I always forget how fun hockey is till I go to a game. Saturday night, the wife and I went to a Thrashers/Hurricanes game here in Atlanta. There was plenty of pushing, but no good rumbles.

As you can tell from the pictures, most of the crowd hadn’t shown up by the start of the game. This seems to be a problem with all Atlanta professional sports teams. The only time I ever saw a pre-game packed house was when the Atlanta Braves were good back in the mid-90s. By the 2nd period, there were only a handful of empty seats. People try to be blame it on the traffic, which makes no sense. Everyone knows traffic is bad, why not leave earlier?

Oh well. The game itself was enjoyable as the Thrashers scored 4 goals in the 3rd period to win 5-3.

Yes, yes, as it was pointed out to me, the Thrashers are pretty awful, but it was still fun!

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