Rink Rat
December 17, 2005
My oldest son is turning into a real rink rat. We sit close to the visitor locker room so we’ve been going down before periods start so he can get a few high fives. The hockey players are very cool about it, but last night Matt Keith was the first one out and he had some fun playing with Ethan.
Carl Corazzini was the last one out and gave Ethan a nice high five.
If you ever bring your young hockey fan to a game, I highly recommend bringing the down to either the home or visitor locker room for getting a few high fives. Some players are focused on the game and don’t pay attention to the kids, but many will put a glove or stick out. The nice thing about going to the visitor locker room is that there is no one there, at least at our arena. The home side is often to crowded for a 3 year old.
And if any Norfolk fans find this, you’re players were one of the best teams we’ve seen yet for interacting with the little fans on their way out from the locker room.
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[...] The Admirals are officially the nicest, most fan friendly team to visit Binghamton this season. The players come out of the locker room early and take the time to high five all the kids, talk to fans, and even play with the kids a little. Matt Keith has now become one of my favorite players. He’s had fun with my kids at several games now and last night he had a little tug-a-war with his hockey stick with my oldest. Even tough guy Shawn Thornton was great with the kids. During one of the intermissions Keith asked me what the latest trade news was. Don’t know why it hadn’t occurred to me before, but these guys must have been on edge waiting to hear if Chicago (their parent club) had dumped any players and created a few openings for callups on their roster. « Trade Day [...]
I would just like to say thank you all. I am a Norfolk fan and I am glad that in other arenas Norfolk is just as good as they are in ours. I have always been impressed with how they interact with the fans. Kids ecspecially. Even though Matt Keith admittedly doesn’t know how to hold a baby he still tried. I am glad you had a good experience with them. I hope it is the same way next season! Feel free to e-mail me.
~(*)~Charlene~(*)~