I wouldn’t say I have a favourite part of my Spring Break,
but I surely have many great memories from the break. One of which was going to
the Tampa Bay Lightning game in Florida. They played the Boston Bruins and blew
them out with a score of 5-2. During the game there were many happenings that
occurred. We were seated right near this giant 300 pound man in a muscle shirt
with a lightning bolt painted under one of his eyes. He was quite fanatical
over his team and at one point he went up to the glass and screamed at the
Bruins’ goaltender. The guy was so loud and menacing that the goaltender
flinched and looked over to him. He was on the screen numerous times throughout
the game for his loud antics and pride for the home team. At one point in the
game, he started to gain hate from the Bruins’ fans seated near him. They
started yelling back at him in a hope to deter him from slandering their team
any more. Since he was riling up the other team’s fans so much that they were
threatening him, a security came over to him to keep him from ensuing any more
chaos. I believe he is a regular there and that he is paid to attend the games
as sort of a secondary mascot for the team. Along with this fan, the game was
just as energetic. On the Bruins there is a goon of a player called Marchand who
always goes for cheap shots. The captain of the Lightning, Steven Stamkos had
had enough of his annoying antics against his team so he fought him and brought
him down to the ice in just a couple punches. The crowd was electric as this
happened because not only was it against Marchand, but Stamkos isn’t much of a
fighter. Overall, the game was amazing and the entire trip to Florida was a
well needed paradise after exams.
