No surprise but I wanted to share

I know it surprises no one but I firmly attained my title as hockey junkie when I had nothing to watch this weekend and found myself tuning in to the NHL Network to watch the MasterCard Memorial Cup. For those who don't know that is the yearly tournament at the end of the hockey season to determine the champion of Canadian major junior hockey. It takes the champions of the three major junior leagues (the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League) and a fourth qualifier and puts them in a round robin and then the upper two play for the final championship. I was watching the Drummondville Voltiguers (QMJHL champion) against the Windsor Spitfires (OHL champion). It was a great game that was like watching really good college hockey (they are all college aged kids after all). What really amused me was that the two Quebec teams (yes, I watched another game of the round robin on Sunday as well) were loaded with French-Canadiens and hearing the announcer at the rink in Rimouski, Quebec make the lineup announcements was just great. It brought a smile to my face and I actually enjoyed the hockey which I thought might take a while after watching the Bruins lose earlier in the week.

Here's to the NHL Network giving us junkies our fix!