[kermitology]

In 2004 I was working at the dome as an ushering supervisor. At the end of game 4 I was walking through the sections and came across some Calgary fans really giving it to a couple of Tampa fans. It looked like a fight was about to start so I went over to try and calm things down. I basically got the Flames fans to turn around and start walking away when the Tampa fan started beaking at them, which made the Flames fans irate and they started laying into me as well. I started moving them all down the stairs and finally into the main concourse while trying to get the Tampa fan to shut up.

After five minutes of trying to get a word in edgewise I was getting really fed up with the Tampa fan so I started yelling at him to shut the hell up as I'm trying to help him out, not something most people would do considering the Lightning won the game. He's mouthing off some more and finally my temper gets the best of me and I get in his face and scream at him if he wants to start a fight he should just ****ing hit me because I won't do anything while these guys will certainly start something with this old man.

Turns out I challenged Cory Sarich's father to "just ****ing hit me."

A friend came over and got me to move away. I was in a really foul mood that night and that just put me over the edge. I did then walk Steve Montador's grandmother down to the Flames dressing room though, she was in a wheelchair and was having trouble getting around. So that made me feel better.