Hurricane Season
Tuesday I went down to NC State to recruit for EMC with some other folks from RTP and at the end of our time there one of the people from NC State gave me a couple of tickets to see the Carolina Hurricanes play hockey tonight. I have followed the hurricanes somewhat since they moved to NC and got excited last year when they won the stanley cup, but I have never been to a game before. Back when we first moved to NC, before the Hurricanes came, there was the Raleigh Capitals, a minor league team, and dad used to take James and I to games, so I asked dad to come out to the game with me, and we had a blast.
Its the stretch run to the playoffs now, with 8 games left, and the Canes were tied with two other teams for the last spot in the playoffs, so this game did mean something, and they were able to pull off a come from behind 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals. I was pretty surprised at how crowded it was, at about 85 to 90 full all the time, and it was pretty noisy, especially in the third period when we scored two goals to take the lead.
I would definitely enjoy going to more hockey games there in the future, though not sure I would pay the $55 a ticket that we would have needed for tonights game. They specialize in barbecue and it will be some time before I forget the barbecue nacho chips I enjoyed for dinner. Overall a great experience and a lot of fun for both dad and I.