My First Ever Whale Hockey Game!
Last Sunday, my dad, Mr. Wearne, my friend Alex, and I went to my first ever Connecticut Whale Hockey game. We drove to their house, and then jumped into their car, and we drove to Hartford. The Whale was playing the Providence Bruins. The first period was uneventful, because here were no goals, but there was plenty of action, because each team had some great chances to score. In the second period, the Bruins got the lead, when they won the faceoff, and a Bruins player received the puck and shot it past everyone, including the goalie. Whale had some great chances to score, but never did, and the Bruins kept the slim lead going into the final period.
It was very cool because our seats were right above where the players came out, so Alex and I could reach down and high-five them as they went past. It was also different from UConn games, because there was a scoreboard on the ceiling, and I thought it was very cool that you could watch the game on it. I was worried that Whale wouldn’t tie it up, but only 37 seconds into the period, Whale tied it up with a beautiful goal. A Whale player skated up with the puck, and got a shot off while fighting with a defenseman that went past the goalie and in the net. However, a Bruins player redirected a shot into the top left corner to give the Bruins the lead. But once again the Whale tied it up when a player sent a pass straight in front of the net to Kris Newbury who bombed it into the net to send it to overtime.
Overtime was not very eventful at first, because each team had very little shots. I was hoping that no one would score, because I wanted to see a shootout. However, with twenty seconds left, the Bruins made their up ice, and made a shot that went wide, but rolled to a Bruins player who made a shot that the goalie saved, but the rebound rolled to a player who made a shot that bounced over the goalie’s pad a slid over the goal line with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime! Argh!
Even so, I enjoyed seeing my first ever whale game, and we went back to my friend’s house, and Alex and I went downstairs in the garage to play two Whale vs. UConn hockey games, since we were wearing the jerseys, and we each won one!
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Alex and I are very glad you were able to join us – I wish we had gone to the shoot out and won but it was still an exciting game! Most of all it was fun because we got to spend time with you and your dad. We won the first of the playoff games tonight so hopefully we will get to go to another game before the Playoff season is over.
Wish Whale had won the playoffs… and the game we went to too!