Our school gets a week and a half off for Spring Break, so we had a nice long break. We kicked off Spring Break early with our first family hockey game. The Sarnia Sting is a member of the Western Conference Junior Hockey League, which is basically the minors leagues of the NHL. We went to see them play the Guelph Storm. We were fortunate, because Imperial has a luxury box and Jacob hosted a game for his team where they could bring along their families. The box definitely made it a more pleasant for the kids, since they had room to move around both in the row seats and in the box and there was an endless supply of popcorn. The game was fun and I enjoyed getting to met Jacob's team and their families.
In true hockey fashion, there was one fight that I found amusing. While I won't deny there is their fair share of fights on the football field, it's handled a bit differently in hockey. In football, the first punch is usually quickly followed by a separation of parties by the refs and everyone is pushed to their appropriate sidelines. In hockey, the first punch is followed by a beat down. The refs circle the participants, preventing anyone else from joining in, but allow the parties involved to duke it out until they’re too tired to continue or blood is spilled on the ice. You can image how fun it was to explain that to Brenna!
Buzz and Baby Buzz, the official Sarnia Sting mascots visited the kids in the box. At halftime the kids got to Chuck the Puck onto the rink. If your puck made it onto the targets at center rink, then you won tickets to the next Sting game. We were alittle high and I feared for the safety of the people below us, but Brenna did mange to chuck it all the way onto the ice from our box. All around it was a great experience and I look forward to making another game next season.
