could also be titled "games i'm looking forward to this season".
12:00pm- so the 2012-13 season schedule is about to be announced in a couple hours (obviously not anymore). and of course i cannot be more excited. the preseason schedule (for the blades, at least) blows, with only one home game, sooo prince albert/regina, here i come!! last preseason we had five games, and this season we only have three. (ok so looking at the preseason schedule now it looks like they added another game, vs the raiders at home). i know training camp is almost exactly two months away, but theres nothing to look forward to this summer when it comes to hockey. i could make this post simple and say i am excited about every game (which really i am) but no. so first things first, i am preeeetty sure we will start off with a home and home vs the raiders (two wins in the bag?). usually the next game is the following weekend (total buzzkill). there is nothing worse than playing consecutive (like after two) games vs saskatchewan teams at home, so i hope we move across the map quick. it really sucked being the visiting team when playing the US division teams last season, so i am super excited to get to see those teams this season again. i would be comfortable betting you my memorial cup tickets, saying that we will be playing the oil kings either right before or right after the christmas break. i really hope our game vs victoria is earlier in the season, rather than in january like last season. i am glad saskatoon isnt hosting another big event during the season so i dont have to go SIXTEEN DAYS WITHOUT A HOME GAME. ahem, tim hortons brier... brutal, i know. and to end off the regular season, i would guess a home game (or possibly away, for a change) vs a saskatchewan team. i hope our red deer/calgary/edmonton roadie(s) is during the weekend (friday to monday?) so it make it alotttt easier to travel there for the games..for me at least. i hope there isnt a big string of brandon/prince albert/prince george/moose jaw/lethbridge games during a month or two, since i dont really get very excited about playing them. but i guess we will see the plans are in a few hours :)
4:30- ahhhhhhhh its here!!! and i looooove the way it looks. i might of had a tiny orgasm. haha. so duh we start off with our home and home. last season, our second home game was vs red deer, and its the same this season. the US division teams come early in the season which i am so pumped about. medicine hat comes on new years day for their first game in saskatoon and they can go fuck themselves already. our longest roadie is from november 10th to the 27th (the spand between two home games), which is our british columbia trip obviously. there is only three home games that month :( the red deer/calgary/edmonton games are split up this season, which blows. october 6 is our first game in edmonton, but i dont know, that might be too early in the season and its the only game on the trip. calgary/red deer games are late november/early december, then in late february. our last home game is march 9th vs regina (duh), and then the end of the season is super dumb. march 12 in edmonton, march 15 and 16 in prince albert... which makes less sense than a crop circle. another thing i dont like, our two home game vs the oil kings are only eleven days apart. i think it more fun having them spread apart, like one before the christmas break or trade deadline, and one after. my whole plan for making roadtrips to games is all wack now. a million chances to go to regina, not worried about that. i'll make one of the calgary/red deer ones, probably the earlier one. i really dont want to wait until the third last regular season game to go to edmonton, but early october seems maybe too early..but its a saturday, so who knows. i'd like to go to medicine hat but i might have to kill some people while i am there. i'd imagine i'll go to a couple games in prince albert, since well, its close and we play them like all 72 games. i also wanna go when edmonton is there, which is november 2nd, so thats not bad, and also february 5th.
i am so so excited for this season fucking duh. i cant wait to see what we are able to do leading up to the memorial cup. i hope i make it through the summer...
love you
