A native Oregonian looks at hockey
During the lust week of
March, thuusands and
thousands «»f students sped
south in search of the very
limits of their alcohol tolerance.
While this certainly appealed to
me,-too f decided instead to
drive north to Canada in. search
of something else,' ,
I drove up to Vancouver.
H.1. and it was them where )
saw my’ first professional
Hockey game ; As a life-long
;' resident of Oregon. I had 1 itt iw
,.;k’n owl edge o r interest i n
. lUK^key**'w:
; .;\^h»sV;tif ’thla highlgljt:s jhad
.i sd«m on"the*ivewsi'w e rt) of fights.
and most. pictures. of.’ hockey
iiliivorH. shuwml - an anra/.ing
..toothlessness - prubhrm.”. I he
-. .sport - had alvvaVs seemed.I»ar
• uaric.end, tninor -compared, to
v tiis'ske t ha 11 :";ba setfa'I l,v and
'.footfadl^ •'
■. ° 1 11a< ks-aiVVh'highiy; visjBJJ
, • i'elelirdies ;lhVt:h_gu»rss ytdfhoiii
Vj*\|jtisiire’1 mm a;iiiinpr K A’:nirt.
;■ vv nrk 'lajul '-.w ttlv*. slide 'pmiiiii
lions pretty much out of the
question), how can you possibly
tell one player from the next?
Loving the excitement a large
crowd creates at a pro game. I
went along with my Canadian,
0 friends to see the Vancouver
Canucks battle the Quebec
Nbrdiques. .■
While: listening to scalpers
hntlerihii “who needs tickets?
•' hollering:
I’ve got three in a row," I wat
. r ched_ my friend,' a Hockey*..
•'crazed Vancouverite, approach’
: H jscaiper trt buy pur tickets. My
/ amazement at. the legality of •
= scalping was matched on ly by. “
-my. embarassmnnt at riot know- .
.* . ling whatr a Nordique .was. I
figured it was 'the National
'"j. .llt^keyd^ague's counterpart to .
• the-Jn(bya.; ' , /-■ ;:v ' .;
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My friend Andy, another
University student, accom
panied Fred as they approached
the scalper. They had been
given money to buy seven
tickets. Fred tried bargaining
with them and told them he had
only $50, The scalper appeared
firm until Andv jumped in and
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declared' ‘‘hey Fred, I’ve got
some,.' Amorican.'’ As tho
tti.alpur.'s oyiw lit up “’like a
, Hcuniboard.the two had to moot
lilt'asking prior of $00.
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holds about tti.000 people.
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vicious checks.
Our tickets placed us high in
the arena. As we watched the
first period. Fred explained
things. Oh. so little had I
known! For example, the sport
has rules! Icing, high sticking,
fighting, hooking — these are
all hail thigs. For me. it was
simple: just cheer good things
and boo bad things.
The first period was
dominated by Quebec, It was
dear even to me that their pass
ing and skating was much better
than the sluggish.Canucks. As
the period ended. Quebec . i-2.
At tnat time, we spotted empty
seals four rows behind one of
the’ goals and sneaked down
past the ushers.
lit bur new, seats, we found
ourselves sitting lietween Undid
couple in their lids and three inv
toxicated men ’in jackets and
lie*':. The cpiipltend.ed to sav
!oine on guvs:, let's go. Play'
hard." The giiVs “hi the jac kets
and lies ■ tossed out some
English and some language 1
couldn’t identify. However, the
English they used was not
suitable for family audiences.
Vancouver owned the second
period. At the time, they were
still fighting for the last playoff
spot in their conference and a
date with the Edmonton Oilers
and Wayne Cret/.ky. Actually,
that’s not really a great reward
to be fighting over. It would be
much like the Christians runn
ing a 100-meter dash with the
winner having, to enter the
arena in face the linos.
Throughout the period, the
goal near us was the'center of
act ion. I n hockey, the cheers
grow as the puck gets passed
around closer to the goal. The
thunder of the fans when a
player finally slaps one past the
goalie is similar to a ho merlin
swing or a slam dunk. By the
end ..of the second period, the
('anucks held a 7-4 lead.
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