City Mitten

I may have lied about last week being the end of City Mitten: Detroit version, cause here I am about to talk about the Detroit Red Wings. That’s right, last night they played against the New York Rangers here at Madison Square Garden.

First, let me tell you about Madison Square Garden.

1) It is the ugliest building you’ve ever seen in your life. If you’ve ever seen pictures of the old Penn station they idiotically demolished in the 60′s, your heart will ache with sadness when you see what stands in its place today. Hid. E. Ous.

2) So far I had been at MSG only twice. First: nosebleed tickets to Coldplay‘s free show last year. Second: nosebleeds tickets to the Pistons/Knicks not free game last year. We could not see anything. So we moved around and eventually settled in the lower area, which was great, but all to say, you do not want to be too far back at MSG.

So yesterday when I picked up my tickets (from a friend who works for the NHL, holla) and she told me they were in a suite, I’m not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed. I thought that for sure I’d be watching the whole game on a tiny TV in a crowded room.

Well, my dears, that was not the case. There was practically nobody our suite and I’d venture that we had a better view than probably a third of the people in the arena. This suite hung almost directly over the ice so we were actually pretty close. And it was on the lowest level of suites, which was also the same level as many regular seats. So, I was pleased.

And then the Wings took the ice.

Rangers scored first, which was lame.

But then the Wings game back with a goal. And then another. And then one more in the final seconds, just for fun. Wings win 3-1. What up, New York.

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