When we went to Michigan over Thanksgiving, we went to two Red Wings games! The seats were AWESOME......front row, right on the glass at Joe Louis Arena. The picture above is the arena but it's taken across the border on the Canada side.
It was Toys For Tots night at the Joe Louis Arena. Carol hooked us all up with toys to donate. This is Carol, Ann Marie & Mom chatting with the Toys for Tots representative at the Joe.
It was so much fun hanging out with the girls. They always make our visit so wonderful! This is Jim and his sister, Carol:
Jim celebrating with adult beverages (notice the pink glow on his cheeks and the happy grin on his face!):
Jim and his sister, Ann Marie:
During the national anthem, the Red Wings allowed a little league hockey player (they're called Mighty Mites) to skate onto the ice with them. This kid was so cute! You could tell he was totally star-struck. After the anthem, the poor kid just stood there looking around. He didn't know what to do. Todd Bertuzzi (#44 next to him) finally nudged him with his stick. I'm told that's hockey code for "get going....you did good!". :)
We were so close to the players, it felt like you could reach out & touch them. I have to admit to being star-struck myself. Each time they would check the other team into the boards/glass, the whole wall would shake! We learned first hand that you can't rest your beer on the shelf by the glass.
Garrett's favorite player: Niklas Kronwall (#55). He loves Kronwall because of the intense hits he dishes out. We bought a picture of Kronwall taken right as he nailed Havlat from the Chicago Blackhawks. Kronwall knocked Havlat out cold. Poor guy didn't know what hit him. Check out the hit:
Delanie's favorite player, Patrick Eaves (#17) is still out with a broken jaw.
My favorite player, Henrik Zetterberg (#40):
Jim's favorite player, Pavel Datsuk (#13):
This picture was taken from our seats. Can you believe how close we were? We kept hoping the camera guy would turn his camera on us be never saw him do it. When we got home, Ann Marie had taped the game so we watched to see if we were on TV. We were! After one of the goals - the Wings won both games - you could see Jim high-fiving Ann Marie. It was really cool!
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