Frederick Stars Hockey

I've never been so excited for October to come in my life. Being away from hockey for the last six months has been a real test of endurance for my entire being. My body, flabby from the lack of any real exertion, longs for the ice, the sweat, and the beer. My mind longs for the exercise of statistics and schedules. My eyes; Oh my eyes; as the European sun rises to lower and lower apogee every day, my eyes long to squint at the bright glare of NHL-white ice on a huge High Definition television.

Alas, living in Europe has become painful. No local adult recreational hockey leage, no American HD TV, no vitamin D created by exposure to the sun's lucious UV B rays. Fifty degrees north latitude is only joyful in Canada.

I'll still be watching NHL hockey. I've purchase the ESPN 360 streaming NHL package. I'll watch a few games live (they'll start at 1 or 2 am for me) and the rest I'll see on an 18 hour delay.

Let's just hope the bandwidth holds out!