Friday May 9, 2014. The Minnesota Wild versus the Chicago Blackhawks in playoffs. My brother and I were headed down to the Excl Energy Center, better known as The X, to watch game 3 of the series. The Wild were down two to one in the series, but were coming off a great win three days before. We walked into the enormous facility, and just like every other time, we stood there and took it all in. There were different paintings on the walls of retired hockey players, present players, and other miscellaneous pieces of art relating to hockey. We walked around smelling all the different foods they had to offer, but eventually we found our way to our seats. They were excellent seats in the second deck of the arena. We looked at each other and said, …show more content…
The Wild stepped on the ice for the third period, and just like all the other fans, we were excited to how the game was going to pan out. Of course, whenever you attend a sporting event, you always want the team you’re cheering for to win; this was no different for A.J. and me. The third period started, and the game was starting to get “chippy”. There was a lot of extracurricular hitting and punching after the whistle was blown. Sometimes the Wild would get away with a cheap play, and the fans next to us would go insane. My brother and I would just sit there quietly in our seats and snicker. Every so often we would turn to them and say, “I bet if you complain a little more, the refs might change the call”. It was about 3 minutes into the third period, when the Minnesota Wild were awarded a power play. Mikko Koivu won the draw back to Ryan Suter. He controlled it, moved to the middle of the blue line, and waited for his team to get in their correct spots. He then passed it over to Koivu, who faked a shot and passed it to Jared Spurgeon on the backdoor. He bobbled the pass, but found a way to put the puck in the back of the net. The fans, including my brother and me, went crazy. Every Wild fan was on his or her feet celebrating the goal. Some people were giving high fives to their neighbors, even if they had no clue who they were. The Minnesota Wild was 16 minutes away from tying the series up at two games …show more content…
There was a lot of cheering by the fans. Every so often Nordy, the Minnesota Wild’s mascot, would lead the fans in a cheer, such as; Lets go Wild. The Chicago Blackhawks got an offensive zone face off and decided to pull their goalie in order to put an extra attacker on the ice. They needed to score two goals in two minutes. During the remaining minutes of the game, Patrick Kane, one of the best hockey players, had a couple chances to score, but put them wide or over the net. The Minnesota Wild cleared the puck to center ice, but by the time Chicago got to it, the horn blew to end the game. The Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks four to