Devils 4 Panthers 2

Kind of on a whim the sainted wife and I decided to head out to the Meadowlands to see the New Jersey Devils faceoff against the Florida Panthers. First off we hit a lot of traffic for a Saturday night and didn't get to the parking lot until almost 7:00 for a 7:30 game. Then I screwed up in the parking lot by missing the entrance to the handicapped lot and we wound up nearer to Giants Satdium than to the arena. Fortunately we found a shuttle bus to take us up to the arena so we were OK. It turned out to be an entertaining game with the Devils winning 4-2. A couple of fights and one of the Devils had a Panther's stick wind up between his helmet strap and his cheek! Never saw that before. We Tivo'd the game and watched it when we came home, which is kind of cool. Some points:

1) $52.00 a seat. Center ice? Yes. Near the ice? Nope. We were in the upper bowl closer to the back wall than the gate. And they wonder why attendance down?

2)Along those same lines....$7.00 for a Coors Light. $4.00 for a bottle of water. $5.25 for a small hot fudge sundae. OUCH!

3) On the other hand we only paid $2.05 for a gallon of gas on RT 46 coming home from the game

4) But then it was $6.00 to go over the George Washington Bridge......

I used to go to 15 to 20 games a season plus the playoffs.....Not at these prices!

Anyway I'm still a fan so...LET'S GO DEVILS.....