{"id":162,"date":"2012-04-01T22:44:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/?p=162"},"modified":"2012-04-07T22:46:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T22:46:21","slug":"my-first-ever-whale-hockey-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/2012\/04\/my-first-ever-whale-hockey-game\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Ever Whale Hockey Game!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday, my dad, Mr. Wearne, my friend Alex, and I went to my first ever Connecticut Whale Hockey game.\u00a0 We drove to their house, and then jumped into their car, and we drove to Hartford.\u00a0 The Whale was playing the Providence Bruins.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Whale had some great chances to score, but never did, and the Bruins kept the slim lead going into the final period.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I was worried that Whale wouldn\u2019t tie it up, but only 37 seconds into the period, Whale tied it up with a beautiful goal.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 However, a Bruins player redirected a shot into the top left corner to give the Bruins the lead.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>Overtime was not very eventful at first, because each team had very little shots.\u00a0 I was hoping that no one would score, because I wanted to see a shootout.\u00a0 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\u2019s pad a slid over the goal line with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime!\u00a0 Argh!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Even so, I enjoyed seeing my first ever whale game, and we went back to my friend\u2019s 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!<a href=\"https:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Whale-goal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-163\" title=\"Whale goal\" 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