My first hockey game

When I was in China, I heard about how Canadian people are crazy about hockey game. Hockey, in my mind, is highly intense and competitive and requires both smart maneuvers and excellent skills, which never fail to fascinate me.

The game is between Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche. Both teams have a glorious history and enjoy outstanding records in the NHL. Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL, as well as one of the oldest North American sports franchises. The franchise is one of the "Original Six" teams, a description used for the teams that made up the NHL from 1942 until the 1967 expansion. Following the departure of the rival Quebec Nordiques in 1995, and the relocation of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC in 2004, the Canadiens remain the sole team of the four major sports leagues of Canada and the United States that is based in the province of Quebec. The team's championship season in 1992–93 marks the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.

It was such a dramatic and intense game that I got so deeply into and even forgot to sit down to enjoy my dinner. The Canadiens scored two goals in a less-than-1-minute span in the third period to take a 5-4 lead. But the lead was short-lived. Finally, Matt Duchene and Milan Hejduk from Avalanche scored in a shootout to give the Colorado Avalanche a 6-5 victory over the Canadians.

Everything about the game was perfect except the reality that we lost, since all Sauvé Scholars stood firmly on the side of Montreal Canadians. For me, it was an amazing and impressive memory. I should thank to our dear Sonny who not only led us to access to this amazing game but also acted as our perfect “game commentator”.