There are a few unique things about my WG (Working Group). One of those things is that our Sekretariat is male. He is also a huge fan of the Kassel Huskies, the Eishockey club (Razor, you will appreciate this post). From now on, the Caustic one will refer to him as Huskie.
A few months ago Huskie organized an after-work outting to see the Kassel Huskies. Having not been to a hockey game since the ol’ Milwaukee Admirals, the Caustic One decided that this might be an interesting evening of fun, frolic and fighting – German Style. Besides that, the only other thing on her dance card was to play “Pocket Frogs” or watch “Midsommer Murders” or “Inspector Morse” with Panda Purraliscious. A gal should get out once in a while!
Soo last night, along with a few colleagues, the trip was made by train and tram to the Eishalle, meeting Huskie for an evening of ice, ice, baby ice, cold entertainment. One of the jokes from US Hockey was “it’s all about the fight”, and having heard tales of European Fan Passion, curiousity was high as to how it would all play out.
The game was played against 
EV Landshut, whose fans showed up with a HUGE flag and systematically undressed to shirtlessness and, in a couple of cases, down to their shorts. Perhaps they also had hormonal issues and were just too darn hot. Personal opinion is that they should have painted their flabby white bodies red and white as well, but hey, that’s just the Caustic One’s opinion.
This is how the evening began: Kassel Huskies Einlauf Video – Youtube
Different. The Huskie fans included amongst themselves several who brought drums. They beat out cadences and different songs/cheers would erupt from the crowd — the entire game, singing and chanting in support of their team, interupted only by a few “wass??” “oi!” when the refs ignored the opponent’s transgressions. Even when the trusty keeper, Mika Järvinen, was taken out, in the 3rd Drittel, by a backboard, the fans were politely pissed. The hallwide cry demanding the departure of the Schwarze Schlau was unremarked, however, with the offending Landshut player not even receiving a yellow card!
While the first Drittel was fast, and interesting, no goals were made by either side. The second Drittel resulted in one goal by the Landshut, and finally, in the last Drittel, the game actually commenced, with fast and furious plays by both teams, with the arrival of Kai Kristian Keeper for the Huskies.
Two goals were scored by the Huskies, for a final win of the home team at 2-1. For each goal, the fans hugged, kissed, and then danced to Ramalama ding dong, singing and swinging their Huskies Scarves over the top of their heads.
And the smell of Bratwurst, at 2.50 euros, was so overwhelming. Next time the Caustic one will partake in the Brats. She had expected that the concessions prices would be obscene, such as it is in American games (who can afford a hot dog at a MLB game these days?), but no… brats at 2.50, beverages at 3…
All in all, a great and fun evening.
In today’s news, Järvinen is apparently doing well.