Girl’s Night Out

Last weekend they arranged for the girl’s hockey team to all meet at the Dartmouth game to cheer on the women and watch their friends skate on the big arena ice. The powers that be had set up a one-on-one shoot out between the different hockey programs, and one of A’s teammates was going to do it. Consequently, all of her teammates went. They got in free with their jerseys, so there was no way we weren’t going. Plus, we were at Stateline earlier in the day and one of the salespeople gave us complimentary tickets, which only cost about $5 each, but it was still nice.

We went to Boloco for our traditional pre-game meal, where we saw several of A’s buddies streaming in. We beat the rush and got out with time to spare. Once at the game, we got seats and let the kids run free. Fortunately for N, several of his buddies showed up, so he didn’t have to hang with the girls only. A, of course, was beside herself, what with a dozen of her good friends and teammates. The night was really fun.

One note, the game was against Harvard, who are in first place and always a threat to be champions. I noticed that all of the Harvard coaches are women, which is unusual, even for women's hockey. I think A's team would benefit from having a woman as a coach.

We got home late and had games and practices to deal with, but all in all, it was a great weekend. Plus, N had only one game, and A had none, so we didn’t spend driving all around the state, like we usually do.

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to 560XLS for the pic.