Playoff hockey 'All Fired Up'

It's the second round of playoffs for the Portland Pirates and we saw one great, fast moving hockey game at the Civic Center last night. The Pirates have a special ticket promotion for $12 tickets to this round of playoff games for Main Deck seats. The one problem with this discount ticket offer is that when you order the tickets online, you can't choose your seats. Our seats turned out to be in the 3rd row from the ice. It was a real up close and personal experience and one I've decided over the years, is not my favorite place to be. So being the overly paranoid mother, I reviewed my Puck Duck move with the kids again. But when a puck hit the glass with such force it made everyone around us jump (or maybe it was me jumping so high it looked like everyone else was moving), L. and her friend decided to 'hide' (and giggle) under their seats for a few minutes. I swear I didn't stage this photo with G. reading the latest edition of RM magazine, I just noticed it this morning! Pirates playoff games always include some free fan swag and L. really likes the rally towels. She and her friend A. (her favorite hockey fan partner at games) loved swinging those things at the game this year. And per usual, L. had to get silly with her towel. Of course it's highly amusing to put them on your head too (different year, same idea). The Pirates won the game in overtime with lots of enthusiastic screaming fans. Providence is up one game over the Pirates in this round of playoffs and the teams face each other again at the Civic Center on tomorrow (Sunday - game starts at 4:05 p.m.). If you're interested in seeing some GREAT hockey, you can still get tickets for Sunday's game. The $12 ticket offer is available as well (according to the email I got from the team office). Go to: www.portlandpiratesstore.com/ticketstores And enter this info to get the discounted tickets (User name: playoffs, Password: round2) Or just stop by the box office to pick up tickets. Last night's game was not even close to being sold out, which was too bad because it really was an awesome game. Where else can you see a playoff game for $12?