If you are a hockey fan, you've probably been creaming your pants over the past week. For the Nashville Predators to even be in the playoffs was good enough to me. I thought I could actually watch them on TV for 4 nights and then move on to baseball. As luck would have it, I've had to work or be out of the house for the majority of the games. Last night was the first night I got to watch them play in the playoffs. It was like Christmas. Never have I been so excited about a hockey game. By the time the score was 3-0 though, it got boring. Detroit had a few exciting breakaways, but it was nothing like listening to it on the radio Sunday afternoon. A 2-1 win is the epitomy of a nail biter in a must-win situation. Now, with the series tied at 2, I have an opportunity to go see them play in Detroit on Thursday. Now I'm the one creaming my pants. I've never been to any kind of professional sport playoff. The tickets cost way too much (and these aren't even scalped tickets). I'm sitting in the top row of the arena for $70. That's about the price of Nashville's best tickets at Gaylord Entertainment Center. Talk about a rip-off. So, don't look for me on TV. Hopefully the Predators will send me home happy with a 3-2 series lead. If not, I can always relish the fact that I got to go to a playoff game to watch them play. Who knows, they could pull it out in the end.

Even though the action is heating up in real life, the virtual world isn't that much different. I'm on my way to leading Nashville to a virtual playoff spot. I've managed to shake off a terrible losing streak to take second place in the conference, just 4 points behind Detroit. It could be just a matter of time before I get to personally take out my frustrations on Detroit. Aren't video games great?