man of few opinions wrote:
i am not a hockey fan, but several years ago i was invited to a Wolves game in rosemont. early in the 2nd period, while the action was at the far end of the ice, i was watching the goalie on my end (i was right around the blue line), just seeing what he was doing out of curiosity, and before i knew it, they cleared the puck, it came into the crowd, and i got hit in the face with it. knocked me right into the aisle, spitting blood all over, trying to take inventory of my teeth. the paramedics were down there pretty quick, but within a few minutes of them tending to my smashed up face, the fans behind me already were impatient with the paramedics moving too slow and not getting the me fuck out of there so they could watch the game. i remember hearing the fans saying that, "get him out of here for christ sakes, we are trying to watch the game". one guy was giving me shit for not watching the puck, like REALLY giving it to me, like a deserved it for not watching every instant of the action. i was out of there within about 5 minutes, but after the initial excitement of someone getting hit in the face, people were pretty impatient.
by the way, im fine with that, im not complaining at all about any of this, but it was a good illustration that there is a hockey etiquette that people are pretty serious about. i did get a nice round of applause when i got up and my lower lip was gushing all over the place, all over my shirt. they like that kind of shit at hockey games it turns out. but the paramedics DID wait for a break in the action.
its funny because when i go to clinton lumberking baseball games i am fanatical about getting our seats behind the screen, for fear of one of my kids not paying attention, and i am the dumb-ass who gets it for not paying attention.
That's really messed up MOFO. Glad to see that everything turned out ok but assholes are everywhere.Those Wolves tickets cost a pretty penny so people want to make sure they get their monies worth
