Since Nationwide Arena lets you shoot from the rafters whenever and wherever you want, I spent little time anywhere else while double-teaming a game with another Dispatch staffer.

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason (1) lunges for a loose puck in the third period as the Columbus Blue Jackets faced the Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on December 1, 2010.

 

Nashville Predators center Steve Sullivan (26) scores on Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason (1) during a shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets faced the Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on December 1, 2010. (Dispatch photo by Ed Matthews)

Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Rick Nash (61) misses a shootout goal against Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35) as the Columbus Blue Jackets faced the Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on December 1, 2010.

 

Columbus Blue Jackets face off against Nashville Predators at the start of the third period as the Columbus Blue Jackets faced the Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on December 1, 2010.

Jeanne Guerin smiles wither her 5-year-old daughter, Margaux, as the school bus carrying 6-year-old Colby Foust rounds the corner on to West Plum St. in Westerville to drop him off nearby on November 30, 2010. Colby spends afternoons playing with Margaux at the Guerin household while his parents are at work. “Nobody waits in the rain anymore,” said Jeanne, who added that they wait outside in all kinds of weather. “Come back in Winter and we’ll be waiting in a blizzard.”

Otterbein women’s soccer players (from left) defender Jenny Knox, goalkeeper Tara Carter, defender Laura Vasbinder and defender Hannah Fairbanks, pose for a portrait in the Clements Recreation and Fitness Center on November 30, 2010. The team is on it’s way to the NCAA Division III finals thanks largely to the backfield, who have allowed only four goals this season.