A GREAT DAY FOR HOCKEY
The National Hockey League’s lockout is over. January turns out to be the perfect time for a thaw — that is in the NHL.
After three-plus months without hockey, Pittsburgh Penguin fans are eagerly awaiting the Saturday, January 19th, start of the new season. The first game will be held in Philadelphia against the Flyers at their Wells Fargo Center.
The above photos were taken on March 7, 2012 at the unveiling of the Mario Lemieux Statue in front of the Consol Energy Center, the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Related Article: Unveiling of Mario Lemieux Statue
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Your photos of the hockey players is perfect for this good news for hockey!
rutheh - January 10, 2013 at 12:36 am |
Thanks, Ruth. When I heard the news I knew what my post would be for the day.
fgassette - January 10, 2013 at 12:38 am |
Geat photos of the statues which look so life like. Whoever did the sculpting is a great artist.
petspeopleandlife - January 10, 2013 at 1:43 am |
It’s about time, too! YAY!!!!
ChgoJohn - January 10, 2013 at 2:47 am |
Will you be at the game?
Lucid Gypsy - January 10, 2013 at 2:52 am |
Sounds like an exciting season ahead. Great photos!
Island Traveler - January 10, 2013 at 7:22 am |
Good news–I feel out of it though since I didn’t know it was happening.
TBM - January 10, 2013 at 8:53 am |
I am not a great fan but it was a great game in the past. I was a Montreal Canadian fan when they were only 6 teams. Now they play for money.
Good luck for your team.
By the way great pictures, hak you for sharing.
juditon - January 10, 2013 at 2:44 pm |
A bunch of us Canadians were on the verge of coming unglued with the lockout but we’re doing much better now!
Seriously, many hockey lovers in my neck of the woods were so sick of hearing about the arguments about money when most don’t make anywhere as much as the NHL administrators, players or the union reps. Some die-hard NHL fans have said that as the squabblers cost fans 10 games out of the season, they’ll boycott the first 10 games aired on TV.
I think they’ll tune in though. Watching hockey up here is like buying gas for your car. Even when you know you shouldn’t, you go after it anyway.
If protestors were serious, they’d not only tune out the games but they’d watch go to AHL games instead, and demand that at east this season’s Stanley Cup be scrapped on the metals market to feed a few poor people.
themofman - January 10, 2013 at 8:47 pm |
Those are incredible sculptures!
Madhu - January 12, 2013 at 3:08 pm |