April hockey in this building is either everything or nothing, and you will know which inside four minutes of walking through the doors. If the season is alive the place has a tightness to it that no other month produces - people arrive early, stay in their seats between periods, and watch the out-of-town scoreboard more than the ice. If it is over, the mood flips entirely into something looser and oddly lovely: a crowd watching for the pleasure of it with nothing at stake at all. Both are worth a Saturday night in April. St. Louis are a physical, deeply unsentimental opponent who will not be doing anybody any favours either way. A half past seven start on a Saturday leaves the whole evening open afterwards, and downtown in April is finally warm enough to want to be outside in once you come out. One practical thing: if the race is still live, the out-of-town scoreboard in the corner becomes the second most-watched screen in the building, and following it is half of what the night is actually about.
April hockey in this building is either everything or nothing, and you will know which inside four minutes of walking through the doors. If the season is alive the place has a tightness to it that no other month produces - people arrive early, stay in their seats between periods, and watch the out-of-town scoreboard more than the ice. If it is over, the mood flips entirely into something looser and oddly lovely: a crowd watching for the pleasure of it with nothing at stake at all. Both are worth a Saturday night in April. St. Louis are a physical, deeply unsentimental opponent who will not be doing anybody any favours either way. A half past seven start on a Saturday leaves the whole evening open afterwards, and downtown in April is finally warm enough to want to be outside in once you come out. One practical thing: if the race is still live, the out-of-town scoreboard in the corner becomes the second most-watched screen in the building, and following it is half of what the night is actually about.
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April hockey in this building is either everything or nothing, and you will know which inside four minutes of walking through the doors. If the season is alive the place has a tightness to it that no other month produces - people arrive early, stay in their seats between periods, and watch the out-of-town scoreboard more than the ice. If it is over, the mood flips entirely into something looser and oddly lovely: a crowd watching for the pleasure of it with nothing at stake at all. Both are worth a Saturday night in April. St. Louis are a physical, deeply unsentimental opponent who will not be doing anybody any favours either way. A half past seven start on a Saturday leaves the whole evening open afterwards, and downtown in April is finally warm enough to want to be outside in once you come out. One practical thing: if the race is still live, the out-of-town scoreboard in the corner becomes the second most-watched screen in the building, and following it is half of what the night is actually about.