Re: Culvers Camp Randall Hockey Classic: Michigan vs UW.. Brrrrrrrr!
Great game. Im really glad I went to the CRHC, it was a great experience, the view wasnt all that bad, it wasnt really all that cold and it was a great game.
We did have an incident where some college girl has way to much to drink, passed out and when my girlfriend went to get security to have them send an EMT to help, they didnt even know the procedure for calling an EMT and werent in much of a hurry to find help. We did manage to find an EMT in the crowd and the girl at least had a strong pulse, so hopefully she is OK. We definetly will be contacting someone in the athletic department or whatever because thats BS. If it really were a medical emergency, it could have ended really badly for that girl.
BTW, to those of you who doubted that it was all you could eat and drink at the Badger Warmup, I enjoyed several brats and beers and other than the $20 cost of admission, it didnt cost me a thing. I also got to enjoy listening to the UW band play live and it was fun to spend a little time hanging out in the fieldhouse. Good times.
The fan experience was pretty cool too. They had a display of all these old sticks and jerseys, had a display of several of the player tropheys they give out every year and they had a bunch of "test your hockey skills" stands which were a lot of fun.
Not to mention when they did, "jump around" that was a blast too. I think that was a great idea to get the fans warmed up, to get the team fired up and its just a great Camp Randall tradition.
Hopefully they do a game like this again in another 5 years or so.
I also skated on the rink Friday night when they had the public skate, which was a pretty magical experience. The ice was so chewed up but I didnt care because I knew that was probably going to be the closest Im ever going to get to skating on the Badgers' rink, so it was awesome. I didnt end up waiting in line to see the Stanley Cup though. They said it was a 2 1/2 hour wait and I had to meet some friends from dinner and just didnt have time to do both. I basically had to make a choice about what was more important and to me, skating on the rink was more important than seeing the Stanley Cup.
Im really glad I went and if they do another game like that in 5 years or so, I'll go again.
Great game. Im really glad I went to the CRHC, it was a great experience, the view wasnt all that bad, it wasnt really all that cold and it was a great game.
We did have an incident where some college girl has way to much to drink, passed out and when my girlfriend went to get security to have them send an EMT to help, they didnt even know the procedure for calling an EMT and werent in much of a hurry to find help. We did manage to find an EMT in the crowd and the girl at least had a strong pulse, so hopefully she is OK. We definetly will be contacting someone in the athletic department or whatever because thats BS. If it really were a medical emergency, it could have ended really badly for that girl.
BTW, to those of you who doubted that it was all you could eat and drink at the Badger Warmup, I enjoyed several brats and beers and other than the $20 cost of admission, it didnt cost me a thing. I also got to enjoy listening to the UW band play live and it was fun to spend a little time hanging out in the fieldhouse. Good times.
The fan experience was pretty cool too. They had a display of all these old sticks and jerseys, had a display of several of the player tropheys they give out every year and they had a bunch of "test your hockey skills" stands which were a lot of fun.
Not to mention when they did, "jump around" that was a blast too. I think that was a great idea to get the fans warmed up, to get the team fired up and its just a great Camp Randall tradition.
Hopefully they do a game like this again in another 5 years or so.
I also skated on the rink Friday night when they had the public skate, which was a pretty magical experience. The ice was so chewed up but I didnt care because I knew that was probably going to be the closest Im ever going to get to skating on the Badgers' rink, so it was awesome. I didnt end up waiting in line to see the Stanley Cup though. They said it was a 2 1/2 hour wait and I had to meet some friends from dinner and just didnt have time to do both. I basically had to make a choice about what was more important and to me, skating on the rink was more important than seeing the Stanley Cup.
Im really glad I went and if they do another game like that in 5 years or so, I'll go again.
) Miller Park Double Header would be from Madison and other areas. 