i remember black skies, the lightning all around me.
i remembered each flash as time began to blur.
like a startling sign that fate had finally found me.
- new divide by linkin park
Yesterday I ventured to Honda Center to see my Ducks take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. There was so much traffic yesterday, I ended up sitting in traffic for an hour. Luckily, I made it there just in time to run up to my seat and see Teemu Selanne score for the first goal of the night. 1-0 Ducks after 6:38 minutes of play. Tampa Bay gets some chances in the period, but the Ducks score again on the powerplay. 2-0 Ducks thanks to Ryan Getzlaf.
Second period has an okay fight between Anaheim's Mike Brown and Tampa Bay's Zenon Konopka, it's nothing compared to the fan fight that happened after the game. I'll explain that in just a second. A minute after the fight, Tampa Bay's David Hale clips Bobby Ryan in the face with a high stick. Bobby's bleeding, it's a four minute penalty. Bobby ends up scoring on the ensuing powerplay, 3-0 Ducks. And then things got weird... Tampa Bay scores two goals in 18 seconds to suddenly make the score 3-2. Yes, the second of those Tampa Bay goals was pretty spectacular, but Stamkos, how about you score that goal on a night when you're not playing my Ducks? Alright.
Third period starts with Tampa Bay on a powerplay because of a last minute Todd Marchant penalty. Tampa Bay score, 3-3. It's the third in a row for Tampa, and people in the duck pond were pissed. Both teams get some pretty looking shots in the third, but nothing finds the back of the net. To an overtime that shouldn't even have been necessary in the first place, we go. Eleven seconds into OT, Ryan Malone of Tampa Bay gets a two minute cross checking penalty. It's four Ducks to three Lightning players and it doesn't take long for the Ducks to score. Selanne to Getzlaf, Getzlaf to Niedermayer, Niedermayer gets nothing but net. 4-3 Ducks win.
But wait, it doesnt end there. This year the three stars of the game give away their sticks if they're a Duck. 3rd star was Selanne, but he was m.i.a. from the stick giveaway for some reason. 2nd star was Getzlaf and he safely hands it to a little boy through one of the photographer's holes in the glass. 1st star was Captain Scott Niedermayer and he gently throws it over the glass to a younger girl. Well, some jerkface grabs it out of her hands and fights the girl's mother over it. I wish I were joking.
Second period has an okay fight between Anaheim's Mike Brown and Tampa Bay's Zenon Konopka, it's nothing compared to the fan fight that happened after the game. I'll explain that in just a second. A minute after the fight, Tampa Bay's David Hale clips Bobby Ryan in the face with a high stick. Bobby's bleeding, it's a four minute penalty. Bobby ends up scoring on the ensuing powerplay, 3-0 Ducks. And then things got weird... Tampa Bay scores two goals in 18 seconds to suddenly make the score 3-2. Yes, the second of those Tampa Bay goals was pretty spectacular, but Stamkos, how about you score that goal on a night when you're not playing my Ducks? Alright.
Third period starts with Tampa Bay on a powerplay because of a last minute Todd Marchant penalty. Tampa Bay score, 3-3. It's the third in a row for Tampa, and people in the duck pond were pissed. Both teams get some pretty looking shots in the third, but nothing finds the back of the net. To an overtime that shouldn't even have been necessary in the first place, we go. Eleven seconds into OT, Ryan Malone of Tampa Bay gets a two minute cross checking penalty. It's four Ducks to three Lightning players and it doesn't take long for the Ducks to score. Selanne to Getzlaf, Getzlaf to Niedermayer, Niedermayer gets nothing but net. 4-3 Ducks win.
But wait, it doesnt end there. This year the three stars of the game give away their sticks if they're a Duck. 3rd star was Selanne, but he was m.i.a. from the stick giveaway for some reason. 2nd star was Getzlaf and he safely hands it to a little boy through one of the photographer's holes in the glass. 1st star was Captain Scott Niedermayer and he gently throws it over the glass to a younger girl. Well, some jerkface grabs it out of her hands and fights the girl's mother over it. I wish I were joking.
ALRIGHT. apparently the guy in plaid in the video is pro-skateboarder and Ducks fan Mike V. He beat the guy in blue, and was arrested. The Ducks have severed their ties with Mike, who was suppose to launch his Ducks line tomorrow at the game.
Way to go Mike. It was bad enough that people fought over a stick at our game, but learning that mike v was involved? Horrible.
Ducks fans are getting ripped a new one.
At least our top line isn't ripping off cabbies... yet.
Ducks versus Sharks Saturday night, 7 p.m. Honda Center.
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