I had a chance to see my first NHL game this week.  On Tuesday, the San Jose Sharks played the New Jersey Devils at the HP Pavilion.  Fresh off the Olympic hockey finale, we were ready for more icy action.  We even got an up-close-and-personal view of Sharkie the mascot as he gave a bag of goodies to a kid in the row in front of us.  I’ve decided that hockey is a lot like soccer — there’s not a lot of scoring, but a goal could come at any moment, which makes it interesting.

sharkie

Except in this game there was plenty of scoring.  The Devils took a 4-0 lead in the 3rd (final) period to completely deflate the Sharks crowd.  It would be basically like being down 28-0 halfway through the 4th quarter of a football game.  There’s always a chance for a miracle comeback, but it’s probably not going to happen.  People started to leave.

But then the Sharks scored.

And then they scored again.

And again.

Three goals in three minutes!  The place was going nuts.  The giant shark head hanging from the rafters that blows smoke after goals barely had time to be reset.

The Sharks then pulled their goalie out to have an extra man on the ice, in a last ditch effort to score again and tie the game.  Ultimately they fell short, but it was definitely exciting.  I’d go back.

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