A Red Wings Fan "Make a Wish" moment

[XEagleDriver]

My family really pulled a good one on me to celebrate reaching the half century mark. The short version is:

A call from my 23-yr old daughter to be ready to go to an undisclosed location at 0530 on Saturday.

She picks me up in Columbia SC, and drives west to Augusta GA.

We board a plane in Augusta to go to Atlanta, still no indication on final destination.

Make a connection in Atlanta to go to Detroit. I now know we are going to a Red Wings game, since she and I are both fans.

Arrive in Detroit and proceed to Joe Louis Arena. The tickets are for a skybox, cool.

Enter skybox and my wife and sons which I left that morning in SC are there (they took a direct flight), plus my brother and his son flew in from DC!

Not done yet. Tina from the Red Wings PR department has wife, daughter, brother, and me follow her to ice level, where I get a ride on the Zamboni as it preps the ice for the 1st period.

Return to the skybox to see a 3-1 victory over the Av's with plenty of pizza, beer, burgers, and dogs!

What a day, what a day, go Wings!

A happy and humbled,
XEagleDriver

 

[j_garcia]

Damn, a Zamboni ride too Sounds like a lot of fun. I've never seen them play at the Joe, but I've been in Detroit when they were playing my Sharks I am a Wings fan too, except when they are playing us

 

[BMXTRIX]

Detroit? Seriously?

As a long time Caps fan, I just can't understand it.

On the other hand, the Zamboni ride sounds like a ton of fun.

And, since you weren't playing us, I will allow myself to be happy for you!

Really, sounds like a really amazing day to spend with family doing something you love to do (minus the travel).

 

[billy p]

The Detroit Red Wings are IMO...the model franchaise in the NHL. Sounds like a real thrill ride your a lucky man happy belated birthday!

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Way cool!

Would have been cooler if you were a Flyers fan though...

Happy B-day!

 

[XEagleDriver]

The Detroit Red Wings are IMO...the model franchaise in the NHL. Sounds like a real thrill ride your a lucky man happy belated birthday!

Billy P,

I couldn't agree more, all the folks we dealt with were great. They had a pride and love of their club that you could not miss.

A thank you letter to the CEO to follow!

Cheers,
XEagleDriver

 

[j_garcia]

Seems appropriate for this thread (look at the pentaly type):

 

[Cloon]

Im a life long Wings fan, but closest games for me are in Toronto, where you need to sell your mother to get Toronto-Wings tickets. Lucky man!