a couple more road games in the books.
on friday (the 30th) i headed to the city to credit union centre in the morning to start off the trip. we left at 10 to calgary, which it felt like a lifetime to get there. one stop in hanna on the way, then we made er to calgary at about 4pm. the one hour time dfference was sure a blessing to have on this roady. after being stuck in horrible traffic for 400 hours, we made it to our hotel. and holy frig it was gorgeous. i unpacked, and got ready for the game then we took off for the dome which was about 15 minutes away. i met my parents there (they were already in calgary for an auction sale) and then went down for warmies. the saddledome might be the worst arena to navigate, when it comes to finding your seats. seems easy enough but when there stairs to go here, and stairs to go there, you get frusterated. after getting lost in some fancy concourse/restaurant/ballroom kind of place, and a little creep smile from the commish, i finally made it down. stayed there until warmups were done, then decided to make a few rounds around the saddledome. i like away games a tiiiiiny bit more than home games, just because i love the reactions you get. not just from the players when you cheer or during warmups (kind of like "what the hell are you doing here") but also from the other fans. the stares, chrips, "blades eh" comments, and so on. they never get old, and kind of make you feel special, or like every one is watching you and hate you. great feeling, really. so the game started, and it was pretty amazing i might add. a couple nice goals righ after another sure made the hitmen fans in our section angry (duh). revel got the first, beauty goal by the way, then josh (of course) got the next. the boys came out firing in the second and got a couple more. walker with the third of the game (new favourite player?! ......) and then dietz put the dagger in the hitmen. the third was pretty quiet, except for the end when we won and went crazy... the boys skated over and saluted us and right then i swear i couldve balled. makarov was amazing. such a sick game to be at. dalton thrower sat with us (his brother plays for the hitmen) and dalton was hurt so his family who sat behind me were cheering on his brother. sutter's dad (can you guess which one?!) also came by. and can i just say that despite what you see on tv, and what you would expect, the saddledome is a complete dump of an arena. anyways. so we went back to the hotel (some went to the casino like usual) and i was beat. i watched some tv, got my stuff for the morning ready, and called it a day. the next morning was pretty slack since we got a late checkout, and for some reason i was up bright and early. we left the hotel at 12 and header to "rocky view" aka the outside of calgary, i guess. we hit up crossiron mills mall and OMG I WAS IN HEAVEN. bass pro, pink, pro hockey life, sportchek, michael kors....i mean like its a hick ladies dream. we only had an hour there, so i was speedwalking like a mad man through the mall to find the stores i wanted to go to. after just over 200$, we headed to red deer. it seemed like a 20 minute drive for some reason. we went out to eat, then waited for like 2 days until the doors opened at the arena. our crew then invaded the last rink of the trip. it was surprisingly nicer than i expected, and alot more put together than the saddledome, honestly. some of the boys (nicholls, stransky, walker, pufahl, dietz were the only ones i looked at ha) were playing sewerball (?) right beside the ladies washroom, and as i was walking in, pufahl hit me with the ball...there was the obvious "oh sorry" from a couple of the boys, then it was like an outburst of "WHY'D YOU HIT THE BLADES FAN?!?" from nicholls and a couple others. i guess i just happened to glance over at walker while he was smiling and oh damn he is the most beautiful hick ever. i did the same old road pregame rituals then had to try some of this "amazing" icecream that was the talk of the trip. this game didnt go as good as we hoped. we knew it was going to be hard but i was hoping we wouldnt be shut out, obviously. bartosak was amazing and robbed josh nicholls a ton of times. also the post was not our friend. so we ended up losing 3-0. the rebels are a top notch classy organization, from what i saw on saturday. they were so welcoming to us (the fans) and offered us tons. it was so nice to stockl for the first time since the trade, made me a little emotional haha. so after the game we went out to our bus and started the trek back to saskatoon. the trip was amazing and i cant wait until the next one. moose jaw/swift current? till next time......
#CREWLOVE on our pa northern
we winnnnnnn
packed house in calgs..........
no friends probs
