Guys, I just felt I wanted to share a real "feel-good" story from this past Saturday night.
I was able to get two tickets to the Chicago/Toronto NHL game in Toronto and took my 12 year old son. The game was very entertaining with a penalty shot, a game misconduct and of course, a 4-1 Leaf win for my son, since his favourite team is the Leafs.
But the real highlight of the night came after the game. Through a contact, I was able to get the two of us down to the corridor outside the Chicago dressing room where we waited with about 20 other people for the Hawks. After about 15 minutes, the Chicago players started emerging...........first rookie Mark Bell, and then Bob Probert and Steve Sullivan came out. My son went right up to them, asking them very politely for autographs. They gladly obliged and were very polite back.
Soon after it was Igor Korolev who talked Russian to my son as he signed and then Eric Daze and Boris Mironov. To a man, ALL the Chicago players were polite and personable as they signed autographs and talked to the kids and adults. It was amazing!
Next out was Chicago star Tony Amonte and all the kids recognized him right away and rushed to get his autograph. Then coach Brian Sutter emerged and took his turn signing and was good enough to pose for pictures with all the kids.
And then Hall of Famer Denis Savard, now an assistant coach, came out and took time to pose for photos with all the kids. Next up was Steve Sullivan posing for a picture with the kids and it'll be hard to pick him out of that photo cause he's the same size as all the 12 year olds!
And just when you thought it was over, who comes strolling down the hallway but Don Cherry in his yellow suit. And he was great with the kids. He took lots of time to sign autographs, talk to all the kids, and then pose for pictures with all of them.
It was a great time to be a proud Dad as my son went from hero to hero to hero and it was simply awesome to see these professional athletes take the time to sign and talk and wait for photos.
In these times of rich, spoiled brats playing pro sports, this was a breath of fresh air and I want to thank the Chicago Blackhawks and also Don Cherry for giving my son memories that will last a lifetime.
Tiger
I was able to get two tickets to the Chicago/Toronto NHL game in Toronto and took my 12 year old son. The game was very entertaining with a penalty shot, a game misconduct and of course, a 4-1 Leaf win for my son, since his favourite team is the Leafs.
But the real highlight of the night came after the game. Through a contact, I was able to get the two of us down to the corridor outside the Chicago dressing room where we waited with about 20 other people for the Hawks. After about 15 minutes, the Chicago players started emerging...........first rookie Mark Bell, and then Bob Probert and Steve Sullivan came out. My son went right up to them, asking them very politely for autographs. They gladly obliged and were very polite back.
Soon after it was Igor Korolev who talked Russian to my son as he signed and then Eric Daze and Boris Mironov. To a man, ALL the Chicago players were polite and personable as they signed autographs and talked to the kids and adults. It was amazing!
Next out was Chicago star Tony Amonte and all the kids recognized him right away and rushed to get his autograph. Then coach Brian Sutter emerged and took his turn signing and was good enough to pose for pictures with all the kids.
And then Hall of Famer Denis Savard, now an assistant coach, came out and took time to pose for photos with all the kids. Next up was Steve Sullivan posing for a picture with the kids and it'll be hard to pick him out of that photo cause he's the same size as all the 12 year olds!
And just when you thought it was over, who comes strolling down the hallway but Don Cherry in his yellow suit. And he was great with the kids. He took lots of time to sign autographs, talk to all the kids, and then pose for pictures with all of them.
It was a great time to be a proud Dad as my son went from hero to hero to hero and it was simply awesome to see these professional athletes take the time to sign and talk and wait for photos.
In these times of rich, spoiled brats playing pro sports, this was a breath of fresh air and I want to thank the Chicago Blackhawks and also Don Cherry for giving my son memories that will last a lifetime.
Tiger
