This year we went to a WHL Seattle Thunderbirds vs Vancouver Giants hockey game for our family celebration. It was great. They were all surprised to see we were on the glass behind the T-Birds bench. Cam was hoarse at the end because he was yelling from excitement from the time he saw where we were sitting. Off at the concession stand I got huge thank you from Alex and Jim was very happy. I have to say they made me feel pretty good about getting the tickets to the game. I actually bought them for Jim's Christmas present just for this day. I thought it would make a double holiday gift.
We had a bit of everything in the game. We had a injury, I think the guy lost some teeth. I just saw blood and him skating off the ice with his hands in front of his mouth and his gear was left on the ice. That led to a big old fashioned hockey fight! You probably hear Cameron screaming during that one. At one point the ref ended up going over the boards into the bench. A guy about 5 seats away caught a puck (Ouch!) One of the Zambonis messed up part of the ice, so that was just kind of cool to watch them try to fix it. Cameron says he saw himself on the jumbo tron.
Being behind the bench was neat watching the equipment manager. You could see the pride he took in his job. We saw him tape up sticks, sharpen skates, and work with the players very smoothly. It was cool just to see a different view of the game.
The score was 3-2 and in the very end the Giants pulled their goalie. Yet, it backfired and the T-birds scored again with 2.5 seconds left in the game. So, we won 4-2 and had an amazing evening!
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