“CONDORS AT FULL POWER!”
…blares from the loudspeakers and the crowd roars! It was hockey nite in Bakersfield, and the excitement was palpable. My husbands company keeps a seasons Box at Rabobank Arena and Friday night all associates were invited to attend and enjoy the game and ammenities. That meant a birdseye view of the game where it would be warm (important in an ice arena!), and the food and drinks would flow freely. Can‘t beat that! Plus being raised in Canada where I learned to skate almost before I could walk, hockey remains a part of my heart and heritage. NOT that I know a whole heck of a lot about it, nor have we attended many games or watched it much on tv, unlike in Canada, football and basketball play a greater role in most american lives than hockey. But when we have an opportunity to attend a real live game, count us in!

For me, more than anything it’s the excitement in the air, the gladiators on the ice performing amazing feats with sticks and a tiny black puck, the racing at full speed across the ice, the brawls, trippings, slamming of bodies against the glass, the fans screaming and jeering, I don’t know, call me crazy (and millions of others like me), theres just something about Hockey that is just so darned much fun!

Bakersfield Condors: The Bakersfield Condors are a professional hockey team based in Bakersfield, CA and competing in the ECHL. They are affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL.

Alaska Aces: The Alaska Aces are a professional hockey team based in Anchorage, AK and competing in the ECHL. They are affiliated with the St. Louis Blues of the NHL.

High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing... everything else is just figure skating. ~Author Unknown