Chicago Wolves vs. Milwaukee Admirals-- Part 5: Kid Hockey, Tee Shirts, Zambonis and a Blowout

Friday, January 31

Between periods, they had a youth hockey game for about eight minutes and those little guys were really moving up and down the ice (and falling down a lot).  They'd fall and pop right back up, as did the AHL players.  Not so with me anymore.  I go down and it isn't, "Help I've Fallen and Can't Get Up" but approaching that.  And on ice, not likely at all.

In the second between periods game, one team's goalie was really good at stopping shots.  With how badly the Wolves goalie was going we decided that they should offer the little guy a one-day contract.

Plus, between periods and during time outs, girls would go out on the ice and throw and toss tee shirts to the kids, which would cause a stampede in our area.

The Zamboni's came out between periods and would smooth out the ice.  One time they had a special Zamboni where people were sitting on top and waving to the crowd,which probably filled about one third of the arena.

First and second periods the Wolves were outscored 2-1 in each.  The second one, the Wolves goalie was in the net by us and he sure looked big enough that he shouldn't be letting all those pucks go by him, but he sure did.  Where's that kid goalie when you need him.

We left with the Wolves down 6-3 and one out for the count as a result of a fight.  We later heard that the final score was 7-3 so we didn't miss anything.

--RoadPuck