Hockey. Hockey.

How well I've taught her. Paisley and I are in the playoff spirit these days. The Flames may be a month into the golf season, but Montreal making a run is almost as good as if Calgary was doing it. As we drew on the sidewalk today, she recognized the logo and responded with, "hockey, hockey." That's my girl :-)

Saturday Slice - Hockey

Today's theme is hockey (hmm, I wonder who picked the theme this week?). Actually, he even hand picked each item for you today. :) So this is a Saturday Slice, by Joshua.

To start..... if our daughter was still young and not on her feet all the time:

These adorable crocheted hockey skate booties, made by HeathersTreasureBox:

Here's a baby shirt by threewagons:

Hockey Puck Soap by daisycakessoap:

Want ideas on what to do with your broken hockey sticks? NHL Digest has an article all about that:

And finally, a Stanley Cup cake:

Must be play off season or something :P.

The Sutters and my first hockey-related injury in 3+ years.

The Sutter brothers were inducted to the Hurricanes Hall of Fame this evening prior to the start of the game against Medicine Hat. I shot some video on my phone ... it's not great quality, but here's a look at the ceremony (more, including speeches, at www.qik.com/canescast)



I also took a puck in the ribs during the game. We sat in Mark's neighbour's seats tonight: first row just inside the visitors' blue line. A puck was deflected over the glass and into our row, glancing off of Morgan before hitting me. A hockey puck is a hockey puck to me, so Mark claimed it to send back to England for his nephew. I'm hoping tomorrow to see a nice bruise where the puck hit. I really need to get back into playing again :-)

First hockey game!

First hockey game!
Originally uploaded by Joshua Schroeder

Paisley got to see her first live hockey game tonight. She stayed for the first period, but got a little restless after the noise that came with the third Hurricanes goal. Paisley got her very own Lethbridge Hurricanes jersey before we left, but we didn't get any pictures of her wearing it yet.

Flames Fans

Flames Fans
Originally uploaded by Joshua Schroeder

It's been a while since we posted any photos, and I know the grandparents are anxious to see Paisley, so here's a quick one of us in our Flames outfits.

Hockey Season has arrived!

Hurricanes blimp, originally uploaded by Joshua Schroeder.

Well Josh is very excited this year. He has Season's Tickets to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Which means he get to see A LOT of hockey. Here's just one of his photos from the season opener last weekend. Its the blimp that flies around at intermissions.

My life at the Enmax

My week of residence in the Enmax Center has come to an end now. Four of the previous seven evenings were spent in the seats of the arena. Thursday night Tamara and I went with some friends to see Paul Brandt in concert.



Because Michael from work went to school with Paul he was able to get us some meet & greet passes for before the show. We got to chat with Paul Brandt for a few minutes and have a picture taken with him. Much like myself, Paul will be a father for the first time in the next couple of months, and like me, he is both scared and excited about it.



Round two of the WHL playoffs started on Friday at the Enmax. We were all heartbroken with the 3-2 Hurricane loss after blowing a 2-0 third period lead. They almost blew a 4-0 third period lead last night (see photo above: 3-0 at the start of the third), narrowly escaping with a 5-4 win in OT. The good news out of that is that we are guaranteed a game 5 in Lethbridge next Friday.

The Enmax Center: My home away from home

I'm thinking of having my mail forwarded to the Enmax Center; I've been spending that much time there. Brian and I took in game 6 of the Hurricanes' opening round series against Brandon on Sunday night. A dominant performance by the 'Canes that was, and they earned themselves a spot in the second round. So Friday and Saturday I'll goto the Hurricane games against Kootenay with some of the guys from work. Tonight, however, we're going to see Paul Brandt, and since Michael went to high school with him, we've managed to get backstage passes.

It should be a fun weekend! If you're looking for me, try section LL at the Enmax.