At the Bears game on Sunday, my friend Mike Holzman invited me to tonight’s Chicago Blackhawks game. He said his Dad wanted face value for the tickets which I said fine. In the past (when Mike brought me for free) the tickets had a face value of $95 or so. He also said he had passes to the Ketel One Club which is an area I have never been to before in the United Center. I have been to the bar upstairs several times (when they still sell beer in overtime playoff hockey games), but I have never been to the coveted “downstairs.”

However, to my surprise the ticket was actually $130!! And that was the season ticket holder face value. The ticket cost from the box office would have been $170.

Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks
The Canucks and Blackhawks played to a 1-1 tie through regulation and overtime and decided the game by shootout. Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Patrick Kane all made their shootout goals to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 advantage in the shootout to win the game 2-1.