Jake Scores A Puck!

We were lucky enough to get front row tickets (thanks Peepa!) to the Islanders/Capitals hockey game at the Nassau Coliseum! Jake was pretty much terrified to sit right on the ice because he was afraid the players would hit the wall, make a loud noise and the glass might break. He was partially correct in his assumptions - the players did hit the wall and make a loud noise (we jumped more than a few times), but the glass stayed intact and Jake got over his fears (mostly) and really enjoyed the game, sitting on the laps to see over the wall. The highlight was in the 2nd period when a puck went into the penalty box right next to us. An Islanders player was nice enough to throw it to Jake. Needless to say he was on Cloud 9! If we ever go to another NHL game again, it will have a real hard time measuring up to this awesome experience!

Peepa, Uncle Danny and his girlfriend Shannon, Ralph and I, and Jake all went to the game, and you can even see us on the highlight reel! Pause the video at 0:51 and you can see us all from above, we are just to the right of the security guard in the bright yellow shirt. You can see us again a little better at 1:09. You can see most of our group at 3:13, (I'm absent, waiting in line for one of the SIX ladies stalls in the entire stadium), and then you can see us cheering at the glass at 4:16. It was a fantastic time! Thanks to Geedah who sacrificed a sports night out to instead stay home and cuddle with Ali-girl.