Skating out there today has me ready for tomorrow. I have skated outside a few times, but never played a game. In junior, we skated outside a few times, but just for fun.
Like I said, the conditions today were perfect. I dressed a little warmer than I would for an indoor skate and you definitely want to move around a bit and get warm as fast as you can, but it was not really an issue for us today. Hopefully it is the same Sunday.
The ice was really good. The puck was sliding and the ice was really hard.
So far it has been a great experience, a lot of fun, and there is more to come.
Last night, we got to meet all the Edmonton Oilers alumni playing in the game.
There were so many great people to meet. I don't really have to tell you the names, I think they are always sticking out, even from that group. Just from talking to them, you can learn so much from those guys. A lot of those guys have four rings each and that should tell you enough about how good of a player each of them were. It was great to meet them and great to talk to them.
I know a lot of those guys played in an outdoor game in Edmonton [the 2003 Heritage Classic] and that it was really cold. I didn't talk to any of the guys about that and how they handled it, but let's hope it is not that cold tomorrow.
I've watched a lot of the outdoor games and they have all been fun and they have all been great events. Hopefully Sunday will be as much fun.
The game probably won't be on TV back home in Germany, but I have heard from a lot of people back home in Germany about the game. Obviously, the hockey people there know all about the game and I have talked to a few of them about it.
