2 Cups!

Today was without a doubt one of the best days of my life. Ever. I headed home for my little brother's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. I'm so proud of him! It was a great ceremony, I am very happy for him, and it was great to see a whole bunch of old Scouts and family friends that I haven't seen for a few years.

I found myself a ticket for the FF semifinal on Friday night, I was in the 3rd row of the upper deck at center ice, they were great seats. I enjoyed seeing us beat Wisconsin again, especially since I was at the game we lost to them earlier in the season. I still couldn't swear (little children in the vicinity, I'm not that much of an asshole), but at least I could say "suck" as loud as I wanted to! Wheeler had an amazing night (which he has not done all year), with a hat trick; 2 of his goals were with 4 seconds left in the period. The Gophers showed a lot of hustle and grit that I have not seen since before winter break. They recovered from an own goal and another 1-goal deficit to win by 2 against a defense-oriented team. Not bad at all.

Now, on to tonight. BEST. GAME. EVER. I managed to score 4 tickets for the game through my Dad's work earlier in the week, not even knowing if the Gophers would be playing in the game. Boy, was I glad I got them. On Friday, I was ecstatic because I was able to go to both the games the Gophs were playing in, which happened to be against our 2 biggest rivals, the badgers and sue. The seats i got were in the 12th row of the lower deck right on the Goal line, by far the closest to the ice I have ever been for a Gopher game (for only $20/ea too!). It was close all the way, finally going in to OT tied at 2. Wheeler made an amazing goal to win the game, everyone went nuts. The atmosphere at the Xcel was absolutely incredible, almost twice the number of fans that are in Mariucci. Here is a replay of the winning goal, which, as mentioned in the clip, bears a striking resemblance to Neal Broten's GWG in the 1979 National Championship Game against (who else?) the Sioux. On the way back, since we were on the band bus, I had the opportunity to talk with some of the Hockey Cheerleaders, who turned out to be some really cool people.

I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll complete and/or organize my thoughts if I think of it, maybe not.