Today I set foot in New Jersey for the first time in my life (I have traveled through the state before but never actually been on ground). It was to see my hometown Buffalo Sabres in town to battle the Devils.
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Tonight I saw the Sabres beat the Devils 5-4 in a shootout at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. Rookie goalie Jhonas Enroth won his second straight for Buffalo. Got video of the whole shootout from my seat (watch above)!
This was a very entertaining hockey game and the Sabres came back down a goal three times to eventually win it. It was Lindy Ruff’s 1,000th career game coaching the Sabres, and the arena made an announcement about that at the beginning of the game, which actually resulted in a huge cheer from the road crowd (I was surprised).
Needless to say, the home fans were not happy with the result and booed the Devils off the ice. They remain winless at home this year, and the only other team who can say that right now is Buffalo (hopefully we change that this weekend). There were number of obscenities being shouted as I left the arena, particularly in regard to $100 million dollar man Ilya Kovalchuk who lost the puck in his shootout try.
I also went to the Sabres-Devils match-up a few weeks ago in Newark, which Buffalo won 6-1.
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First Time In New Jersey!
