Hockeytown_Ryan 119 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Last night at the Wings/Ducks game a fan was completely awesome and totally un-selfish, I wanted to share the story. I purchased the tickets I had during the first round of the $9.00 tickets sales. I knew I was not buying the best tickets there were... This game was a little different in that my 10 year old son who started watching and really liking the game last year, came with me to the game. This was his 1st. These were the single worst I think I ever had.... Under the scoreboard row 27 next to the wall..could not see anything and my 10 year old son was looking dejected and sad.... then walking up the stairs was a guy and his fellow fan who had seemingly walked upi the wrong set of stairs, My son and I were trying to see and we had went a row or 2 down where the steps started and tried to watch the game..Any of it! The man and his friend then asked me if I wanted to trade seats....noting that his seats probably had a better view for my boy..... he pointed them out to me and stated "He had been there" when we got to the seats he had been so gracious to trade..He was right.. My sons eyes lit up.. It made his night.. that and the fact that his fav Red Wing Rafalski scored... I wanted to say to that fan and all the fans that have done that for others and their children.. Thank You and God Bless.... It's that kind of thing that really makes Detroit fans the BEST there is!!! Edited November 15, 2009 by Hockeytown_Ryan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdinc 45 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 It goes to show that there "are" good people left in this world. SO nice of them to do it for you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadaBoy 151 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Great story And cheers to the Red Wings fan who gave up his seats. Edited November 15, 2009 by CanadaBoy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedisappearer 291 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooon 1,089 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 Cool! Glad your boy got to see his favorite player score, I remember my first hockey game was a hartford whalers game, great experience to remember. A good game to see too, well done wings fans! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rivalred 630 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 Red Wing Fans always amaze... That is such a great story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake_Marcus 890 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 That's some good karma for the fan who gave his seats up. I hope good things come his way I'm glad your son had fun at the game! There's nothing cooler than seeing your favourite player score in person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crymson Report post Posted November 15, 2009 It goes to show that there "are" good people left in this world. SO nice of them to do it for you Nonsense. Everybody sucks, and the so-called good samaritan of this particular instance will undoubtedly later show up to ask an unreasonable favor of the OP in return for his actions of yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ZetterbergFourty Report post Posted November 15, 2009 Thanks for posting this, great story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted November 15, 2009 Awesome, I hate seeing sad kids at what should be exciting, so that guy was really classy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Awesome story, great to see how generous some people can be still in today's times where people in genreal just always seem to be so uptight and pissy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjm502 165 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 "Hockey fans aren't like other fans". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hack & Whack Rule! 160 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Awesome story. Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad your son had a good time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WizardOfOz30 1,886 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 It's so nice to hear that people are still willing to do things for a complete stranger and ask nothing in return. Glad your son got to have such a great experience at his first game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donaldjr2448 43 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Great Story!!! Thanks for posting that!! I gte tired of all the negative talk on here, its nice to see some good stuff going on!! I hope your son enjoyed the game! We need new young talent, I hope he gets an interest to play the game! Wings fans are the best!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WpgMikos 17 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 A similar thing happened to me courtesy of someone on Letsgowings. A buddy and I were planning on going to the Ducks/Wings game and we were going to buy student tickets but knew that b/c it was a Sat night we'd likely be sitting in the nosebleeds. (the seats turned out to be 218 A row 21, behind the goal, but luckily we never used them). I was chatting with someone from here who had tickets but couldn't make it to the game and he graciously told me his seat numbers so I could sit in his seats for the game as he wasn't going to be able to use them. Best seats I've ever had at the Joe. (lower bowl). Thanks again to my fellow Canuck!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HanKarin40 7 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 That's awesome! I love random acts of kindness! Glad you both had such a great time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seeinred 1,488 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 You're welcome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solnyshko 8 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 This is fantastic. I'm glad you guys had fun at the game! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vladifan 680 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Red Wings Nation....No place for a nasty person. Thanks for making my evening and probably tomorrow too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One4TheWings 11 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Nonsense. Everybody sucks, and the so-called good samaritan of this particular instance will undoubtedly later show up to ask an unreasonable favor of the OP in return for his actions of yesterday. Wow, OP.. I'm really glad your son enjoyed the ticket. It was the least I could do. It's awesome I could find out who I gave those tickets to. By the way, I'm going to need a kidney.. and maybe a lung too. Sound good? ... sorry! I had to do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown_Ryan 119 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 That is one act of kindness that I will have to "Pay It Forward" for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShanahanMan 473 Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Last night at the Wings/Ducks game a fan was completely awesome and totally un-selfish, I wanted to share the story. I purchased the tickets I had during the first round of the $9.00 tickets sales. I knew I was not buying the best tickets there were... This game was a little different in that my 10 year old son who started watching and really liking the game last year, came with me to the game. This was his 1st. These were the single worst I think I ever had.... Under the scoreboard row 27 next to the wall..could not see anything and my 10 year old son was looking dejected and sad.... then walking up the stairs was a guy and his fellow fan who had seemingly walked upi the wrong set of stairs, My son and I were trying to see and we had went a row or 2 down where the steps started and tried to watch the game..Any of it! The man and his friend then asked me if I wanted to trade seats....noting that his seats probably had a better view for my boy..... he pointed them out to me and stated "He had been there" when we got to the seats he had been so gracious to trade..He was right.. My sons eyes lit up.. It made his night.. that and the fact that his fav Red Wing Rafalski scored... I wanted to say to that fan and all the fans that have done that for others and their children.. Thank You and God Bless.... It's that kind of thing that really makes Detroit fans the BEST there is!!! That just made my day. Nice to see some acts of kindness still exist the world today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HockeyCrazy3033 168 Report post Posted November 17, 2009 That brightened up my day. That's a really great gesture! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kira 451 Report post Posted November 17, 2009 I also had a nice experience with the Wings. We buy our tickets and ask for a relocation, since my other half is in a wheelchair. Through relocating, we have made friends with a couple of the ushers, Shelley Smith and Herb Pogge. We came in the other night and ask for Shelley's section, the top of 106. We were told no problem, but since there were going to be so many there, I might have to stand behind Terry's chair all through the game. I said okay, but deep down I had some problems with that because I have arthritis in my knees (old age, you know), and I never know when they might just desert me and I would go down. Shelley gave me a big hug, and then I told him what they told me about standing all night. He said, "Sit down. We'll see about this standing bit." And that's where I sat all night long - no standing behind the chair. So if you go to the Joe, go to Section 106 and say hi to Shelley. Also cruise over to section 226 and give Herb a hug. He's been relocated himself. They moved him because he now suffers from Parkinson's and they don't think he can climb steps anymore, so in 226 he doesn't have to climb stairs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites