Spring madness – Ice hockey

As every Spring is coming with Ice hockey madness, every third Latvian sitting in front of his TV set with bear and snacks. Latvian fans always earn attention with they loudness and quantity in every world championships. Already two years when hockey club “Rīgas Dinamo” was renewed and gave opportunity to attend quality hockey games  for ordinary people, who are not willing to ride to world championships.

In Continental Hockey league where Rīgas Dinamo is participate, play-offs are started a week ago.  In spite of wan performance in first part of season, Dinamo done very good improvement in second and finished in 8-th place in western conference in regular season, as last team who creeped through to play-offs.  In first round we showed excellent defense and  selflessness and we were able to knock out Sanktpeterburg’s SKA who finished 1-st in regular. And now is time for Balahisht’s MVD (2-nd in regular). Already 2 losses in opponents field make all fans a little bit worry for our teams strength before yesterday’s and today’s game.

Yesterday was my first time ever when I attend hockey game in presence.  Tickets off course was sold out within an hour, and I predicted it and walked to the box-office 30 minutes before selling was open. Bought 3 tickets for my self, Elza and Reālais.  All of us never watch hockey games in presence before. Game was great! Emotions, loudness and unity, all was there. I surprised for few fans behind us talked in Russian, fanned for Dinamo rather than MVD. And enthusiastically shouted out phrases something like “менти козлы!!!” (MVD teams title means something of police officers from Russia, what I didn’t know).

The most important thing was that Dinamo win yesterdays games 3 to 1. And score of series till 4 wins is now 1 to 2.  Hope today’s game will be even more exciting.