the games on?  We got Center Ice for the first time this year, so we thought we were pretty well covered for hockey in general.  (With the exception of needing to bump up to the top line of FIOS to get NHL Network.  I’ve been waiting for Hub to get another job before I did anything else that would add to our monthly bills.)  Now we aren’t going to get several of our local team’s games?  Not cool.  But then again, after last night, I might not want to see tonight’s game.  Oh well.  I will be hanging out at Defending Big D.  See you there. 

GO STARS!!!  (I hope.)