On Sunday night I traipsed off to Coventry, for what is probably the fourth time in my entire life, for the Panthers v Blaze match at the Skydome Arena. Nottingham Panthers are currently third in the league behind Coventry Blaze and they lost the game against them at Nottingham on Saturday. After finding both the Skydome and my seat relatively easily, I settled down to wait. At this point I should probably say that the Skydome was excellent in terms of its build up and atmosphere just before the game. Lights and Pirates of the Caribbean music - seriously, you're not going to go wrong with that, are you?
So I settled myself in behind the net, with all the other Panthers fans and yelled and cheered my way through three periods. Unfortunately the Panthers only managed to hold the lead for two periods before they began making mistakes that lead Blaze to get two goals in as much as nineteen seconds and go on to win 6-3. That night someone asked me if it mattered that they lost and I told him that it didn't matter too much, it was more the fact that I love watching ice hockey and actually being there to experience the atmosphere. His reply was that I'd love the New York Rangers at Madison Square Gardens. Oh well, until I can save enough for that, guess I'll just have to continue going to see the Panthers...

Labels: coventry blaze, elite league, ice hockey, nottingham panthers