So not many of you know that I’m a hockey fan, yes the asian girl who grew up half her life overseas who lives in California, is a hockey fan. I actually started watching it in middle school. I love the history, the fans, and part of me also admires the fact that you have to play the sport whilst trying to balance yourself on ice. Besides that, I found baseball, basketball and football really boring. Football is great, I’ve been to plenty of Raiders games, that is an experience all it’s own. I’ve yet to see a hockey game but hopefully in 2009 that’s something I’ll be doing.

I’m a huge Sharks fan, I couldn’t believe it when they finally got a team in San Jose. Of course those first few years were somewhat embarassing, having to play in the Cow Palace- which I realized after seeing a game on iTunes that other announcers have yet to forget about, and just basically having one of the worst records in the NHL for a long time. But of course that’s changed, every year they’ve continuously gotten better and better and I really do believe this is their year. Oh I hope I don’t jinx it, and I hope they don’t choke like many a Bay Area teams have done before. They’re currently first in their division, and I’m optimistic even if the season is only half done.

So back to the reason for my posting. The All Star Game.  Something that’s been going on every year since 1947 and more informally there have been All Star Benefit games since 1908. You can read about it on Wikipedia. This year it’s being held in Montreal since the Canadiens are celebrating their 100th birthday.  So here’s my pitch to get more people to vote, I of course have voted for my favorite Sharks, you can vote for you favorites, but if you could spare a vote, write in one for Devin Setoguchi, one of the forwards from the Sharks. I really think he deserves to represent San Jose this year. Oh and write in Tim Thomas as goalie for the East Coast, that’s just wrong that they didn’t even include the goalie for the top team on the East Coast!

P.S. I <3 Jonathan Cheechoo