Kayla Veres 7 Report post Posted November 15, 2010 Tonight I will be going to the open house at the Joe. I have never been to one before so I was wanted any feedback from anybody that has attended. How much is parking? Have you been able to get everyone's autograph? What should I expect? I'm excited and nervous. Not sure why I'm nervous but it isn't everyday you meet your heroes. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yzerman3cups 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2010 Tonight I will be going to the open house at the Joe. I have never been to one before so I was wanted any feedback from anybody that has attended. How much is parking? Have you been able to get everyone's autograph? What should I expect? I'm excited and nervous. Not sure why I'm nervous but it isn't everyday you meet your heroes. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! I have been to 2 of these and was supposed to go tonight but the guy I was supposed to go with hasn't called me back so it doesn't look good. First thing you have to do if you are getting auto's is find the section you are in and go sit down (inside the Joe seats). Earlier you get there the better. You won't know who is signing in your section until they get there. If you get lucky you get one of the big 3 (Hank/Pavel or Lids). Go through the auto line and you will get 3 player auto's. After you are done you are free to go to what they call an overflow line for other auto's. Find the player you want and get in his line and you should be able to get at least 3 more. Depending on how close you are in the first line will depend on how many you can get. I ended up being in Datsyuk's line and quickly got in the Zetterberg overflow and got his also. Then I got into an overflow line with some of the lower end guys and ended up with 9 auto's all together. Wish I was going and good luck.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hokeychik22 17 Report post Posted November 16, 2010 (edited) i wwent to the first open house a few weeks ago. had a blast. started with flip, franzen and kindl. i got pretty much most of th players too, missed about 6. post pictures from it. don't know if the link will work, but here is some photos from it in this album http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150301792330258&set=a.280916840257.319678.500120257#!/photo.php?pid=15622163&id=500120257&fbid=10150304679920258 i took an old wings car flag to sign, got some interesting remarks/facial expressions from players Edited November 16, 2010 by hokeychik22 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayla Veres 7 Report post Posted November 16, 2010 Just got back not too long ago. If anybody has the chance to go you really should jump on it. I got to get autos from ozzy, rafalski, miller, datsyuk, betruzzi, zetterberg, helm, holmstrom, erricson, kronwall, and salei. I went with my boyfriend and my brother and we were all so nervous that we kept going over what we would say to them then once the time came to talk we were quiet, lol. I will post some pictures later but overall it was a wonderful night Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miss Wing Queen 154 Report post Posted November 16, 2010 I went to the one a couple of weeks ago with a friend who is a STH. I had an absolute blast and wanted to do everything. We were lucky to be in the section for Lidstrom and Eaves, then jumped in the overflow lines for Homer's group and Z's group. I got almost everybody's sig except for Franzen's and Modano's table. I have most of their sigs anyway so it wasn't too big of a deal. I was mostly excited to be able to tour the locker room and to go skating on the ice. That absolutely made my night, second only to drinking out of the cup. I was in the last group, so we had a lot of open ice. There was a ref there for a game that began after the open house, and he was really nice and allowed me to use him for different poses (fighting with another girl at center ice, going into the penalty box, entering the player's bench). Cheesy, I know, but hey, that's the photographer in me. He even took video of me skating. Standing on the Hockeytown logo at center ice in my hockey skates was the ultimate experience for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayla Veres 7 Report post Posted November 16, 2010 (edited) We were in the section with Rafalski, Erricson, an Ozgood. My boyfriend is a HUGE Rafalski fan so we were so happy to have gotten his table first. I had my boyfriend and brother go first so I could take pics and when we got to Ozzy I told him how happy I was to finally meet him, he smiled at me and I was so nervous lol my stomach started doing flips. We were able to get thru the section with Datsyuk, Helm and Salei very fast. Datsyuk is mine and my brother''s favorite. We kept talking about what would we say to him but once he was in front of us we were so star struck we just said that he has been playing fantastic and we can't wait to see what he does the rest of the season. He smiled and said something and we were just in awe of how happy and friendly he was. We then waited for Zetterberg and Miler for about 45 minutes, but it was defenitly worth the wait. He called my brother 'buddy' and I thought it was cute because Chad has cerebral palsy and is very small so a lot of people we meet thinks he's 12 lol. We went to wait in Lidstrom's section but they had closed it right before we got there. We were able to wait in the section of Bertuzzi, Kronwall, and Holmstom. We got there in the nick of time because they cut off the line after there were just 3 people behind us. Holmstrom was the most talkative of the bunch and asked my brother if he brought his skates ( I don't think he noticed him limping) it was cute because Chad just said 'sure' because he was so taken aback by the idea of Holmstrom talking to him. Even tho we only got 11 sigs we were able to walk around and catch some pictures of the players we had missed, which was just as well since me and my boyfriend have already met and gotten sigs from Eaves, Draper and Franzen. We then waited in line for the locker room tour and that by far was such an amazing experience. Datsyuk keeps icons in his locker ( my boyfriend is Greek and he has religious icons that are just like Pavs) It was amazing seeing where the lace up their skates and get ready to go out on the ice. Btw it stinks in there lol. We also got to sit on the bench and that was awesome. Overall that was the coolest experience I have ever had. My brother is such a huge fan that I know that meant the world to him. If I ever get the chance to go again I will. Greatest night ever! I attached some pictures from the night. If anyone ever gets the chance to go you should. It was the ultimate fan experience Edited November 16, 2010 by Kayla Veres Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hokeychik22 17 Report post Posted November 16, 2010 nice pictures. i agree with you, its a great opportunity every wings fan should be able to do when i saw franzen, in my opinion he didnt seem that big in person. (face to face)the players are all sweethearts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
