Sunday, December 6, 2009

The fun and exciting hockey game

One night, when I was 10 years old, my Dad took me to a Hockey game in Toronto over Christmas break. It was the same time I was visiting my relatives and we wanted to get away from all the commotion that was going on so we left and scalped tickets to a game. It was perfect because they were playing the Florida Panthers; therefore, if Toronto lost I could be still be happy because I live in Florida. It was a win-win situation for me. This was the first Hockey game I went to since two years before, so I was excited to finally go back and get in on the action. The tickets we got were up in the box which was amazing because it was around dinner time and they served us free food and drinks, which just made it way better. We had a quality father and son moment pigging out while watching a Hockey game. The box was awesome because you were sitting on top of the glass looking down, had a perfect view of everything, and the seats were comfy with a ton of room for my legs. My uncle actually met Justin Timberlake in one of the boxes at a Toronto game a few years back.
The game was very entertaining right from the start. Two players got ejected in the first period for fighting. It was awesome! When the players were fighting, the crowd got all excited and into it and so did the players on the ice. It was an incredible scene from the box. After the first period was over it was 2-2, but that was the last bit of glory Toronto had because from the start of the second to the end of the game, Toronto played pathetic. At the end of the second it was 6-2 for Florida. I was not all disappointed because hey, I lived in the state, but I did not really want to start cheering because Toronto is a hostile environment when it comes down to Hockey. The fans on the other hand did not enjoy it at all and even started to boo at the team and try to throw things at the team bench. By half way through the third period people started leaving because it was 8-2 for Florida and Toronto had no chance at coming back. People in the crowd were embarrassed because their team was about to lose to a team from Florida where Hockey is absolutely nothing. My dad and I decided to leave with 5 minutes left to go because we wanted to beat all the traffic, it was late, and we had to drive an hour and a half back to St. Catherines. By the time we got home, it was around 1 a.m. and everyone was fast asleep.
Even though Toronto got dominated in all aspects of the game, except for the first period, my dad and I enjoyed our time together and had a great time watching good old fashion Hockey.

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