 Ice, blades, speed, and a little physical contact. For some, it doesn't get better than this! We are fortunate to have such a high-caliber hockey team as the Grand Rapids Griffins in our midst. Come out and support our local team at one of their upcoming games and introduce your kids to a true cold-weather game. Up for grabs are (3) four-packs of tickets to the Griffins game against the Texas Stars on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. Some special things going on during the game include: Super Sunday: Enjoy $1 Cole's Breadsticks and $1 Pepsi products until one hour after the start of the game. Also, the first 1,000 kids 12 and younger will receive a Griffins player card strip, courtesy of Play N Trade Alpine! Fan 4-Pack: Fans can receive four tickets and $12 in concession cash for a great low price. Click here for more info. Library Night: Fans who present their Grand Rapids Public Library card or Kent District Library Card at the Van Andel Arena box office on the night of the game or at The Zone anytime during the store's regular business hours can purchase a lower bowl ticket for just $10 - a savings of $7! Limit four tickets per card per person. To enter to win these tickets tell me what hockey means to your family. Winners will be notified on February 19 and tickets will be waiting for you at the game. Good luck, and no high-sticking! CommentsKristin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:58:30 First, I don't think I've ever commented before, so I want to say I really like this blog. I can't tell you how many times I've learned about something happening in GR just by subscribing to this blog. Vanessa Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:32:49 my family loves hockey! we would love to go! Jodie Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:46:01 My family loves hockey. My husband played hockey since he was 4 and he has started teaching our 3 1/2 year old son how to skate. We go to open skate every Sunday in Kentwood and there is always a game before so we go early and watch and my son loves it! He loves watching hockey on TV and he says he wants to be a Red Wing when he grows up! Jill Kuiper Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:13:39 My son & I love watching hockey! Each and every day he wakes up he's always asking the score of the teams who played the night before. We'd love the chance to see the Griffins LIVE & try to cheer them on to a VICTORY!!! Thanks. Lauren Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:32:31 We would love to go to a hockey game... My boys just received hockey skates, pucks and sticks for Christmas and they have been skating and loving it ever since! They would love to see the Griffins play! Sharon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:54:59 Griffins Hockey has always been a great family outing for us. Both boys have gone through a stage where they love to pretend they are hockey players in my kitchen on the linoleum! My husband grew up in Seattle and become a Red Wings fan when he moved to Michigan. Laura B Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:56:19 We are a big hockey family, too. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:28:46 Thank you very much for this newsletter...I love reading about what kind of family fun activities are available! Jaime Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:30:03 Our family LOVES sports! This would be a great opportunity to show my girls just how AWESOME being part of a team/family is! The Griffins definitely show their support for the community...so I would love to SHOW them ours! Jennifer Post Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:31:20 Griffins hockey means a chance to do something fun with our family. It's always family friendly and the kids love it! Michael Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:37:06 Our family has never been hockey fans at all. Watching it on TV was boring. Then two weeks ago we were given Griffin tickets by a friend ours. It is one of the most exciting sports to watch in person. Our family is now hooked. Maryann Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:52 We have had very limited exposure to ice hockey. We are always ready, willing, and able to try something new and exciting. Sharing the evening family will make it all the more fun! melissa Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:51:21 I am always looking for fun activities for my husband to do with our three children. He loves hockey and so do the kids.My son just started playing hockey on saturdays and is in LOVE!!!!!!! My three year old wants to know when he can play hockey. :) Rick Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:25:46 I have 3 girls (ages 11, 9, and 7) who love the action and speed of the game of hockey. A few years back, my oldest wanted to be a Griffin hockey player when she grew up and I think still wants to be a hockey player on her high school team. Dana C Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:41:29 Oh this would be a great night out for our family. My husband works A LOT so I can stay at home with my kids so money is tight but a nice night out like this would just be so much fun for my boys!! Lauren m Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:10:53 hockey is my husband's favorite thing ever (besides his wife and two daughters, of course)! he played his entire life and still plays men's league each sunday night. our oldest daughter (2yr) gets so excited to help him hang up and air out his equipment after each game saying, "pee-eww dad, stinky!" and once it's all hanging, she has a little song she sings as she points to each piece of equipment. Angie Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:31:06 Our family loves to go to Griffins games. It is fun because we all enjoy hockey and it is nice to do something that we all like. Heather Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:35:36 My son loves the Griffins! We would love to go a game. He is 6 and is starting to want to play hockey, so this would be a real treat for him! Angelique D Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:12:45 Hockey means the world to my 7 year old who was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder right after birth. He does his best to try to play hockey in our driveway with his hockey stick and a chunk of ice. The stick is a little big, but he makes it work for him. He has never seem a live hockey game before. I am a single parent, so I do what I can to make things as fun as possible for him around here. We watch as much of it as we can on the tv and he cheers on the teams everytime. I don't think it even matters who is playing, he likes them all. It would be a chance of a lifetime if you chose us to be one of the families to go to this game and we would appreciate it a whole lot !! Tricia R Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:12:01 I have 3 boys who have never been to a hockey game before and this would be a great first experience for them. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:04:45 My husband and kids love to play hockey on the ice by our house. It would be a fun family night to watch the Griffins play. Jessica Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:04:20 My family LOVES to watch hockey. The constant action keeps my 2 1/2 and 1 year olds into the whole game! We saw 1 Griffins game live and the girls absolutely loved it. They didn't sit down thru the whole thing and didn't want to leave after the game, even though it was over 2 hours past bed time!!! We love how it's such a good family sport to watch together! Also, we like how at the games they make it a good family outing, all the giveaways and games they play! This would be a great treat for our family in these tough times :) Lina Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:02:07 We would like to be introduced to this sport. We hear Grandpa talk about Hockey but we have not actually seen Hockey live. We are familiar with the Griffins and are proud that they represent our town but how awsome it would be to directly connect wth this sport! Karen Moes Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:24:27 The lights dim, the spot lights start swirling, the crowd is going wild. Jennifer Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:41:11 Well hockey is very fun to watch and also all of my family loves it! But spending time with my family is by far the best thing on earth! That time is pretty scarce lately. My husband worked for GM and of course that didnt work out. I am currently working 3 jobs and this would be an awesome opportunity for us all get together and enjoy the time spent together having fun watching the Griffins. Also going to watch the Griffins was one of my husband and my first few dates and the first and only time that I have ever seen them. We all loved watching them as a family. And the kids couldnt wait for the t-shirt launcher to come around and scream! slaw Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:37:15 We are an extremely competitive family . . . and this is a night out together when we can all cheer for our favorite hockey team! I am not sure who has more fun . . us or the kids!! amanda Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:36:05 would love to win hockey tickets. thanks! Liz Goring Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:23:18 Hockey was my husbands life growing up and he recently just got back into playing again!He would be thrilled to bring our daughter to her first hockey game! Just imagining the smile on both of their faces is worth entering this contest! Jenny Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:06:16 We would really like to go to the Hockey game. It has been a while since we have been able to get out. Heather Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:05:58 I am always looking for special things to do with my 5 year old son. As a single parent with several jobs, I like to make our time extra special. This would be extra special. Thanks for thinking of us! Sara Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:22:45 We've always enjoyed going to Griffins games, but what put it over the edge into crazy fanhood is when we took our almost-2 year old last April to a Griffins game. We had front row seats and he had the time of his life. It was the first time we really saw him enjoying himself with a HUGE smile on his face the whole night. Cate Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:40:45 WE would love to use the hockey tickets. My son loves hockey so much that he wears his hockey pajamas constantly sometimes refusing to take them off. He also has a Red Wings jacket and blanket which we made our selves. WE usually attend one hockey game a year and this year we will not be able to due to being unemployed and lack of money. It would mean the world to both of us if we could spend some quality time together while watching a hockey game as we do every year. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:13:18 I'd love to take my family. My daughter has yet to go to a game and I know she would love it! Carson Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:23:35 What hockey means to my dad, and I is it gives us something to do in the winter time instead of sitting around home at night, just watching the snow fall. It has become a tradition for him and I to go to at least one hockey game in Grand Rapids per season as well. doug devries Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:24:20 Hockey is the #1 loved sport in of my wife's. We have been to a few Red Wings and lots of Griffins Games.We love watching online hockey fights.We never get enough hockey.We've always enjoyed going to Griffins games.We have had very limited exposure to ice hockey this year but are always looking forward to Griffins excitement. Sharing the evening with the family will make it all the more fun! We have not been to a game yet this year, so this is an awesome opportunity! Thanks again. Sarah Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:36:57 Griffins means tradition. Every year I take my son and daughter to a Hockey game for their birthday and we always stop at the Zone for a Griffin's birthday present, such as a hat or sweatshirt. We also go to the New Year's Eve game each year. Its something we all look forward to every year. In the summer, they always ask to go to a Griffins game at which point we start the countdowns to their 'birthday games'. Thank you Griffins for the great family memories and traditions! Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:54:43 Hi, My family just loves hockey, the biggest hockey nut is my 6 yr old daughter. She tells everyone she loves the Griffins. She is always asking if they won and if they do she says "YES" or pouts if they lose. This game would be awesome for her because she just can't get enough hockey. She wants to play someday but not with the bug boys just yet LOL..We went to the great skate 1st time she has ice skated and loved it and loved that the players talked to her and helped her. Thanks Griffins for all you do.. Derek Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:15:03 Hey, first thanks for doing this. Second, I wanted to post this just to share, not to win the tickets. I'm a season ticket holder and would prefer you give them to someone else since I already have tickets. Don Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:01:49 I have 2 grandsons, ages 8 and 15 that play hockey and have enjoyed watching the Griffins for a long time. They have been fortunate enough to get pucks at games and Evin McGrath was kind enough to give the youngest a stick at a game. What a thrill for a young guy! They learned their passion for the game from my 2 sons that played hockey in high school. Melissa Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:44:26 Hockey,Griffins Hockey in particular means so much to our family! We have two sons. Joey who is nine and Michael who is 7. Michael has severe autism and epilepsy and because of his disabilities we don't get out much as a family. Joey is in his third year of playing hockey for the Griffins Youth Foundation and he has completely fell head over heels in love with the game! Days in our home can be long and hard. Especially for a third grader but Joey knows no matter what is going on under our roof he gets to hit the ice rink every Thursday and Saturday! It has been a wonderful outlet for him as he deals with the stresses in our family. In March we are even throwing him a Griffins Birthday Party because he loves the team so much! We found out that he and his friends are going to get to sit on the bench while the team warms up and when I told him he responded excitedly "Do you think they sweated on that bench?" Yep,our Joey is quite the fan!!! Jennifer (and boys) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:32:35 My then five year old told me in the winter of 2008 that he wanted to play hockey when he grew up. Not having been exposed to hockey as a child or an adult (I am a figure skater) I told him he needed to learn to skate before he could play hockey. A year of skating lessons followed by this winter of hockey with the Griffins Youth Foundation has produced a hockey obsessed six year old. We have been to a few games in the past years as a family and would love to go again. I am unsure if I should publicly admit this or not, but I have to Google hockey terms to keep up with my boys growing obsession with this sport. Hockey, Rosa Parks and Griffs ice house has given us a chance to grow together as a family and participate in wonderful community organizations. Natalia Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:29:43 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:41:30 My family would enjoy this dew to my dad plays hockey.i grew up waching hockey. The Red Wings ....and it would be a great bonding for us ....we also love comeing to the Griffins Game.. hockey to us is a sport that all of us like to watch together and and ejoy each of are presence!!!! Paula Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:30:31 My husband and 12-year-old daughter love to go to hockey games together. They enjoy the game... and all the hoopla that goes along with it at the Griffins games! I would love to give these tickets to them for a special outing and they would be able to take a few friends along as a special treat. Julie Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:58:22 Hey this is an awesome blog! I just discovered it. jennifer Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:17:10 We love hockey in our house! My oldest has been to a game but alas the youngest hasn't. I would love to suprise my three boys (husband included) with a trip to the Griffins game! Thanks for the chance:) Julie Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:56:13 We love hockey! Our oldest son has been to a bunch of games, but we haven't made it to any yet this season and we'd love to take our youngest son too! I would love to have a fun family outing to the Griffins game and for free!! :) Sheila Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:06:46 Being able to take my family to a Hockey game this season would be wonderful. We haven't made it to one yet this season. It's so important to expose kids to all the wonderful things this area has to offer including the GRIFFINS :) Thanks for the chance Melody!! Maryann Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:24:34 This could open us up to a new venue of family fun. We have never seen a live hockey game. Curly Shirley Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:26:54 What does hockey mean to me - family, fun, and GR. Spending time with family, having fun and all of this in the heart of Grand Rapids MI Leave a Reply |  Now booking for Mother's Day! Welcome!This blog is a place to share the ways we spend our time with kids. A pleasant experience should not be wasted! Where did you go, what did you do, how was it? We all want to know. I will be documenting the things that I do with my two kids, Ethan(5.5) and Norah (2.5) and I'll be sure to add in a little commentary along the way. ArchivesMarch 2010 CategoriesAll |
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