Friday, November 18, 2005
Winter Sports
It has long been a tradition at University of Alaska hockey games to throw fish heads onto the ice after the Seawolves score their first goal. Officials are trying to discourage the practice since it takes several minutes to sweep the ice and clean up the carnage. At many of the other ice hockey games fans are urged to throw stuffed toys onto the ice as Christmas presents for the needy. Good thing that they are not collecting canned goods for the hungry. Residents of Anchorage love basketball and have their goals in their driveways. The goals have a water tank at the bottom for stability. Problems arise when the goals are not moved and the water freezes. It prevents snowplows from their appointed rounds. The owners call the city and ask for help and get the cold shoulder. The question is who would want to play basketball in this subarctic weather? The other spectator sport here is watching drivers on ice. Yesterday the garbage truck skidded several hundred feet sideways back down our hill—right past our driveway. Quite a sight to behold! On the down side: we now have stranded garbage. On the up side: we still have some fish heads for our first hockey game here in town.
It has long been a tradition at University of Alaska hockey games to throw fish heads onto the ice after the Seawolves score their first goal. Officials are trying to discourage the practice since it takes several minutes to sweep the ice and clean up the carnage. At many of the other ice hockey games fans are urged to throw stuffed toys onto the ice as Christmas presents for the needy. Good thing that they are not collecting canned goods for the hungry. Residents of Anchorage love basketball and have their goals in their driveways. The goals have a water tank at the bottom for stability. Problems arise when the goals are not moved and the water freezes. It prevents snowplows from their appointed rounds. The owners call the city and ask for help and get the cold shoulder. The question is who would want to play basketball in this subarctic weather? The other spectator sport here is watching drivers on ice. Yesterday the garbage truck skidded several hundred feet sideways back down our hill—right past our driveway. Quite a sight to behold! On the down side: we now have stranded garbage. On the up side: we still have some fish heads for our first hockey game here in town.
