

At least one Bay Area team is doing well this year. Went to an exciting game at the HP Arena last night and cheered the Sharks to a 4-5 victory.
Ryane Clowe had a lot to do with the win, scoring 2 goals to get the Sharks even and getting a shot past the St Louis Blues' goalie, Ben Bishop, in the game-ending shootout. Hockey is such a quick, dazzling sport with so much action - players jumping on & off the ice, puck flying, fists flying, sticks clacking and excited fans jumping up and down. I was cheering my favorite player, Jonathan
Cheechoo, whose rough & tumble play earned him 2
sit-outs in the penalty box. I was also pleased to see such a diversity of players on the ice: along with the traditional Canadian and American players, African American, Japanese American, Inuit Canadian, Russian, German,
Kazakhstan and Czech. I can easily become a rabid fan of this sport.