Littlest fan's final joy sees Ottawa Senators off to Cup
"In the end, it was a hockey game Elgin-Alexander Fraser was not going to miss. The three-year-old spent his last hours at home, nestled between family and friends on a mattress on the living-room floor in front of the television watching the Ottawa Senators reach the Stanley Cup finals."
And THAT is how a game gets woven into the fabric of a nation.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
You know it's amazing how much sports can become part of your life. The sense of being part of something that's bigger than you, the joy when you win, even the agony of defeat. I think it makes you a better person. If you play, teamwork and new friends are made. If you don't, the connection of cheering for the same team can be very powerful (anytime that I meet a Flames fan like I am I feel like I've known them my whole life and have been best friends since forever, even if we just met - in part that dervies from where I grew up, stupid Leafs, stupid Habs, and even haha stupid Oilers). It can take your mind off the trying things in life, and even put the more important things into perspective.
I was hoping for Ottawa to win before, now I'll be cheering for them
GO SENS GO
__________________ "Calgary Flames is the best team in all the land" - My Brainwashed Son
That last paragraph almost put me over the edge. Sad stuff.
Phillips told Elgin that night that the Senators were going to win the next game on Saturday for him. They did. Elgin's funeral will be held on Thursday at the Carleton Place Arena.
I'm sure that they have had a lot of time to prepare.
Go Sens. For Elgin.
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
the whispering play-by-play part and his dad telling him he didn't have to hang on anymore really tore me up. taking all my willpower not to start getting teary eyed at work
You know, it seems like everyone's complaining about NBC, the afternoon games on Saturday, and the fact that Bettman seems to be doing nothing about it.
Rightly or wrongly, BECAUSE it was an afternoon game, Elgin got to watch it.
Quote:
Two hours later, as his mother and father tightly held his hands and told him they loved him, he softly closed his eyes.
I don't know if that could have happened if it was an evening game.
__________________ "Calgary Flames is the best team in all the land" - My Brainwashed Son
Littlest fan's final joy sees Ottawa Senators off to Cup
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