The All Things Hockey Thread [R]

Not totally surprised that the tickets are that expensive, if you really want to see a hockey game when you're in NA I would look at the lower leagues. AHL tickets are cheap compared to NHL tickets, for example the closest AHL team to NYC (Bridgeport Sound Tigers) has tickets between $47 and $15 Link. From personal experience the AHL is pretty entertaining, and food/beer at the match doesn't cost a ton (its much less than any of the major leagues). You could also check out the FHL, which sell adult seats from $12.

Just makes you appreciate the Bundesliga more. Or our local ho0ckey league, entrance to our 2nd league team (Indians) is 11€ for students, a beer is 2€, food is also around 3 to 4.

Up the Gophers!

Or whatever you're supposed to say.

so, we find ourselves stuck in between "there's a sucker born everyday" and "you get what you pay for"

Interesting article on Evan Kaufmann, who plays for Düsseldorf and Germany.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/s...indelible-crossroad.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

On Feb. 10, Kaufmann finished dressing and skated onto the ice at a tournament in Belarus. With his initial shift, he became one of the few Jews to represent Germany in elite international sports since World War II, the first in ice hockey since the 1930s and perhaps the most visible to have had family members murdered in the Holocaust, according to sports historians and Jewish officials.

Hockey goalies > everyone else!

A Jewish Hockey Player at History’s Indelible Crossroad

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/s...-indelible-crossroad.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Awesome, now we have Red Bull München in the DEL:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/re...-muenchen-mit-hilfe-aus-oesterreich-1.1362002