I Am…
I am a Chicago Blackhawks fan. Sports are a great distraction from everyday life (most of the time, sometimes there is too much real world incorporated into something that should be fun). And the ‘Hawks have been pretty damn good for the past half-decade or so. I was never a huge hockey fan. It is not my go to sport by a long shot but I give all sports their fare shake! It has always been hard for me to watch it – I ALWAYS lose the puck, my eyes just cannot follow that little thing around the damn ice. I’ve been a score checker for a great number of years, though. Gotta love technology!
Before the advancements of technology to follow everything humanly possible, I did not follow many sports. It was hard to do as a Chicago fan a thousand miles away so it just became what it was. When I started being able to have scores in my hand at all times with the touch of a button, I knew every Chicago teams score at all times; including the Blackhawks. I started watching the games more often in 2010. Playoff hockey is a lot of fun. I remember Sam was out training during the Finals (he’s never been a huge hockey fan either) so while he was gone, I saw the Blackhawks were up 3-2 in the series with game 6 on. I turned it on. I learned then that I speak a lot of gibberish when watching hockey (I will never watch a game I care about with anyone other than my husband!). I don’t know how to watch, I don’t know what to say and I’m a very vocal sports spectator. Every other sport, I can annunciate what I mean but not with hockey.
Ever since that game, Patrick Kane scoring the winning goal in OT to take home the Stanley Cup, I’ve followed along pretty closely. Patty Kane quickly became my favorite player (and remains to be!) I still don’t watch too many games because they are not televised in Colorado very often and I’m not home enough to sit down and watch games most of the time anyways. But, during the playoffs, I make it a point to catch as many of the games as I can now. Now the Blackhawks are down 3-2 to the Ducks. They love the playoff overtime games but they could not take last night’s game. They went down quick and worked their way back into to send it into OT and then just couldn’t finish it out. I was having a sports melt down last night, really. The Blackhawks dug themselves in a big hole and then Steph Curry (who now that the Bulls are out, I would like to see win it all), went down HARD. I didn’t know what to do with so much bad sports news happening at once!
Steph came back in but the Warriors couldn’t get back in the game just as the ‘Hawks could not close. But, the ‘Hawks like the pressure, they like making it close, they like overtimes and game 7s and stringing things out as long as possible. They like that all their fans need to own a defibrillator just to watch their damn games! I am hoping next season the Blackhawks are out here on a day I can go to the game so I can watch them here. I’ll be the one in my Patty Kane jersey, screaming gibberish nothingness as all the Avs fan wonder who the crazy chick is. I am a Blackhawks fan, what can I say? J
P.S. My book is available as an e-book on Amazon – you should check it out! http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1432669458&sr=8-2&keywords=jennifer+shriver
I am a Chicago Blackhawks fan. Sports are a great distraction from everyday life (most of the time, sometimes there is too much real world incorporated into something that should be fun). And the ‘Hawks have been pretty damn good for the past half-decade or so. I was never a huge hockey fan. It is not my go to sport by a long shot but I give all sports their fare shake! It has always been hard for me to watch it – I ALWAYS lose the puck, my eyes just cannot follow that little thing around the damn ice. I’ve been a score checker for a great number of years, though. Gotta love technology!
Before the advancements of technology to follow everything humanly possible, I did not follow many sports. It was hard to do as a Chicago fan a thousand miles away so it just became what it was. When I started being able to have scores in my hand at all times with the touch of a button, I knew every Chicago teams score at all times; including the Blackhawks. I started watching the games more often in 2010. Playoff hockey is a lot of fun. I remember Sam was out training during the Finals (he’s never been a huge hockey fan either) so while he was gone, I saw the Blackhawks were up 3-2 in the series with game 6 on. I turned it on. I learned then that I speak a lot of gibberish when watching hockey (I will never watch a game I care about with anyone other than my husband!). I don’t know how to watch, I don’t know what to say and I’m a very vocal sports spectator. Every other sport, I can annunciate what I mean but not with hockey.
Ever since that game, Patrick Kane scoring the winning goal in OT to take home the Stanley Cup, I’ve followed along pretty closely. Patty Kane quickly became my favorite player (and remains to be!) I still don’t watch too many games because they are not televised in Colorado very often and I’m not home enough to sit down and watch games most of the time anyways. But, during the playoffs, I make it a point to catch as many of the games as I can now. Now the Blackhawks are down 3-2 to the Ducks. They love the playoff overtime games but they could not take last night’s game. They went down quick and worked their way back into to send it into OT and then just couldn’t finish it out. I was having a sports melt down last night, really. The Blackhawks dug themselves in a big hole and then Steph Curry (who now that the Bulls are out, I would like to see win it all), went down HARD. I didn’t know what to do with so much bad sports news happening at once!
Steph came back in but the Warriors couldn’t get back in the game just as the ‘Hawks could not close. But, the ‘Hawks like the pressure, they like making it close, they like overtimes and game 7s and stringing things out as long as possible. They like that all their fans need to own a defibrillator just to watch their damn games! I am hoping next season the Blackhawks are out here on a day I can go to the game so I can watch them here. I’ll be the one in my Patty Kane jersey, screaming gibberish nothingness as all the Avs fan wonder who the crazy chick is. I am a Blackhawks fan, what can I say? J
P.S. My book is available as an e-book on Amazon – you should check it out! http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1432669458&sr=8-2&keywords=jennifer+shriver