Sunday, October 26, 2008

NHL in the Madison Square Garden Rocks...

...As written earlier yesterday was the day of my first NHL (National Hockey League) game in the World's Most Famous Arena, the Madison Square Garden (MSG). We watched the New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins in an arena which was sold out! So we were under 18,200 Rangers fans.

The Rangers started not very good, but in the end they really did perfect catch-up (2nd goal 8 seconds before the end - crazy moments). Here is a video from the goal - don't miss it, because it is awesome and you can feel a bit how fabulous the atmosphere was in the stadium - here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvkdy5dUl_8 (Length: 1min and 02 sec.)
(Everybody was singing: Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal - Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! ...)

After the overtime the Rangers won the shootout session 3:2. For more details, please read the game recap on the NHL website.

We were lucky because around us were real hardcore Rangers fans (I believe season subscribers) and they were singing most of the time. That was fun!

After the game some people were saying that this was one of the best games since a long time in this arena. I don't know if this is true, but it was really loud when the Rangers scored their second goal and won the shootout.

What else? National anthem of the United States at the beginning of nearly every event.
Hockey field during the game with the players and around the huge tribune. Our seats were in the upper area, but the view was still very good and we needed five in a row and this is not so easy to get - otherwise it would be very $$$$.
It's written everywhere. "I AM A RANGER", "LET'S GO RANGERS" and "I BLEED RANGER BLUE" (picture before the game - afterwards no seats were empty!).
It was more fun as it looks like.
Now I'm looking forward to the NBA game (November, 16th) which is also in the Madison Square Garden...

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