It is kinda like fantasy hockey for us old wore out wannabe's. Sure as a kid I grew up dreaming of playing for the Adams Cup...come on in the 70's in Dallas we didn't really know what the Stanley Cup was, the Dallas Stars were still a couple of decades away from showing up so our dream was getting on the ice at the Fair Park Coliseum on $.10 beer night and beating the crap out of the Ft. Worth Red Wings. My dream was always to stand in for Michelle Dumas, then goalie for the Dallas Blackhawks.
Well the Stars Experience is bout the closest I'll ever come to doing that.
About 22 fellow players all showed up about 2:00pm at the American Airlines Center, we entered the building around 3:00pm with our escort and took the stairs down to the basement and one of the auxiliary locker rooms. From there we suited up, walked about 50 yds around a curve and there we stood in the same doors the Zamboni comes out to clean up the sweat and blood from Dallas Stars game.
We took the ice promptly at 3:30pm with me in the net for the "Down Under Pub and Grill" against the Matrix.
We beat each other’s brains out for about an hour...what a blast to actually skate and play on the ice the Stars play on.
After we all grabbed a quick shower we headed up to the old #7 club for an all you can eat buffet, then we grabbed our amazing seats and watched the Stars beat the Blue Jackets in the longest game of the season, a 6-5 win in a shootout!
Here are a few shots taken by one of our teammates, Matt Thibeau, he is a great sports photographer.
I wish I'd posted this last week but...it is Christmas after all.
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