Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Wranglers & The Leafs - Two Choking Peas in a Pod
My parents took Leigh-Ann and I to the Las Vegas Wranglers midnight game, which is generally a fun and festive affair. Apparently, the Wranglers forgot to take care of the festive for us. It was absolutely the same as any old game, which was disappointing. Remind me to get around to complaining to them. They were winning the game 4-1 at one point, and leading throughout the entire game. They allowed three goals in the third period, then choked further (the goalie was pretty sucky - it was someone we’d never heard of before) in the shootout. The easy victory snatched away by the jaws of stupid defeat reminded us so very much of the Maple Leafs, of this year and last, and the year before that, and the year before that, and so on. We were kind of out of it, as we went out to breakfast after the midnight game, then went grocery shopping after that. So, our schedule was all out of whack. That meant that we missed last night’s Leafs’ game.
This is from the Toronto Star. Does it sound vaguely familiar? Like many of the games from the team we know and occasionally love? After almost three periods of solid hockey, the Leafs’ top left winger made an incredible gaffe, leading to the tying goal and, ultimately, a 3-2 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes before 17,045 at the RBC Center last night.. What a surprise. Not. The Leafs must constantly make winning difficult…or impossible.
That said, we had a good time at the Wranglers’ game. The game had lots of action, we each got our pretzel & cheese (a deliciously fresh crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, warm pretzel), and except for the stupid classless woman sitting behind my parents who spent most of the game cussing at the players and the ref (the officiating actually DID suck), I think a good time was had by all. Of course, it could have been better if the Wranglers had actually attempted to go out of their way and give the pre-Xmas crowd some entertainment. Chuck-a-Puck and having two guys attempt to put on a frozen t-shirt at center ice? Not really entertainment. The best midnight game had Mini Kiss performing. Last year had a crappy Billy Idol impersonator, but at least they tried.
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