mccabe23
01-30-2005, 08:09 PM
Well, made the trip to Vancouver this weekend and had a great time! It was nice to be back in the Pacific Collesium! Wow, so many memories in that building from watching the Canucks as a youngster. Great crowd on hand for the giants/Rockets game and both teams played hard. I have NEVER seen Kelowna get banged around that hard by any team. I'm suprised half the Rockets could even walk after that one. Even little Mosey got caught wit his head down! I'm glad Kelowna pulled out the win so they can show other teams they can still play even though they are getting banged around. It could have easily been a 2-1 Giants win.
Even got treated to a few fights. Grant and Couture was a decent fight with it being fairly even until Grants caught Couture with a nice shot. Grant against Bodie was a little one-sided as Bodie has his jersey over his head and Grant fed him shot after shot. Keller vs. Bartley was a rare surprise. I have never seen Keller fight and he did alright. I give the win to Keller. When Keller took Bartley down, Bartley looked up and Keller nailed him hard with a punch. Something really set off Justin! lol
As for the Vancouver fans.......they were awesome! I met a few of them and they were all classy! Even the people we sat beside treated us very well. I thank the Giants fans for making our night more enjoyable. It was also nice to see many Rockets fans in attendance! The "Go Rockets Go" chant in the third was loud! :eek:
My only complaint was the 50/50 draw. With over 11,000 people there, the pot was only $5000! Same as a Kelowna game with 6,000 people! I think it's the way they sell the tickets. You only get one ticket for $2 rather than 3 for $2 in Kelowna. I think people would buy more if they felt they had better odds. Ah, what can ya do?
Anyways, GREAT GAME, GREAT EXPERIENCE and we will make that trip many more times again! Go ROCKETS!!!!!!
btw.....why was Ofukany scratched last night???
Even got treated to a few fights. Grant and Couture was a decent fight with it being fairly even until Grants caught Couture with a nice shot. Grant against Bodie was a little one-sided as Bodie has his jersey over his head and Grant fed him shot after shot. Keller vs. Bartley was a rare surprise. I have never seen Keller fight and he did alright. I give the win to Keller. When Keller took Bartley down, Bartley looked up and Keller nailed him hard with a punch. Something really set off Justin! lol
As for the Vancouver fans.......they were awesome! I met a few of them and they were all classy! Even the people we sat beside treated us very well. I thank the Giants fans for making our night more enjoyable. It was also nice to see many Rockets fans in attendance! The "Go Rockets Go" chant in the third was loud! :eek:
My only complaint was the 50/50 draw. With over 11,000 people there, the pot was only $5000! Same as a Kelowna game with 6,000 people! I think it's the way they sell the tickets. You only get one ticket for $2 rather than 3 for $2 in Kelowna. I think people would buy more if they felt they had better odds. Ah, what can ya do?
Anyways, GREAT GAME, GREAT EXPERIENCE and we will make that trip many more times again! Go ROCKETS!!!!!!
btw.....why was Ofukany scratched last night???