Change is not always good.

So the Billings Bulls have started a new season and we have lost our free ticket in. $8 per person later we are in the door and i start off very confused. As i walk towards the stands i have my hand on my wallet looking to buy an orange foam puck to toss onto the ice during the second intermission. There was no table. I chalked it up to them not being ready for this season. There is always an announcement about it so i will grab that later i guess.

We get to our seats near the beer garden and Nord goes to grab some cold ones. Hmm looks like they are serving Amber Bach this night is looking good. We watch a couple of the regulars start the drinking process going past empty handed and then going by again with 2 in hand. God i love Hockey.

They got a new sound system, and by new i mean old and shitty. The only speakers they are using seem to be the ones across the ice in the center. You cannot hear the announcer, you cannot hear the music. So no more guess the artist. It has become more of a game of "What the hell is that song"

The mystery of the missing chuck a puck was revealed midway through the first period. They put safety netting around this whole side of the ice. No pucks will hit the audience, no chuck-a-pucks will be thrown, and no lawyers will be making money off of the Bulls. Ok, damn, damn.

The entertainment for the second intermission was a shoot-off. They announced seat numbers and then staff went and grabbed these people(because no one could hear the announcer). They placed a board in front of the goal that had a cutout the size of a puck. IF you nailed this shot from center ice you won $10,000 or Jesus. Your choice because no one in the building could hit that shot players included. One of the people chosen to shoot this was the old lady that reads and crochets during intermissions. (Kevin you remember the one, sat in front of and to the left of us during last season.)

Bulls ended up winning the game 5-3 (i think)