so on friday morning, we (blades fans) went down to medicine hat to see the boys play the tigers in games one and two. the bus trip was long and dreadful, by the time we hit swift current i was hurtin. but we made it into the hat and headed straight to the hotel to check in. once we did that, it took me what seemed like a year to find my hotel room. the instructions "turn right, up the three stairs then follow it down" were obviously incorrect. more like, "to the right, up the stairs, down the mile long hallway, to the left, to the right, threw the other hallway, in the pool room, up the stairs, to the right, to the right again, down the hall to the left, down the other hall, then your rooms on the right. 207." that was literally it. which i doubt any of you read that all. once we checked in, and got to our rooms, some of us went to eat (i didnt) and some just stayed at the hotel and got ready (i did...). once 6pm hit, we met in the lobby and took the bus to the arena. which blows. the concourse is so bad its impossible to move. so once warmies were done, we all (fans/sponsers/familes) took to section 23 where we set up camp. the first period rolled on by just fine, then the second came along and the tigers dominated. eight minutes killed us. WE SCORED TO MAKE IT 4-3 THEN BUNZ DECIDED THERE WAS A FUCKING HOLE IN THE NET THEN THEY CALLED IT OFF. if there was a hole in the net, then why didnt they fix it?!!! that right there wouldve been a game changer (obviously) if it wouldve counted but nope i guess not, there was a "hole in the net". they hit an empty net so we ended up losing 5-2. we (fans) then loaded up the bus, dropped some guys off at the casino then went back to the hotel. i decided to go work out in the fitness room, so i got ready but once i got down there, it was closed. so then i watched tv and at chips in my room... so saturday came and i went down for breakfast, then came back up to my room to pack up and get ready for the game. it was only like 10:30am but checkout was at 11. so i got ready, then took my stuff to the room we had reserved for late checkout. we all waited in there for about 1.5 hours and then loaded the bus and went to the mall. some people really just stare at you like your the devil or something, others were nice and even said they were cheering for the blades. after 3 hours at the mall, we all went across the parking lot to montana's and i crushed some wings.. great diet. after that was over and done with we headed to the rink, but we got there an hour before the doors opened. so we waited and waited and discussed next years 20 year olds... scares me. then at 630 we headed into the rink for game two and holy hell were we ever hated, more than the night before. i know im not the classiest of fans but jeez some of the tiger fans look like theyll rip your head off. but i walked around that shitty arena one last night wearing the blades logo proud and hoped for a better game. dietz got suspended (dont know how long yet) and apparently pufahl was out. but obviously not because he scored the first goal. the game started and it was such a better game that friday's. we were down 2-0 (WE CANT TAKE PENALTIES!!!!!) but then the boys battled back and we were up 3-2. then after they scored, we went into the 3rd tied. and of course, they scored with 5:15 remaining. then we took about 600 penalties from then on, and we lost. if we can lay off on the penalties, we would be A LOT better off (obviously). so after the game, we headed home. the fans really loved taunting us, even on the street when our bus rolled by. too bad those windows dont roll down... we made it to credit union centre at about 3:30am, with the blades bus right behind us. i had such a fun time, even though we lost. hopefully were back for a game five...or seven. GO BLADES GO!!!!
chris collins ;)
can these seats just be filled with blades players?! ^
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