S07e20 - In a "C" of Red

The 27th was Hockey Night in Calgary with my beloved Senators playing Calgary at the Penngrowth Saddle Dome.

7 of us where going, 6 Elias' and one me, all dressed in our best Ottawa gear ready to take a hammering from the home fans.

The really cool thing, well, in my reckoning anyway, was that we had all gotten tickets in the Sportchek Zone, which for those that don't know the SaddleDome is the nice way of naming the cheap seats. Not that its all that bad as hocket arenas arent massivly huge like the MCG for example and so the nose bleed seats are still pretty fair.

Naomi and myself however happened into a couple of season ticket seats in the 200 area which gave us an amazing view of the game.

The reseption on the whole from the home fans was pretty good and seeing as it was two Canadian teams playing feelings before the puck dropped where pretty even keeled. That of course changed a little once the puck dropped and when the Sens grabbed a 2 to 0 lead early in the second period, it was starting to get a little icey.

The ice was broken, then smashed when a 5 minute period in the 2nd offered the Flames 3 unanswered goals for them to lead going into the 2nd intermission .... by now, the home fans, full of liquid courage began to get a little cocky.

I'm not a loud obnoxious supporter in anycase and was just happy to be watching two NHL sides go at it.

We ended up going down 6 to 3 after tying it up early in the 3rd, but the experience of it all was simply amazing. The "C of Red" as the Calgary home fans are known where loud and vocal al night and lived up to their name as 80% of Flames fans had their home jerseys on giving the crowd a good dose of red. It also helped that the Sens are the same colours, so the crowd looked redder than ever on the night.