A Magical Night…
In college, I knew a guy who was from Cleveland and he would always talk about growing up there and going to Browns games and Indian games and how his whole family would go and even though they didn’t have the greatest teams, he said it was still a blast going to all of the games and watching the whole city get behind the teams.
For a long time Nashville didn’t have that. Then the Titans came to town, then the Preds. We all remember that Titans Super Bowl run back in 99 and what it meant to the city. Well Thursday night at the Sommet Center, it wasn’t exactly the Super Bowl run Part 2, but it was pretty close.
The Preds, playing before a very loud and raucous and sold out crowd, beat St. Louis 3 to 2 to advance to the playoffs. It was a magical night to see all of the fans there, standing and cheering and being SO LOUD it was surreal. It was a great sight to see 17,000 people in unison over something. Especially in the third period, where the fans stood on their feet for about 5 minutes, waving their towels and shirts and whatever else they had, it was truly a sight to see.
These days we are split down political lines that can sometimes be traumatizing to say the least. But for that one moment Thursday night, we were all united. Black, White, Republican, Democrat, whatever, it was a magical night for the city and for the team.
Whether you like hockey or not, it is still Nashville’s team and to sell out the last 6 games, I think, shows that people care about their team. They are in the playoffs and we all know, anything can happen in the playoffs, you just gotta get in, and they did. Word!
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