Vitkovice 6 Karlovy Vary 2

Yesterday I went to a hockey game with some of my roomies. We watched Ostrava's team (Vitkovice) pretty much kick the ass of the Karlovy Vary team. We really enjoyed ourselves, and tried to heckle the players a bit in our foreign languages as well as with our limited Czech knowledge. One of the expressions we know in Czech is 'son of a bitch' and we got some weird looks when we yelled that one out.

I noticed 3 major differences between NHL hockey and Czech hockey.
1. Definitely not enough violence.
I remember the first time I went to an Oilers hockey game my sister and I were appalled by how much fighting and violence there was. But then we realized that all the fights help make the game much more interesting. During this game, just giving someone a little push would incur a penalty. Consequently, there were a lot of penalties given but no real entertainment value. BORING!

2. There are cheerleaders for hockey games here!
This kind of spiced up the little breaks. Instead of people clapping half-heartedly to one of those songs they always play at hockey games (like We Will Rock You), there were perky little cheerleaders doing coordinated routines. Kind of fun.

3. No nachos.
And really, aren't nachos the best reason for attending any hockey game? With extra jalapenos. Yum.

Pictures are in the 'Czech Hockey Game' album of 'My Pictures'