First time I went to a hockey game was with a girl who had never been to one either. We sat through the first half, then got something to eat, then we watched the second half but when we gotup to leave we realized that nobody else was leaving. So...we went back to our seats and sat through the third quarter. Then we stayed in our seats to wait for the fourth quarter, only everybody else seemed to be leaving. What kind of screwey game has 3 periods? At least the last game they played 4 periods, which makes more sense, although that last period was rather short.