I hadn’t seen a live Leafs game in years, not since they’d moved out of The Gardens so I was totally psyched when my boss offered me her extra ticket. So psyched that Shannon and I came home a day early from Vancouver.
We had nosebleed seats and I quickly realized that I had No Idea who plays on either team. Not one name was familiar. Who are the heroes nowadays? Where is the Wendel Clarke? The Darryl Sittler? Rick Vaive? Dougie Gilmour?
Am I showing my age?
We still had fun. We got carded for beer-neither of us had proper id either-so that was pretty good. Getting carded when you’re 22 is annoying and embarrassing but getting carded when you’re 37 is pretty sweet. And there was a very exciting and somewhat scary fight, not on the ice, but in the stands right behind us, between disgruntled fans.
Us trying not to be scared of a fully grown man being shoved and falling ass over tea kettle down the rather steep seats.
Well. Anyway, I know I say it all the time but I totally love my job and I love my boss very much.
yeesh, sounds like a crazy time! What kind of grown men get into fights like that?
Sounds like you had a great time! Maybe you should do it more often?
The guy that threw the popcorn looked at least 45. The guy that was behind him and giving him shit looked about my age or younger. So, old enough to know better, all around.
I suspect beer may have been involved.
I like the part where a 45 year old chooses popcorn as his dueling weapon.
Four and a half decades of wisdom behind his choices and he thinks that throwing popcorn will…what? make the other guy rethink his own beer-fueled rants and apologise? Or perhaps he thought the synthetic butter topping and heavy salt content would burn his enemy’s face like mace.
Either way, I’m assuming that his gymnastics down the cement stairway will help him to revise his plan for the next game.
Despite never having actually gone to a hockey game once in my entire life, any mention of it instantly makes me homesick for Canada! Your blog is always a breath of fresh air for me! :)
Security finally came and took the main offender away. He didn’t actually tumble down, we were just worried he might.
Nicole, for real, you and David should hop up to Dallas and take in a Stars game, especially if it’s vs a Canadian team to root for. Seats are cheaper in America and it’s lots of fun, cheering and waving and climbing lots of stairs.