It's Friday night. There's no Silvertips Game. I'm sitting at home trying to figure out what to do with myself without a game...
Who would have thought that I would become a hockey fan? Those of you who know me know that I detest the Seattle Seachickens and basketball just doesn't excite me. My idea of sports has always been shopping at Nordstrom's on the day after Thanksgiving. But I'm hooked, I love the Silvertips.
At a lunch meeting on Thursday, I sought out my friend Alan- who has a new motto for Seattle when they move to Kent - "We Kent Win"- and knowledgeably recited events from the game the night before (the Prince George shut out 6-0) that I watched on the internet - yes, I watched it on the internet - I'm hard core.
Is it the action? The constant movement and skill of these kids? Is it having a hometown team that's good? It's all of the above - and more. It's our fellow fans in Section 119.
Who knows how we actually chose Section 119? Was it my husbands drive to view every angle before we bought the tickets? Was it fate? I'm not sure, but we sit in the best section in the place and our fellow "1-1-niners" have welcomed us - although maybe a couple of folks wish we had made another choice.
So, it's Friday - and I'm actually looking forward (gulp) to going to the Key to see our Tips take on the T-Birds on Saturday. Saturday - the day usually reserved for shopping - and I'm going to watch a hockey game - who would have guessed?
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even though i could not attend the game saturday, i listened to it on the radio and could hear the cheers and cowbells when the tips scored. glad we had some fans there. wish they could have won and wish i could have gone, though i would have wanted to go in a group..kind of intimidated by the hostile crowd...unlike us of course, who welcome the enemy with open arms...hahaha
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