Sens Game

Last night Pete and I went to the Sens game, well ok we saw 2 of the 3 periods. The congestion in the Corel Centre parking area is insane and the most poorly organized thing I've ever seen. We got off the Queensway at 7:05 and slowly inched our way to a parking spot, it kinda felt like we were trying to get away from Hurricane Rita. Pete managed to cram his Ford F150 king cab between a couple of cars and we managed to "wander" our way through the parking lots and finally made it into the building at 8:20. We missed all of the first period and most of the intermission before we made it to our seats.
One would think that leaving an hour before a game would allow enough time that you MAY miss the opening face off but still see most of the first period, but not in Ottawa and especially not the Corel Centre. If they ever give out awards for the "Worst Designed Parking Lot" the Corel Centre would win hands down! There was a wile where we didn't know if we were going to make the start of the second period. Here's a little tip for the idiots that the Corel Centre - Forcing 5 lanes of traffic into 1 is not a very bright thing to do. From now on I'll just have to leave 2 hours before game time to see the opening face off. Tracy thought I was nuts when I told her we were leaving at 6:00 to see the game. Even leaving at 6:00 we still would have missed the opening face off. You shouldn't have to spend an hour and a half in a parking lot trying to park your car.
The game it's self was really entertaining and fast paced. I like all the new rule changes except the shoot out part. I wasn't all that excited by it but then again the game wasn't on the line. Sidney Crosby played well, but I think he's in for a long season and doesn't seem quite ready on the defense side of things but show a lot of promise. I'm not ready yet to jump onto the "Sens Cup" bandwagon yet, after all it is preseason.
After the game Pete and I decided to hang out at Finigans bar and have a few beers and wait for the madness in the parking lot to end. We left after an hour and had no problem getting out, I guess that's what they want you to do, show up early have a few beers and then stick around after the game and have a few more beers.
Overall it was just nice to be back out at a NHL hockey game. GO OILERS GO! Hockey starts next week!