Game day!

Thank you Neely for the awesome tickets!

There definitely are not as many people here today as there were when Canada was playing. However we are not complaining. The first game was really good (and fast). 

When we first arrived we went and bought some swag from the store at 50% off. I got a t shirt and Lola bought a long sleeve shirt, zip up sweater and eventually found one of the last Team Canada toques. 

The game started started off with us being on the jumbo tron... We wouldn't have won the craziest fan award. In fact, we didn't really know what to do... Lol. 

Unfortunately we were both so surprised that we didn't get a chance to get a picture. Oh well. 

Between the first and second period, the crew changed sponsor decals which we thought was really strange. I guess there is an option to only pay for a period of board sponsorship... They sure made fast work and didn't seem to have any air bubbles in their installation ;)

Second period was also good. A nice gentleman came and was talking to Lola, explaining that she won a $100 McDonalds McCafe gift card. We couldn't stop laughing about this. Lola swiftly passed me her camera and said "don't miss this". Well, I didn't disappoint:

Here are some other pics from the US vs Russia game:

Stairs entering the bell centre

Pre game media

One of the Russia goals

National anthem

After the first game, we went to La Cage Aux Sports at the Bell Centre and had a snack and a few beers. The cage was super busy and we were jammed downstairs with many (many) others. 

The second game was really good as well. There were no extravaganzas like the first game...  The game was noticeably different from the first game, the difference being a European style game with lots of speed and passing vs a North American bump and grind type of game. 

Here is Slovakia getting ready for the game:

And here is the celebration after the win!

After the game, we made our way to Baton Rouge near our car at the Namur metro station. There was a Habs game in the tv so we had to stream the Canada game on my iPhone while we had dinner. 

We are now sitting in the hotel room watching the Canada game and enjoying some tea after a busy day of hockey. 

Tomorrow will probably be spent downtown and in the old port. Should be a relatively relaxing last full day in Montreal. 

Hopefully it doesn't snow to much back home. Too bad it didn't snow more here for some more snowboarding...

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