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So, a month or so ago one of the bailiffs at court told me about an upcoming appearance by Ray Bourque at our local arena. I figured it was just for the kids in minor hockey or something, but no no, he said it was a charity game kind of thing, but it might be sold out by now. I concurred and never thought much of it after that, especially since I think he mentioned it to me on a busy court day so I forgot all about it.
Anyway, this morning one of the girls in the office, who's big into the Cee Bees (our local men's senior hockey league team) and hockey in general, asked me if I was going Sunday. I told her that I'd forgotten about it and that when I heard about it ages ago I figured it was sold out. But no, it's not! She gave me the number to the rink, which she knows off hand, and I called and lo and behold, tickets are available. I booked one for myself, then after thinking about it and checking with Mom I changed that to two, one for Dad as well, so it'll be an activity for us both. :)
I picked up the tickets over lunch, for another girl in the office too who'll be sitting next to us, and also asked if there was any set time for photo ops or autographs, etc. She said there wasn't but for $25 more per ticket you could get a VIP pass to the locker room, omg. So that's exactly what I did, hahaha. XD The Legends team has so many players on it - no Neely, but Bourque, Rick Middleton, Terry O'Reilly, and many others, it's kind of insane (fyi, that's Bourque and Neely in my icon above!).
So yeah, wow. I'll get to meet some of the legends of Bruins hockey. x.x And Bourque, oh, I am so looking forward to that. Him winning the Cup with Colorado (he asked for a trade in the twilight of his career because Boston was suuuuucking and he wanted to win one and, while I was sad to see him go, so glad he did in retrospect!) just before he retired was my most memorable hockey moment until the B's won it themselves last June, and honestly it's still a veeeeeery close second. Like, seriously, I know not a lot (if any) of you can relate to growing up as a young Canadian boy playing hockey and pretending what player you were, well, for me it was Bourque. So to be able to get to meet him, well. Heeeeeeee. :D :D :D
There will be pictures, and there will be autographs, and, if I can find it (it may be packed up and in Salmon Cove), there may be opening of the sealed Bourque rookie card so I can get it signed. We will see!
Anyway, this morning one of the girls in the office, who's big into the Cee Bees (our local men's senior hockey league team) and hockey in general, asked me if I was going Sunday. I told her that I'd forgotten about it and that when I heard about it ages ago I figured it was sold out. But no, it's not! She gave me the number to the rink, which she knows off hand, and I called and lo and behold, tickets are available. I booked one for myself, then after thinking about it and checking with Mom I changed that to two, one for Dad as well, so it'll be an activity for us both. :)
I picked up the tickets over lunch, for another girl in the office too who'll be sitting next to us, and also asked if there was any set time for photo ops or autographs, etc. She said there wasn't but for $25 more per ticket you could get a VIP pass to the locker room, omg. So that's exactly what I did, hahaha. XD The Legends team has so many players on it - no Neely, but Bourque, Rick Middleton, Terry O'Reilly, and many others, it's kind of insane (fyi, that's Bourque and Neely in my icon above!).
So yeah, wow. I'll get to meet some of the legends of Bruins hockey. x.x And Bourque, oh, I am so looking forward to that. Him winning the Cup with Colorado (he asked for a trade in the twilight of his career because Boston was suuuuucking and he wanted to win one and, while I was sad to see him go, so glad he did in retrospect!) just before he retired was my most memorable hockey moment until the B's won it themselves last June, and honestly it's still a veeeeeery close second. Like, seriously, I know not a lot (if any) of you can relate to growing up as a young Canadian boy playing hockey and pretending what player you were, well, for me it was Bourque. So to be able to get to meet him, well. Heeeeeeee. :D :D :D
There will be pictures, and there will be autographs, and, if I can find it (it may be packed up and in Salmon Cove), there may be opening of the sealed Bourque rookie card so I can get it signed. We will see!
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