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You can hear the roar of the crowd as you enter the double door. It has never been this crowded before. Need to stay close so we don't lose each other. The line snakes through the building. Finally get to the box, hand over the cash in exchange for a hand stamp and a good time.
Another set of double doors. Pull them open and the sound EXPLODES! Yelling and chanting mixed with the indescribable scent of excitement, sweat, and feet.
Time to push your way to the front, get as close as you can without actually stepping onto the ice yourself even though you wish you could. Watching in amazement as the players skate around doing drills effortlessly. They line up and call seniors, its their time to shine as the receive roses and take pictures with families who have bravely stepped onto the ice followed by the National Anthem, all stand, remove their hats and join in together before we start the game of the year.
Cute stuff is over, now its game time! 20:00 on the clock for the first period and the puck is dropped. Hitting, checking, tripping. Always fair when penalties are called on the opponent, never fair when its called on your own team, but we're winning anyway. Every time we score we cheer in unison to let the opponent know who the better team is. The clock is winding down and two players clad in BLUE are thrown out. They walk back out of the locker room. I am standing so close to them I can feel the steam coming off of their skin. Clearly angry at the refs call they stand there and watch the remaining 5:00 of the game and you can see on their face that what ever happens they are proud of their boys.
It's over, 5-2! Time for the other team to HANG THEIR HEADS.Time to warm up the bus and go back to Louisville boys.
We were at the Louisville vs UK hockey games this weekend. It was the last home game of the season and it was crazy.
I love this because it really has a good sense of school spirit. It has really good energy through out the whole thing and its perfect that we ended out with an win. I like the special moment when they call up the seniors as they receive their roses as well as take pictures with their families. This created a sweet moment. I also like the transition from that, it goes right back into the game. You portrayed perfectly what the atmosphere of a game would be and how exciting it would be. This definitely made me want to attend a UK hockey game.
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