February 7, 2011

After a nap at 10 p.m., Sean and I made our way to O'Leary's (Boston sports themed bar) in Ostermalm.  The entire city was quiet on this Sunday night, except for O'Leary's which was buzzing with excitement. We, from what it seemed, were the only Americans in the place. Yet, the place was still packed with Swedes who joined us in watching the Super Bowl. The game was extremely exciting and nerve-racking. It made it that much more fun to watch the game in a bar rather than in our apartment. The place appeared to be split with half Packers fans and half Steelers fans, but I don't think the Swedes really knew what they were cheering for. The Packers won the game in dramatic fashion. It was one of the best Super Bowls in recent memory. After, Sean tried to put the game in perspective for me by saying that the Patriots are better than both of these teams.

My team lost 7-6 in a shootout on Saturday to Nynashamns. The game was back and forth, with both teams taking advantage of the bad goaltending. I put our team ahead 6-5 with a power play goal with about 5 minutes left. Our advantage was quickly wasted when the other team scored a shorthanded goal with 30 seconds left. Neither team scored in overtime. We did not score on any of our shootout attempts, and Nynashamns won the game on their last attempt. Our head coach is still out because of his sickness. We desperately need him back to bring back the organization and discipline to our team.

On Friday night, I went to the Citizen Cope concert down the street at the Scandic Hotel. I went alone because Sean had an away game. The lead singer was alone on stage playing the acoustic guitar. It was a strange scene because the stage was tiny and was off to the left side of the bar/lounge. Half of the crowd was listening and the other half was just hanging out and paying no attention to the live music. I have not been to a Citizen Cope concert in America, but from what I've heard, he's much more popular than he appeared at the Scandic Hotel in Stockholm. After the concert, the lead singer was hanging out at the bar and was surrounded by his little entourage. I went up and introduced myself and we talked for a few minutes. He invited me and his other friends down to his dressing room to hang out. I felt like I was in a dream. The scene in his dressing room was not quite what I imagined for a rock and roll band, but it was still pretty cool. There were a few Swedish girls, a group of Spanish friends who came to Stockholm for the concert, Citizen Cope's crew, and me. We hung out for about an hour, and then the singer had to leave for Copenhagen for his next show. I got a signed copy of his CD as he was leaving. When I got home, I called everyone I knew to brag about my night.

Sean's parents come this Saturday for a short visit.

I have three games left in my season.