The trip had been planned for months. In fact, the game tickets were bought before the plane tickets. Three flights later and I was in North Carolina. After waiting years, I was finally going to see the Carolina Hurricanes play live.
I already knew I wouldn’t have the pleasure of watching Jordan Martinook. Then, news came through about the injury to Erik Haula, who’s been so great to watch this season so far. What was cool however, was to witness an NHL debut for Eetu Luostarinen, who had a solid game.
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, in England, if you mention hockey to someone, they’ll think you’re talking about field hockey.