The Good Ol' Hockey Game

I'm Canadian...and I have always liked hockey!!!!!!

Hockey story time! Years ago my ex had a poster on his wall of Teemu Selanne as a Winnipeg Jet...of course I was always like "How do I say his name?" needless to say after looking at the guy for a couple years on the wall and being forced to watch him during games I gained a lot of respect and Selanne (and the game)...to me he is my #99 as #99 is to many hockey lovers my age.

Fast forward to March 15th, 2000 (I ONLY know the date cause there is a poster on my wall of it!!!) I went to see Darude for the first time...OH he's Finish...what am I going to talk to him about...needless to say when we first met we talked about Selanne and made bets on our countries teams ...I think I'm in the lead with those bets that seem to be on going ;)

I had ditched the baggage of an ex but still loved hockey and Selanne (once you pick a fave how can you stray?) This was back in the day of "yahoo fan clubs" I was a member of his and he'd tell people to come to pregame skate with their login names on a sign so he could see who we were. I went with mine (SelanneFan79) and when he spotted me with a Ducks flag (yes I had a Nucks one too!) he said to meet him by the bus. Yes I know you are thinking...Puck Bunny! Totally not the case, I was the heaviest in my life and well from what I have seen he's a good family guy. Anyway I went out to the bus, Ducks lost 8-1 that night....woohoo Selanne got the one Ducks goal and my team killed them, I was happy...BUT Selanne didn't come out until last...the bus rolled away as he was jumping on...my hockey hero...the Finnish Flash...flashed and was gone.

A couple days later I was on the fan club talking about it, I was still happy he had seen me and took the time out to say hello even through the glass. DINGDONG check your inbox Amber...I had a message from the person running the fan group! It was Teemu's friend...Teemu had seen me and wanted to make it up to me a couple days later! They were coming back to Vancouver and he asked if I could meet him in the lobby of the hotel before they left for pre-game....OF COURSE!!! I got there and Teemu was waiting inside, along with most of the team!!! He asked for my camera and took photos of me with each person as they went out to the bus, he even got Paul Karyia to sign some merch he brought me. Teemu gave me a package with cards, pictures and a bunch of other things...seriously who does that? How could I not be a fan of his? I went to the game that night smiling...again he got a goal and my Nucks won...I remember meeting him at the bus after to thank him for everything and gave him some gifts for his lil boys.

For a couple years I had a lot of access to Canucks games and I always made sure I was at his...then there were a few years I didn't get to any :( When I finally went back to a game I tested my luck at the bus again to say hello. He walked right on the bus...but just before he was up the stairs I yelled Hello in Fin! He turned around and got off...I had the old picture of us and he totally remembered who I was, or at least he pretended very well :P

Not last season but the season before I bought tickets behind the Ducks bench knowing it would be a count down to the last time I could see Selanne take the ice. I was beside the bench waiting and waiting...he never came out...injury! Early last season I went again...INJURY! OMG it's the last season he's signed for what IF.......... last time the Ducks played in Vancouver last season he was there! My friend was going to be late for the game but I went for pre! I stood on the Ducks side...he spotted me, I waved and when he came over showed him the back of my jersey he signed last time we talked (He signed a huge 8 with Selanne but also added Darude Rules on it LOL...oh those Fins!) he skated around some more and when I was on the phone shot a puck at the glass in front of me!!! I was talking to my dad at the time and couldn't stop laughing!

So what spawns this blog???????? Ever since the start I've been saying I want to go see Selanne play at the Pond...well I AM GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've booked a trip with many other Canucks fans for March! We fly out on the Friday, see Nucks vs. Kings on the Sat and Nucks vs. Ducks on the Sunday afternoon! I really didn't know if Selanne was going to renew his contract this year but after a good season last year and a bronze in Van2010 I am sure glad he did!!!!!!! This is the season I want to get a Selanne Finland jersey and this IS the year I will get him to sign my Ducks towel...sure they stole towel power from the Canucks BUT a friend of mine who was at the game where he won the Stanley Cup sent me an official towel.

Time to get me a new Canucks jersey (I want the white 40th anniv one!!!) and cheer on the sport I love outside of my home city!

GO CANUCKS GO...COCONUTS GO!

GO SELANNE GO :)

Hello out there, were on the air
it's hockey night tonight!
The tension grows,
the whistle blows,
and the puck goes down the ice.
The golie jumps,
and and the players bump,
and the fans all go insane.
Someone roars:
"Bobby Scores!"
At the good old hockey game!

(chours)
Oh!
The good old hockey game!
Its the best game you can name!
And the best game you can name,
is the good old hockey game!

Second Period.
Where players dash,
with skates a-flash,
the home team trails behind.
But they grab the puck,
and go bursting up,
and their down across the line.
They storm the crease,
like bumblebees,
and they travel like a burning flame.
We see them slide the puck inside,
its a one one hockey game!

(chours)
Oh!
The good old hockey game!
Its the best game you can name!
And the best game you can name,
is the good old hockey game!

Third Period.
Last game in the play-offs too.
Oh take me where, the hockey players,
face off down the rink,
And the Stanley Cup,
is all filled up,
for the champs who win the drink!
Now the final flick,
of a hockey stick,
and a one gigantic scream:
"THE PUCK IS IN! THE HOME TEAM WINS!"
At the good ol hockey game

(chorus repeat 3 times)
OH!
The good old hockey game!
Its the best game you can name!
And the best game you can name,
is the good old hockey game!