This is the State of Hockey

The Wild won 5-2!

I forget how much I love hockey. It's such a Minnesota thing (maybe because we're so close to Canada, eh?) It's so ingrained into the culture here, as witnessed in the video. I don't even fully understand it being a transplant, but I've definitely caught the bug. Minnesota truly is "the state of hockey."

We were raised
With the stick
And a pair of blades
On the ice we cut our teeth
We took our knocks
In the penalty box
Our mother was the referee

This sport was here
Before we came
It will be here when we're gone
The game's in our blood
And our blood's in the game
Lay us down under
A frozen pond

We will fight to the end
We will stand and defend
Our flag flying high and free
We were born the child
Of the strong and Wild
In the State, the State of Hockey

A big blue line runs around our state
A line that can't be crossed
The day they try to take this game
Is the day the gloves come off

We will fight to the end
We will stand and defend
Our flag flying high and free
We were born the child
Of the strong and Wild
In the State, the State of Hockey.