THURSDAY COMMENTARY – ONE DAY AT A TIME

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YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ANY COMPLAINING FROM ME!

I’D BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO LAST NIGHT’S GAME 5 BETWEEN THE CAPITALS AND PANTHERS HERE IN FLORIDA FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SERIES WAS TIED 2-2 GOING IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT ALEX OVECHKIN AND THE CAPITALS JUMPED OUT TO A 3-0 LEAD AT FLA LIVE ARENA. ON CUE, THE COMEBACK CATS STORMED BACK AND TOOK THE GAME BY A 5-3 SCORE. FORWARD CARTER VERHAEGHE HAD FIVE POINTS AND IS WELL ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING A PLAYOFF HERO. HE SCORED THE OT WINNER IN GAME 4.

TO SAY I HAD A BLAST WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I SPLIT THE GAME BETWEEN THE PRESS BOX AND THE STANDS AND SOAKED IT ALL IN. (CHECK OUT MY INSTAGRAM STORY AT @RODPEDERSENOFFICIAL TO SEE FOR YOURSELF)

VISITING WITH SOME OF MY DAD’S SCOUTING BUDDIES IN BETWEEN PERIODS WAS A TREAT TOO. HOCKEY IS FAMILY.

ONE OF MY COUSINS SAID IT MUST BE WEIRD GOING TO HOCKEY GAMES IN FLORIDA BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHY SHE’D SAY THAT. IT’S COLD INSIDE BUT WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOORS IT’S LIKE WALKING INTO A STEAM ROOM, OR BEING WRAPPED IN A HOT, WET BLANKET.

I TOLD MY MOM OF MY PLANS BEFORE SHE DIED AND THAT IF I NEVER SEE A FLAKE OF SNOW AGAIN, I’D BE OKAY WITH THAT.

SHE REPLIED, “NOT ME. I NEED THE FOUR SEASONS.”

DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS I GUESS.

THAT’S NOT TO SAY I WON’T EXPERIENCE HAVING TO WARM UP MY CAR OUTSIDE THE RINK AFTER GAMES EVER AGAIN, BUT FOR NOW THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.

THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME, MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND NOT LIVING IN THE PAST.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY

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