Jokerit

The Jokers is the name of Helsinki's KHL hockey team.  We at first tried to figure out if the name and logo were from Batman, but then discovered they had to be from a deck of playing cards since the team is 50 years old and the Batman movie is not...

Harri drove Pia, Otto, Sarah and I to the Hartwell Arena for the game.  We are feeling so fortunate that they are sharing their holiday with us.

Some of the hockey players appeared to be this tall!

The Finnish national anthem was sung beautifully (Mom's favorite part of any sporting event).
Pia had checked with one of her friends to find out where the best seats were and we had them, first level, center ice!

We were given cardboard papers the size of a placemat to accordion fold into a fan shape -- so we all had appropriate "noise makers". They worked great, but a bunch people clapping with fans didn't exactly warm up the arena :)

Oh yes, and there was the dancing "joker", with the dancers who moved around the arena after each period -- AND danced on the ice without falling!  We'll need quite a bit more experience before getting to the level of ice dancing, on purpose and not just accidentally as we try to stay on our pins.

Clearly Mom started this blog post as it describes everything musical about being at the hockey game without really mentioning the hockey.  The game was great even though the jokers lost.  The third period was super fast paced and one of the most exciting periods I've seen in a bit.  One of my favorite things in the world is the sound of hockey skates on ice.