Ugly, Ugly, Ugly. The Kings lost to the Ducks today 6-2 and it wasn’t even that close. And they lost on Thursday to Edmonton in a way that wasn’t as ugly but still was ugly.
There are two interesting stories from the games, one from Thursday’s game and one from today’s game. On Thursday’s game, Annette caught one of the tennis balls that the Kings Crew throws into the crowds. As a result, we won a two item dinner for one from Panda Express. Yes, only one. There was a bigger prize to be won. If the player whose number was on the ball you caught scored next, then you won the grand prize. Our ball had number 20 on it. Luc’s number. So, we were pretty excited. Luc’s been playing well and, as luck would have it, he scored next. We won the grand prize. What could it be? Kings stuff? A jersey? Nope, we won the panda in the picture.
For today’s game, the only redeeming part of the game was that Annette and I showed up early for the game and watched the warmups from next to the glass. We had made up a sign to have Luc sign our tickets from the 1/19 game. No such luck. We had a couple of other signs, one that said Welcome Back Eric, which was for Eric Belanger, who was playing again after missing a number of games. Standing next to us was a kid who was about 4 years old, maybe younger. Annette started talking to the kid and eventually, he was standing in front of her, next to me. Since we were standing in the photographers area, there is a small door, about the size of the puck, in the glass. Eric Belanger gave the kid a puck through the door for the kid. Way to go, Eric! So, we didn’t get out ticket signed by Luc but we did help a kid get a real NHL puck.
Is it just me or is this blog turning into a hockey blog?
One last thing. I’m looking forward to a good game on Monday by the Kings so they’ll beat the Ducks.