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"Would you like free tickets to tonight's game?"

There isn't too many questions asked that would make me feel joyous, but this is definitely one of them. Scheduled to play some squash today for the first time in months, an Ultimate friend of mine called me up to ask if I'd like to take the tickets to tonight's game because her friend couldn't go. I'm afraid squash will have to be put on hold! It was against the lowly Thrashers, but hey, a game's a game, and 200 level seats for $free.99 is nothing to sneeze at. Before the game, I predicted a 6-1 trouncing and when it got to 5-1 I sensed my prediction about to unfold. Alas, a stupid double minor combined with weak goaltending made the game much more interesting that it should have been. Good thing Alfie got an empty netter to make it 6-4 and pick up the win.

Alfredsson had quite a night racking up 4 points while earning his 300th career goal, all as a Senator, and I couldn't recall a smile as wide as he had when he skated out to accept the game's first star selection. Indeed, he has a lot of memories over the course of his 10+ seasons, all with the same franchise. He will no doubt eclipse the 800 point mark this season and it isn't unrealistic to see him finish with over 1,000 points before he hangs up his skates for good. I hope he makes it...with a Stanley Cup or two to boot, of course.

Anyway, tonight's free tickets certainly made my day, and I hope there'll be more in the future!