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Not sure many of the sports events I have been to are all that worth noting, but one that sticks out was the 1991 NHL Playoffs....
I was living in Winnipeg at the time while going to school, and a few of my friends and I had talked as the regular season came to a close how we were looking forward to going to a playoff game. As it turned out the Jets narrowly missed the playoffs, and all of our chances of see our first playoff game seemed to be gone. However, the day before the playoffs started, 3 of us talked about driving to Minneapolis to watch the North Stars first home game, and agreed to meet at something like 5 am the next day (the day of the game) & drive to Minnesota to watch it. I'm not sure any of us expected the others to actually be there, but we all met and drove to Minneapolis, actually making good time getting there, and then spent a couple hours looking for a mall (without finding one....I hope Mall of America wasn't around then or I would be embarrassed admiting we couldn't find the largest mall in America), before finally just heading for the arena.
The game was fun to watch, just being in the playoff atmosphere (and they had Cheerleaders, which were a treat for 3 young guys to watch as well). The North Stars beat the heavily favoured Chicago Black Hawks both that night and in the series and further went on to the finals that year, eventually losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins. When the game ended, we headed back for Winnipeg, and arrived as the sun was coming up. It was a long day, and nothing spectacular about the game, but if was a memorable moment, and I am happy we made the trip. 20 years later and it is still the only playoff game I have ever seen live.
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I was living in Winnipeg at the time while going to school, and a few of my friends and I had talked as the regular season came to a close how we were looking forward to going to a playoff game. As it turned out the Jets narrowly missed the playoffs, and all of our chances of see our first playoff game seemed to be gone. However, the day before the playoffs started, 3 of us talked about driving to Minneapolis to watch the North Stars first home game, and agreed to meet at something like 5 am the next day (the day of the game) & drive to Minnesota to watch it. I'm not sure any of us expected the others to actually be there, but we all met and drove to Minneapolis, actually making good time getting there, and then spent a couple hours looking for a mall (without finding one....I hope Mall of America wasn't around then or I would be embarrassed admiting we couldn't find the largest mall in America), before finally just heading for the arena.
The game was fun to watch, just being in the playoff atmosphere (and they had Cheerleaders, which were a treat for 3 young guys to watch as well). The North Stars beat the heavily favoured Chicago Black Hawks both that night and in the series and further went on to the finals that year, eventually losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins. When the game ended, we headed back for Winnipeg, and arrived as the sun was coming up. It was a long day, and nothing spectacular about the game, but if was a memorable moment, and I am happy we made the trip. 20 years later and it is still the only playoff game I have ever seen live.
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