I was at a Flames game with my Mom when I was 14 or 15 and my seat was selected to go down and shoot pucks into the net from the blueline to win some prizes. I was too young to do it, so my Mom had to go.
She had a bit of experience with a hockey stick being a single mom and raising a hockey-playing son, but she was in tough against a couple of guys who had obviously played hockey before. But with her permed grey hair sticking out of the helmet they made her wear, and her wave to our section (I think it was 221 or 219 when we had season's tix), she became the crowd favorite. She only got one goal out of 5 shots, but one of the other guy missed all 5 so she got 2nd place and won a couple of gift certificates. I was proud of her, and we still laugh when we talk about it today.
Also, this is good opportunity to introduce some of you to Tucker Max, who has a hilarious story about this very thing.
"You got kicked out? What did you do?"