First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY! Today is my friend ashley's 28 bday. :)
Ok. So last night Ashley, Trent (Ashley's bf) and I went to the hawks/cunucks game. I had such a great time. Here's my night...
The seats...
Trent hooked us up with some completely sweet seats. We were in the second row in the 100 level. Or if you'd like a better description, second row from the glass/ice. And we were right behind one of the goals (the one the hawks shot at 2 out of the 3 periods, OT, SO). We were right next to wear the zamboni comes on and off of the ice. And when we left our section, the hawks store was right across the way. So we didn't have to fight the crowds to get there. So needless to say, our seats rocked!
So let's back it up a little bit. Getting there...
We had decided to make a night of it. We drove out to Chicago pretty close to right after work. For the game/her bday Trent gave Ashley a Kane jersey. :) (I wore my sisters signed jersey. The team from the 90s signed it.) We got to Chicago and parked the car at Trent's work. Then we walked across the street from his work and ate at the bottom lounge. Cool place. While we were there we found out that they offer a free shuttle bus to and from the game. So we decided to take that and not have to pay for a cab. So totally sweet. We met some other fans of the hawks that were going to the game, they were pretty nice. Ashley and I had decided to make posters so we filled them out at the bottom lounge. The cool thing about the posters is that they were dry erase boards! So we could change our message throughout the game. Mine said: 'Messier guaranteed a win, could you Toews?' Ashley's said: 1st game/bday. All I want is a hat trick p-Kane 88.'
Right before the game...
We were dropped off at the stadium and while we were walking I got to see the Hull and Makita statues. That was cool. I had only seen those on tv. We walked right in the stadium and went to our seats. Such sweet seats (as I've described in detail earlier. hehe)! The Cunucks were warming up in front of us. When they would slap shot the puck and it would hit the glass, it made me and Ashley jump the first couple of times. Hehe.Trent seemed to have handled it better than is. Hehe. When they were done, the ice crew was taking care of the ice and was handing out pucks that were used to warm up with. So Ashley and I got pucks. So sweet! The stadium rocked! We got to listen to 2 national anthems (the Cunucks are from Canada)! And as is tradition with a blackhawks game, everyone screamed and made noise during the US national anthem. Side bar- I've heard some people say that it is disrespectful to do that. I completely disagree. Not only are we cheering for our team, we are cheering for our country. And cheering for everything that there is of hockey and our country. So yeah, those are my thoughts on that. Side bar done.- the video and music they play right before the hawks come out on the ice, so cool. Some great classic images. Chelios, Makita, Hull and the list goes on. They also had recent images of things like Shaw with blood dripping down his face holding up the Stanley cup - the perfect hockey image. Sums up everything about hockey. So at this point I'm totally jacked and ready for some hockey!
The game...
The puck was dropped and I don't think I stopped screaming or yelling at any point until the end. Hehe. Well I might be exaggerating but you get the idea. :) Because of where we were sitting we had such a great view of them against the glass. It was awesome to see their actual faces. There were a couple big hits on the glass right in front of us. So awesome! Got to see Toews do a face off right in front of us! Got to see Kane handle the puck like no one else. Saw Sharp right up close, yes he's as beautiful up close as he is on tv. :) We totally saw the hawks first goal. It was scored right in front of us! It was so awesome to actually see the puck slide in! Sadly we did see the Cunucks first goal too. Still cool to see a goal so close up. Ashley and I got on tv. Its mainly Ashley, which I'm very ok with that. Ashley is holding up her sign, which at that point said 'I love p-Kane 88'. But you can't see all of that. You just see the 'I love'. Still cool though. You just see me laughing right next to her. Hehe. The game was awesome! The people right in front of us was a father and son. They were supper nice! Season ticket holders, for they knew everyone around them. You could see it was something that they did together all the time. What makes it heart warming is that the son is autistic. So awesome! The game went into OT and then it went to a shoot out. Holy crap I thought I was going to have a heart attack. What made it awesome is that the hawks were trying to score at the goal we were sitting behind. It was so cool to see! Sadly we lost the SO and so lost the game. But holy crap, the game was complete and total fun!
All of this shenanigans was Ashley and Trent's first game. Can you believe it?! I've been to a bunch, but this is on the top of my list of best hawks games. It was just so cool!
Here are the pictures.
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