Evil Chris or any hockey fan..HELP! Advice needed

[Nickatilynx]

I wanna take my 3 biggest kids to a Canucks games ( no smart remarks please such as "why?" etc etc)

I can get tickets here...

for example:

http://www.ticketsnow.com/tickets.cfm/p=284745

Which would you reccommend?

On the Ice?
By the bench?

Help?

[Sabby]

I had someone in my chat yesterday who said he plays for the Canucks.


Sabby

[Nickatilynx]

Well you should have got some tickets from him!!

[Sabby]

I dont like Hockey.


Sabby

[Sabby]

And Im not saying what number he is either.


Sabby

[XxXotic]

center ice like 10-15 rows back give you the best vantage point (at least in the old philly spectrum it did) obviously never having been to a canucks game I wouldn't know how that arena is laid out so I can't say for sure. Behind the benches are always fun but a lot of times it's hard to see with coaches roaming about and players up and down all game.

The most fun place to sit is usually behind the nets (at least for me) some of the biggest checks and a lot of the action goes on back there but you're limited to only seeing about 1/2 the game since you're pretty much only gonna see whats goin on in your end

[Biggy]

the only way to see a hockey game is live and in person. watching it on tv doesnt do it justice, especially when you are close to the action.

get as close to the ice as possible, and towards the middle of the rink (its all a matter of opinion), but the closer the better. never ever sat by the bench, sure you get to be by the players, but they are focused on the game... im sure there are people who like to sit behind the net, but i'd rather have a fuller view of the ice. its all personal preference, but just remember - as close as possible

[PornoDoggy]

I like center ice, about 20-30 rows up. Chris is right ... behind the benches can be distracting (and, at one Blues/Blackhawks game behind the 'hawks bench, nearly resulted in incarceration ). Don't care much for behind the goals for the reasons Chris mentioned, unless you're even higher up.

[Sabby]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Well you should have got some tickets from him!!

Actually I was kinda mad cause I was chatting with him lots and thinking hmmmmmmm this guy must have lots of money (If he was telling me the truth, lol).

Then someone else took me prvt and my room cleared and he never came back after that.

LOL.


Sabby

[Nickatilynx]

I'm thinking I wanna be on the glass so I can watch them get smacked into the glass and also so my kids will understand there are people that swear more then me

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by Sabby

Actually I was kinda mad cause I was chatting with him lots and thinking hmmmmmmm this guy must have lots of money (If he was telling me the truth, lol).

Then someone else took me prvt and my room cleared and he never came back after that.

LOL.


Sabby

I suspect he was telling porkies.

Though checking credit card sales before now We have found some interesting customers and purchasors before now

[Sabby]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I suspect he was telling porkies.

Though checking credit card sales before now We have found some interesting customers and purchasors before now

I used to have a hockey coach from the UK for months. He spent ALOT of money. Then he got engaged or something and said goodbye...


Sabby

[Nickatilynx]

Hockey coaches in the UK make peanuts.

[Sabby]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Hockey coaches in the UK make peanuts.

Well he gave them all to me then. LOL.


Sabby

[Nickatilynx]

I'd just thought you'd have a little book that listed average salaries by occupation

[Sabby]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I'd just thought you'd have a little book that listed average salaries by occupation

There's a book on that?


Sabby

[Nickatilynx]

yup

In 2003-04, the average NHL salary was $1.83 million.

I couldn't handle the pay cut...



LOL

[Evil Chris]

I didn't read through the entire thread but... ice-level is never any good.
I like to be up 20+ rows in one of the corners. Closer to the fights.

[DrGuile]

Canadiens won their first pre-season game yesterday, so talks of winning the Cup have begun

[Nickatilynx]

I can get some in Section 120 Row 19 for about $140 a pop.

Centre in 105 row 1 ( i guess on the ice) is 450 plus a pop..

so in the corners 19 rows back is good?

bearing in mind the kids are 12,11, and 7...???

[Nickatilynx]

got 4 seats in the corners for a grand , hopefully it will be fun for the kids

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

got 4 seats in the corners for a grand , hopefully it will be fun for the kids

If there's fighting I'm sure they will be very pleased.

[PornoDoggy]

My three daughters were bloodthirsty little wenches when the fights broke out.

[RyanLanane]

Nick, I used to be a Season Ticket holder for the Peoria Rivermen (AHL Team for the Blues) and I woudl have to say it depends on what you want...

Per : http://www.ticketsnow.com/tickets.cf...-1-3-main2.gif

If you want to show your kids a lot of action, checks/cross-checking/boarding/hooking etc, and fights you are going to want to be about Section 103, 109, 113, or 121. I would say very bottom row if you are going in one of those sections or the top of the bottom section .. being in between the two will leave you looking at some tough angles through the glass. You have this problem with the lower seats as well to when there is action on the far end.

If you want an overall good view of every I would suggest 105, 106, 107, 116, 117, or 118 at the top of the lower bowl section. You will be able to see all the action without the glass blocking your views, only downside is if they get in a fight in your corner it can be tough to see..

I personally would never want ice level tickets behind the PB or the Benches... View can't be that great... although I haven't ever sat there... The season tickets i had would of been something like section 116 at the very first row walking into the lower bowl.. Puck knocked a guy out cold 3 seats away one game and paramedics had to rush him to the hospital... I didn't even see it happening as i was reaching down to grab my soda.. Point? At that level you need to be careful with the kids and make sure they wear hockey helmets and train them how to avoid the puck prior to game time

BTW, First row of the upper bowl in any of those sections gives you an excellent view as well... Then again I was sitting in a stadium with sellout crowds of about 13K so our lower bowl ws probably quite a bit smaller than your's...

I assume you have the youngsters in Hockey Camps already?

Which reminds me.. Denise Pemberton, lol ... My high school hockey team had a chick on it... Man were we shit poor !

[MorganGrayson]

A sport where the *audience* had to wear protective helmets?

Having managed to be smacked with the ball at every baseball game I've ever attended...I'm leaving hockey as a "watch on television" sport.