I have these moments when I wish I was just a normal girl that didn't care about sports. I had my heart broken by seeing the Sabres missing the playoffs for the second year in a row.

I managed to rebound on the fact that their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates (who we've followed all year), made the playoffs...and they were matched up against the Providence Bruins (where we live).

We were totally pumped for game one...only to get to the game and see that there were like 100 people at the Dunk in Providence...at least our cheers were heard when the Pirates won game one!

Game two was two days later. I wore my Pirates Gerbe shirt and it was the most MISERABLE night of my sporting life! All started off well, we chatted with the Pirates assistant equipment manager, got some great pics of the players coming out onto the ice...but then I had to deal with the evil New England sports fans. Seriously, what guys yells at a girl for being a Gerbe fan? FYI, dude had on an Oilers jersey...I think he was confused about who he was cheering for...? But in all seriousness, I've never heard such obnoxiousness from fans in my life. I was embarassed for Providence.

We also hit game three in Portland. I am officially in love with Portland, ME! What a charming city...can't wait to go back! But back to hockey...we watched morning skate...it was optional so the guys playing in the game didn't skate. But we did run into Kevin Dineen on the street and said hi. We also got to see one of the newer Sabres prospects T.J. Brennen, back up goalie (who took over game 3 for Enroth) Kellen Briggs and assistant coach Eric Weinrich. They were all amazingly nice, but we can't thank the assistant equipment manager, Matt Flaherty, enough for being so kind and helpful to us.

The game was a blow-out. Pitiful, yet we stayed for every second, despite the fact that we had a 2 1/2 hour drive back home.

Stupid Providence won again tonight in game four. We are skipping game five in Providence. We just can't stomach the obnoxious fans...especially if Providence wins. Hopefully Portland can find a way to score. After all, you certainly can't blame Enroth or Brigss for the losses. Enroth has stood on his head at times...