Wild Card/Sunday — 3/11/07

I saw the second and last hockey game of my life tonight — a 2-1 shootout victory by the Kootenay Ice over the home-standing Spokane Chiefs. It was the Chiefs last home game of the season. The Spokane Arena was packed. More than 10,000. For the life of me, I can’t understand what anyone sees in hockey. I mean the skating was nice as players flashed up and down the ice. It was cool to see them bang and another into the boards. But there were no fights and little scoring to keep my interest. I was sitting at center ice about 6 or 7 rows back. So, we were close enough to see the faces of the participants. But it was boring. 60 minutes of sheer boredom. Give me Arena Football any day. I’ll pass next time the church guys want to head over to Spokane to see the Chiefs. Now, for your Wild Card …