Hockey is the new awesome

Or maybe it's always been awesome.  It can be the awesome for last week.  I attended the Caps-Canes game with several classmates.  We even got hooked up with a backstage "tour," which consisted of a sprint through the basement - past the zambonis, all the basketball court pieces, and the caps locker room.
For the record, I have always wanted to ride a zamboni.  There were some little kids that got to ride with the zamboni drivers between periods of the game - I was green with envy.  If anyone knows a zamboni driver that would hook a sister up, I would be most obliged.  But I digress.

I've seen lots of hockey games in my life.  But I think this one was the best I've ever seen.  Really!  Check out this lineup...

*We got to see a fight (a GOOD one!  The gloves came off and they even hit the floor before the refs tore them apart!)

*The entertainment between both periods was most excellent (one was a race between a bunch of hockey pucks, shown below.  It ended with the blue one diving into the net FTW.  The other was a bunch of kids playing hockey - one kid dominated so much, he could probably play with the Caps right now, and I'd pick him to be MVP.)

*The ending of the game was intense and had the entire crowd at the edge of our seats - especially the very last play, 10 seconds before the finish, when the game-winning shot was scored.  

*Somewhere in the craziness of that play, one of the players ended up on the ground, with what I imagine was a broken nose.  That's right, we even got blood on the ice.

So, to recap: tour, fight, hockey puck net diver man, junior MVP, photo finish, and blood.  Best. Game. Ever.