55 years ago today I went to my first Bruins game with my Dad.
I was 9 years old and my Dad told me to watch #9 in white as he was the greatest player he had ever seen. The memories are still vivid of that day. We sat in Section 44 of the Stadium behind a goal ( $2.50 ) and my love affair with the team began. Little did I know I would not see a playoff game for eight years.
I was there when Bobby scored 'The Goal' and the next year I was at all 7 games against Montreal. The following year I paid a scalper $20 ( big money then ) to see the Bruins win the Cup at home in Game 5 vs NYR but it wasn't meant to be.
I was there when the Philadelphia Flyers won their first ever game at the Garden in 1975 and it wound up costing us the Cup.
I was at the Forum for the too many men game in 1979 and to this day I have no idea how 2 drunk and heartsick Bruins fans made it back to Boston driving through the mountains in the middle of the night. Brad Park's Game 7 OT goal against Buffalo in 1983 was a thrill.
I was there the night the lights went out in 1988 and 2 years later the heartbreak of the 3 OT loss to Edmonton.
But the best night of all was June 15, 2011. It made the 39 long years worth it.
I can say with all honesty that I owe my life to the Bruins as my parents met for the first time in the Second Balcony in the 1930's and started dating.
I am proud to be a Bruins fan.
I was 9 years old and my Dad told me to watch #9 in white as he was the greatest player he had ever seen. The memories are still vivid of that day. We sat in Section 44 of the Stadium behind a goal ( $2.50 ) and my love affair with the team began. Little did I know I would not see a playoff game for eight years.
I was there when Bobby scored 'The Goal' and the next year I was at all 7 games against Montreal. The following year I paid a scalper $20 ( big money then ) to see the Bruins win the Cup at home in Game 5 vs NYR but it wasn't meant to be.
I was there when the Philadelphia Flyers won their first ever game at the Garden in 1975 and it wound up costing us the Cup.
I was at the Forum for the too many men game in 1979 and to this day I have no idea how 2 drunk and heartsick Bruins fans made it back to Boston driving through the mountains in the middle of the night. Brad Park's Game 7 OT goal against Buffalo in 1983 was a thrill.
I was there the night the lights went out in 1988 and 2 years later the heartbreak of the 3 OT loss to Edmonton.
But the best night of all was June 15, 2011. It made the 39 long years worth it.
I can say with all honesty that I owe my life to the Bruins as my parents met for the first time in the Second Balcony in the 1930's and started dating.
I am proud to be a Bruins fan.
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