We had a few more brushes with the hockey gods these past couple of days. Friday night was the coat check and the kids were under strict orders to not ask for autographs, not to "fight" over a chance to hang the coat of Don Cherry, don't speak until spoken to and you might as well throw in there "don't look them directly in the eye"!! It wasn't quite that bad, but it was close!
All those who came were very gracious and most made the first move to talk to the kids When Ron MacLean arrived he was in a deep conversation with someone when he came through the door. He happily agreed to sign a few autographs and Taylor hopped into line...the last spot. Just as he turned to her, someone whisked him off claiming they were late! Dang--so close!!
Next to arrive was Lanny MacDonald who was so engaging-he came in wearing a jersey, but still stopped, talked to every kid, signed autographs and posed for pictures:
(I was using my ipod to take the picture, so not the best quality!)
We had about 15minutes left before we were done when some man came up to me and asked me if i was "in charge?" I didn't really know how to answer when I'm overseeing a pile of over excited 12 & 13 yr olds! Depends? Maybe? Why what happened? So I went with the safest answer i could come up with while under pressure, "i'm ONE of the people in charge". He goes on to show me this big box they had put behind our curtains and informed me, very quietly, "the Stanley Cup is in there and NOBODY is allowed to touch it, open it , look inside or even know it's there". Oh great, now i have 12 & 13 yr olds AND the Stanley Cup?
So off he went, of course within about 15 seconds one boy was trying to open it and see what was inside! I shooed him away and then whispered my secret to Taylor!
Knowing this is the closest we would probably ever be to the Cup, we had to take advantage of the opportunity!
Everyone was awaiting Don Cherry's arrival but when our shift ended at 7:30 pm, he still hadn't arrived and i have yet to hear if he ever did!
Chris was in charge of security at yesterdays game where they were broadcasting Coaches Corner--Don Cherry had to be THERE!! So was does he do? Gives his buddy the closest spot - about 4 feet away - and he gets his jersey signed by the Don! What a guy! (He told me because he was in charge, he needed to remain professional.)
Last night was a friends' birthday and we went to Giorgios for supper. Shortly after we arrived, in walks Trevor Linden. We had our backs to the bar where he was waiting to be seated, but here is my great shot:
See the guy standing farthest to the left--that's him!
There you have it, our Hockey Day in Canada experiences. Taylor and I getting the most contact and we're not the fans, Chris, the biggest fan, got the least! However, he did help Wendel Clark look for his keys which were lost. Turns out there were in one of the many pockets of the giant, downfilled, puffy, good for -60 coats they were given to survive their time here in the Yukon!
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