More reasons to enjoy a Pirates hockey game

L. and I saw a great Pirates game last night as they  <a href=http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=162132&ac=PHspt>shut out the Bruins</a>. It started with an unlikely sight and wrapped up in true hockey form. It was a fun night to be a fan in the stands.

The Maine Suzuki youth orchestra piled on to the ice to play the National Anthem.

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And they were good.
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Then with less than two minutes left to play in the game, a big fight broke out and six players (three from each team) were tossed out of the game. It was a big melee and the crowd was on their feet the whole time -- and of course there were especially loud cheers at the waving exit.

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It was a fast game and at one point a <a href=http://seen.mainetoday.com/detail.html?alb=29297&st=32&pg=3&pid=46403&c=41&u=&r=&cat=&t=>piece of plexiglass fell out after a hard hit on the boards</a>. There were other fights during on the ice as well and the rowdy crowd was right into it all.

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<span class=caption><a href=http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=826626FFF7C2169F>See more Seen Team videos from this season on YouTube</a>.  (We've got some other fans' videos on the list as well.)</span>

L. was her chatty self in the stands with her Webkinz monkey CheeChee wearing a slightly too-small Pirates t-shirt (<a href=http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/children/kidtracks/010088.html#video>from her other game mascot</a>).

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<span class=caption>"Pirates get a goal!"</span>

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<span class=caption>"They don't get a goal."</span>

She was also busy remaking the face of her balloon monkey because it didn't look enough like a girl. Apparently she needed eyelashes and a smiling mouth of teeth.

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I also caught a shot of the Chuck-A-Puck clean-crew per Andrew's request of Seen Team last night (which was overdue -- sorry it took so long to catch up with you guys!).

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I have to share this video L. and I found on YouTube, which we looked for after reading <a href=http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/PIRATES/020800.html>Mike Hoffman's blog entry</a>.  L. watched it several times because she couldn't stop laughing at the guy eating with his gloves on.

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Go Pirates!