Madtown Hockey Weekend

We (Pete, James, Kris & I) headed out to Madison on Friday to see the Badgers play Denver. To start the trip we had to drive through some crummy snow/ice weather. There were many cars in the ditch and we were all praying that the H-Bomb would not be joining the ditch team. We arrived around 6pm at the Econolodge. As we were waiting for Pete to check us in we noticed on the wall pictures of themed rooms like the Packers room & the Badgers room. Little did we know we had the NASCAR room! This beauty of a room had NASCAR sheets on all 3 beds, little cars on the ceiling fans and NASCAR paraphernalia all over the room. I felt like I was in a 10 year olds room. After settling in we had a few beers each before heading to the bars. James thought it would be a good idea to poor a beer and have the hair dryer blow it in his face. Oh yes I have a video of this. After all the shenanigans we called a Taxi (242-2000) and we were off to the Great Dane Pub & Brewery. We ordered some beers, soft pretzels and Nakoma nachos. I guess the guys really enjoys the pretzels with the gourmet mustards but it was not to my liking. We all experimented with the different beers. I had the Devils Lake Red Lager, Black Earth Porter and some Belgian beer. After some beers we decided to play a few games of billiards. This was a sad site, 4 drunk guys trying to play pool. I think everyone scratched 2 or 3 times. Plus pool cues and drunk guys do not mix, ask Kris.

The next morning everyone felt like ass. Mixing all of the different type of microbrewery beers was not a good idea. Some how James cut himself before going to bed the night before. I guess he fell in the dark and wailed his noggin on the table by the bed so there was a nice bloody towel in the sink to greet me in the morning. We all pulled ourselves together and headed to the mall. After driving around for 40 minutes Pete finally got us to the mall. The mall was packed! After the mall we rested up before heading downtown for the game. The Kohls Center was a pretty nice arena. The game was not so good. We were watching the score of the Gophers game more than the game in front of our faces. Watching the Badgers & Pioneers was like watching a high school game. They both played like shit. The Badgers did come back from being behind by 2 goals to tie it and bring the game in to overtime or as they like to call it in WI, period 4. With 14.6 seconds left in OT the Denver Pioneers scored and the place went silent. You could hear a pin drop. Finally score 4 to 3.

After the game we headed to the Church Key Pub & Grill. All I have to say is Spotted Cow on tap. It was a lot of fun! We played some foosball and just hung out. I have never seen so many North Face jackets in my life than that night. UW must give them away to any new students. I'm not kidding if you want to open up a store in Madison make sure it is a North Face store. It would be a cash cow.

Here is a link to the pictures and some videos.

-MikeyB