Just wanted to bump this thread as we were able to hit up our first Wrangler game today. It was absolutely fantastic! We have a 2 and 4 year old, so Flames games are a bit intimidating both in price and overall crowd, so this was the perfect combination. Announced attendance was about 6100, which is right about where I would have guessed just based on bums in seats. Lots of kids in the stands with their whole hockey teams, so that was great to see. The happy hour priced food was great and we actually just decided to head to the game early and have lunch there, which worked awesome.
As for the game:
1) Not a lot of intensity, but seemed like the Wranglers were playing down to the Condors level a bit.
2) Wolf is very very good. It will be interesting if his game translates to the NHL.
3) Funny to see some of the players mailing it in a bit on a few shifts. Rooney did not look very interested all game and a few of the Condors players weren’t really looking to get involved in the play.
4) Klapka is the largest human I have ever seen play hockey.
Huge kudos to the Wranglers organization and everyone working at the dome today. Kids had a blast and we will be back again!
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