Friday:
I left work around 3 and drove towards the city, my plan was to park at a train station and take the train back and forth. Cost wise it wasn't too bad and convenience wise it was great. On the way up I found a great opportunity to show why so many people make fun of Jersey:
This was only one of the many scenic stretches of the Jersey Turnpike. On a side note, probably wasn't the best idea to try to record video while driving, but as you can see from the camera work, I was focusing on the road!
After parking my car I met up with Dave in Newark and headed to the Prudential Center to see the game. The place is practically brand new (a year or two old I think) and it looked pretty nice. It was a very modern facility but as is normally the case it didn't have any sort of a special feel to it.
The view from our seats wasn't bad (the camera always makes it seem further away) and we didn't have a row behind us so it was really easy to get in and out of them. We got there about 30 minutes early so we saw the end of warm ups and then had some time to kill. While we were chilling I noticed one of the trillest things ever...
TVs in the rafters!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think they were for the press box level, but still, that is some pretty trill ish. It was around this point that some crazy ass Devils fans showed up and took there seats in front of us. They called themselves the Hard Hats (for obvious reasons) and one dude had a conch shell that he kept blowing into.Since I don't think anyone who reads this blog follows the Devils (or hockey that closely), I'll provide a recap. The Leafs were up 3-1 with 3:00 minutes left in the game when the Devils scored making it 3-2. With 48 seconds left in the game the Devils scored on a 6-4 power play to tie up the game. Finally, to just put the icing on the crap cake, the Devils scored with 19 seconds left to win the game 4-3 in a pretty heartbreaking loss. Total bummer. One more thing, that place was pretty empty for the 2nd place team in the conference on a Friday night, not sure the video does it justice, but it was maybe 2/3 full at most.
After the game, Dave and I went out to a few different bars with his roommates and got pretty crunk. It hit me pretty hard that night and took me out of commission for most of Saturday (can't drink like I used to). Saturday night Dave and I headed back out into the city to meet up with a friend from highschool (TO) and a friend of mine from Germany. We went to a pretty chill place and kicked it for a bit but ultimately called it a night fairly early since everyone was pretty tired. Sunday was pretty relaxed, Dave and I walked around his neighborhood for a bit and took in the sights before grabbing a bite to eat. I took off around 1:oo to get back for the Super Bowl (happy the Saints won) and overall it was a pretty good weekend.
That is a dumb loss.
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