I saw this guy on my drive home from work the other day, wearing a Red Wings jersey and hockey gloves.  This is definitely “Hockeytown”.

I’m Looking forward to an exciting Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals tonight, hoping we get to see Bettman hand the Cup to Lidstrom at center ice, sometime around 11pm.

I’m not an avid fan of any particular sport.  I watch some college and pro football, and I catch the occasional Detroit Tigers game on TV or at Comerica Park when my schedule permits.  About the only sporting event I have to tune in to, is the NHL playoffs.  Growing up in metro-Detroit, my family always watched hockey growing up: we even subscribed to PASS (does anyone remember PASS network???) back in the lat 1980s or early 1990s.

In those days, the Red Wings weren’t the dominating force that they’ve become over the past decade.  During the first 42 years of my father’s life, the Wings didn’t win a single Cup, and in many years they were a lousy hockey club.  The last 15 years or so have been quite a ride, and I’m hoping it goes on a little bit longer.

One more day, for starters.