Ever since St. Olaf installed a state-of-the-art ice arena on campus in January 2019 I have wanted to attend a hockey game. I liked hockey in high school but I can’t remember going to a game since then…so that was over 40 years ago!
I missed out on last year’s season but I remembered to check the schedule for this season and finally made it to a men’s hockey game in the new arena.
The game we attended St. Olaf played against Gustavus College, and lost….badly. The final score was 6 -0. Ouch.
O well, it was fun to see how fast the players skate and how well they maneuver the puck. It is a fast paced game…there is no on-going announcer and not very many “stops-on-the-clock” so the 3 twenty minute periods go rather quickly.
There are 15 minute breaks between periods however, but that is for smoothing the ice with the Zamboni…which is also fun to watch but I forgot to take a photo.
Even though St. Olaf lost it was fun to experience the hockey game. I don’t know anything about the ratings of the college teams…if Gustavus was favored to win this game we attended or, if St. Olaf had a bad night…but I think the next time I go to the ice rink I may try open skate time.