And the games are underway.
Fresh off the captivating opening ceremonies, the ringette action started at 9 am with a packed house for the opening game between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. At one point they were turning people away at the door. Not great for the people who didn’t get in, but totally awesome that there is so much interest in ringette.
The hometown favourites didn’t disappoint and came away with a strong 8-5 win over New Brunswick. As you can imagine, the crowd went wild. . Immediately following the game, Team Nova Scotia skated out and did a team wave to their many fans in the stands. Nice touch.
Overall day one has been running very smoothly. The host volunteers are doing an amazing job and the best part is that the friendly East coast hospitality is running rampant in the rink. It is evident by the smiles on the athlete’s faces that everyone is having an amazing time.
There have been a tonne of media interviews following every game and it is refreshing to see so much interest in our sport and more importantly, our athletes. The people we’ve ran into that are seeing ringette for the first time love how great the game is. Fast and exciting are the words they using. Yes folks, it’s an amazing game!
The Alberta vs. Manitoba game was was pretty exciting with Manitoba leading 3-1 at the half and then Alberta came back to tie it up and then win it in overtime. Crazy amount of energy in the building. I did a double take when I saw the gamesheet after the game because it didn’t have any penalties. Not often you see that.
You know it’s been a busy day when Emily and I have only bumped into each other about a half a dozen times throughout the day and most of our contact has been via cell phone. Emily has been busy as a beaver taking pictures, so make sure you check them all out here
Saturday night in Halifax. I am sure we’ll find something exciting to do once we wrap things up here at the rink. Sure wish Franski was here!
Until tomorrow.
Ringette rocks.
Laynski
Fresh off the captivating opening ceremonies, the ringette action started at 9 am with a packed house for the opening game between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. At one point they were turning people away at the door. Not great for the people who didn’t get in, but totally awesome that there is so much interest in ringette.
The hometown favourites didn’t disappoint and came away with a strong 8-5 win over New Brunswick. As you can imagine, the crowd went wild. . Immediately following the game, Team Nova Scotia skated out and did a team wave to their many fans in the stands. Nice touch.
Overall day one has been running very smoothly. The host volunteers are doing an amazing job and the best part is that the friendly East coast hospitality is running rampant in the rink. It is evident by the smiles on the athlete’s faces that everyone is having an amazing time.
There have been a tonne of media interviews following every game and it is refreshing to see so much interest in our sport and more importantly, our athletes. The people we’ve ran into that are seeing ringette for the first time love how great the game is. Fast and exciting are the words they using. Yes folks, it’s an amazing game!
The Alberta vs. Manitoba game was was pretty exciting with Manitoba leading 3-1 at the half and then Alberta came back to tie it up and then win it in overtime. Crazy amount of energy in the building. I did a double take when I saw the gamesheet after the game because it didn’t have any penalties. Not often you see that.
You know it’s been a busy day when Emily and I have only bumped into each other about a half a dozen times throughout the day and most of our contact has been via cell phone. Emily has been busy as a beaver taking pictures, so make sure you check them all out here
Saturday night in Halifax. I am sure we’ll find something exciting to do once we wrap things up here at the rink. Sure wish Franski was here!
Until tomorrow.
Ringette rocks.
Laynski
