[jayswin]

Any good/bad ones?

At a recent Puckers game I was suspended and watching the game form the side of the rink, and a fight broke out right in my corner. Buddy from the other team jumped a guy on the Puckers. Then a couple seconds later a player from the Puckers bench reached out and and grabbed a guy as he was skating buy, and a huge melee ensued.

I ran up and started screaming every swear word ever invented at the other team and the refs....like I mean an absolute tirade. I then turned around to see a guy and little kid watching just 3 feet away from me...

me: Oh geez man, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you guys here, oh crap, I'm seriously so sorry, your kid shouldn't have to hear that

guy: pfft don't worry about it man, that's hockey *laughs*

guy: Who are these guys, anyways?

me: Oh, just two local beer league teams. The games are usually pretty laid back, it's not usually like this

guy: You guys have really nice jerseys

me: Thanks man

*bunch of other small talk

guy: Well enjoy the rest of the game *laughs as blood soaked players start making their way off the ice


teammate 3 minutes later: So what were you talking to Daymond Langkow about?

me: WHHHHAAATTTTT???? Oh god, I'm so stupid, I just shot the #### with an NHL player from my favorite team, who really liked, and complimented our Calgarypuck jerseys, after screaming every bad word in the book in front of his kid, and didn't even clue in to who I was talking to.

Then I looked over at him after he went to the next rink over, and people were huddled around him, and I thought "####, those people are all clammering for a second of his time, hoping he'll even just shake their hand or say "how's it goin?', and 3 minutes earlier I was watching a game with him and he was initiating all the talk, and now I feel too stupid to go running over and say "Hey Daymond, I just realized who you are!"

I think it must have been becuase I was so pissed at our game, and then so embarrased at swearing in front of his kid. But I think more than anything it was the fact he was so much shorter than I thought he'd be, and the fact that he was so personable and chatty that didn't allow myself to clue in.