IIHF World Jr. Hockey Game!!!

Last night my Sr. Pastor took me and two other guys from the church to go see the Switzerland vs. Slovakia game at the Pacific Coliseum. This game wasn't for any medal (they were playing for 7th & 8th place respectively) but it still was a great game. It ended in a 3-3 tie, and since they weren't playing for anything besides the last 2 positions they didn't go into overtime--both the 7th & 8th teams still qualify for next years tourney. Oh, and yes that is my ticket....we had GREAT seats!

One of the best perks of that day was that we also scored VIP Hospitality tickets that got us into a VIP lounge before the game and during the 1st & 2nd intermissions... this meant free pop, chips, chicken wings, cookies etc... No need to pay 8 bucks for a hot dog!!! The VIP tickets were cool, but what really got me excited were the other tickets that we got to go see the Stanley Cup!!!

They had this huge "Fan Fest" that was going on in the Forum building where you could wear a Team Canada jersey and pose with cardboard cutouts of last years Gold Medal team. Click on the picture and see if you can spot me. The other life-like guy in the picture is Craig who was another one of the guys who came with us. In reflection I should have gotten a picture with me picking Sidney Crosby's nose or something...oh well...I'm sure some other kid probably did it!

So once we got our pictures taken it was off to go see the Stanyley Cup...WOO HOO. I was really pumped at this time. We got into the building and they actually had ALL of the major hockey trophies on display. I went and took some pictures of the Clarence Campbell bowl with the Canucks Team name on it for 81-82 & 93-94. And then came the time to get my picutre with the greatest sports trophey in the world...


I figured for not sticking my finger into Sidney's nose, I'd better at least pretend to kiss and hug thet Stanley Cup. This was for sure the highlight of my night. It was a bummer that I don't get to go see the Canada vs. Russia game...but there is no way in the world I'm gonna ever find tickets for that game.

Thanks for taking the time to read this fairly long-winded post, but I just had to let everyone know...

Peace,

Ty