Colorado Avalanche vs. Toronto Maple Leafs SOL

Colorado Avalanche vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

JP Aro

            We walk towards the lit up stadium in a sea of bobbing heads. All around there are jersey flashing in and out of site. We make our way winding in and out of cheering and jeering fans. We approach the will call and other our tickets then hop in line to get inside. Once inside we ride up the escalators and our section is right in front of us, 102. WE go down and find our seats. Center ice, twelve rows up, seats    3-6. The enthusiastic crowd jumps to there feet and roars as the Avalanche emerge from the locker room one by one hoping on the ice skating around the crowd waving at the crowd. There side of the ice is all lit up. There is no acknowledgement when the Maple Leafs shows up. No one seems to even notice them. There side of the ice is dark and everything. All eyes are watching the Avs. I don’t even see them emerge from the locker room. All the sudden I glance at there side and they are there skating around there side of the rink.

            The game starts and it is definitely not favoring the Avs. By the end of the first it is 3-0 Maple Leafs. The fans have died down long before this. The energy is just dead in the arena. The second period is just as bad. They give up another goal and do not respond. The third period there seems to be a sliver of hope scoring two quick goals. With two minutes left though all hope vanishes. After pulling there goalie an empty netter ends all hope.       

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