First Hockey Game

Texas has many sports passions -- football, NASCAR, football, tobacco chewing and football -- but hockey is not one of them. There is essentially no national TV coverage available here (don't even ask about getting Don Cherry -- though through the wonders of the Internet, even Texans can get access to the wisdom of Coach's Corner). We do get pretty decent coverage of the Dallas Stars on local TV but the NHL schedule makes it pretty rare to see either Montreal or Toronto -- which is a potential hurdle to the proper cultural development of our little man.

However, the hockey gods smiled on us yesterday -- Montreal came to Dallas for the first time in 2 years. We figured that Dougie was still a bit little to enjoy the game in person (especially for the price!) but we settled in at home to watch a bit of the game. (Our official "first sporting event" in HDTV!) We gave up after the first period as Dougie was starting to wane, but we had a good time all the same.

A couple of pictures of the two hockey fans:

Laying out the jerseys before the games (thanks to Auntie Suz for the extra-extra-extra small!)


What's the old Rocket Richard commercial... "Two minutes for looking so good!"


The newest Habs fan (gives new meaning to the term 'short-handed'!)


Dougie takes his first dive