Czech Hockey Adventure: 100 Years of Czech Hockey

Last week we were asked by our owner if we wanted to go to the 100th year celebration of Czech hockey. Naturally we said yes as free tickets to any event is always awesome, not to mention that when receiving free tickets from our owner it usually means VIP seats! I had no idea that the game was being played as it's hard to keep up with current events here in Prague when you don't have cable and can only read a bit of the langauge. We were even more excited for the game when I went online to find out more information regarding it and saw that Jaromir Jagr was going to be playing in the game along with Martin Straka. I've never seen either of them play so was super excited for it!

We were at the rink about an hour before game time and met our owner outside to get the tickets. We then found out that he had two extra ones and asked us if we knew anyone who could use them. Well I had been bragging that day at work about those tickets to Jen, a collegue who hails from Sask and is a hockey fan, so knew that if I told her she would love to come. She also happens to be dating our Vice Principal, a Scottsman, and strangely enough an avid hockey fan. So perfect, two tickets for the couple. It worked out great as they were able to come to the game and had, I think at least, an awesome time. I have a feeling a good reference letter is pretty much a guarantee after hooking him up with those tickets!

The game was pretty good to watch, with the Czech's beating the Slovak's 7-0. Jagr even scored so that made it even better for the sold out crowd who would continuously chant his name. As soon as he touched the puck, no matter where he was on the ice, the volume level in the rink increased ten-fold! After that game was finished they had an oldtimers intersquad game with ex-players of the Czech and Czechoslovakian national teams. I recognized a few names but didn't really know who the players were.

Of course the buffet was amazing and I paced myself this time making it more of a marathon event. hehe. Also before the game we saw our owner's daughter who just happened to be hanging out with Jagr's girlfriend. So naturally I was able to chat it up with her for about 10mins seeing how life was for them in Russia. Looks like he's having a good season and they're liking Russia. Kind of neat talking to her but would be even better if I had met her boyfriend!