George and I had very little to do yesterday. Well, actually, that’s kind of a blanket statement. Anyway, we decided to use the Flex Tickets we get as part of our Bruins Season Tickets and take the boys down to the all new look Dunkin Donuts center for the Baby B’s tilt against the Manchester Monarchs.
I hadn’t been there since MOL and I braved a blizzard when she was supposed to be doing homework to see Trevor Gillies in action when he was with the Springfield Falcons. The building has been totally redone, and ironically enough, they put us in the same exact row, almost the same seat MOL and I had that wintery evening.
Gone is the old folk’s home smell of pee, and ammonia. In are the excellent food choices, giant video board, and very wide concourses. I have two complaints, and they are minor. The seats are way too small. Even the kids were cramped. For a place called the Dunkin Donuts center, I thought there would be more than one Dunkin Donuts inside. Since I am not boozing anymore, I like a nice cup of coffee and a dip during the games. There being only one DD, and a line as long as Billy Tibbett’s’ arrest record, I decided to pass. We made up for it by stopping at the Tim Horton’s on the way out of town, but it would have been nice to enjoy a nice cup of coffee after my wicked sausage sandwich.
The game itself was a pretty good tilt. I am really impressed with Bruins prospect Mikko Lehtonen. He had a couple of nice goals yesterday, and should figure in the plan in Boston post haste. I was not impressed with Zach Hamil. He has not shown me anything in the dozen times I have seen him, and yesterday was more of the same. Out of position, and with his head down a lot. One play he came across the top of the slot with his head down. He tries that in the show, and he’s going to have his head taken clean off. There was a fight in the third that was OK as well. All in all, it was a great day. I think a Capital Grille dinner and a trip to the House that Larue Built is on the agenda for next season.