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Monday, January 12, 2009
It’s 7:30 p.m., really
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday’s Thrashers game doesn’t follow the usual pattern. It’s midweek, but it starts at 7:30 p.m. You can blame or thank TSN, which is televising the game in Canada. Which raises the question: What start time do you prefer? For me, it’s 1 p.m. like Saturday’s game at Florida, or 7 p.m. during the week. My least favorite: Carolina has 8 p.m. games against the Thrashers when there is a basketball game earlier in the day.
Speaking of Canada, if you don’t know the words to “O Canada” you should pick them up soon. You will be hearing them Wednesday, Friday and Tuesday as the Thrashers play Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. I think it sounds best in the original French, but the bilingual versions I’ve heard have been pretty cool, too. It has been official only since 1980.
Speaking of anthems, it would be fun to hear the Swedish, Slovak, Russian and Finnish ones once a year in recognition of the Thrashers from those countries. I wonder what it’s like for those guys night after night hearing our national anthem and occasionally Canada’s.
No practice on Monday. We’ll probably get to see some new lines Tuesday morning.
