Love Grizzlies Hockey!

One of the things we wanted to do in Canada was see a hockey game. Hockey is such a big deal there! But when we tried to buy tickets to see the Toronto Maple Leafs play, the cheapest ones we could buy were $250 CA (which is a little less than in the US, but not enough to put it into our budget after we already spent a bunch on other things).

 

So way back in July, we all did the summer reading program through our county library and the Grizzlies gave the kids all free tickets to one October/November Hockey game and the parent tickets were reduced. We got 8 of us in for $45 (that's US $, but it is still way less than $250 CA).

We have had tons of snow today and the roads were slick and icy, but we managed to get to the Maverik Center without mishap. We were on the 8th row, so we could see everything! It was a good game. The kids enjoy the craziness and the fighting. One guy from the Grizzlies was actually ejected from the game for making a guy from the other team bleed.

Hockey is not my favorite sport by any means, but I love taking the kids to interesting and different activities, so every year we are excited to see at least one game. And one of my favorite parts about it all is that they donate free tickets into the county library system. The older I get, the more I appreciate business that are willing to help build our communities.

Wow! I didn't know my tongue was so long! You look beautiful, Scout!