So going a way back on this one but one of the best memories I have goes back to 1992, I was only 9 so not sure if it was 1991-1992 season or 1992/1993 season but this was the year I turned one set of tickets into 3 and sorta won my family a minivan!
Back then the flames did a shoot-out contest for some of the intermissions, to get in apparently your ticket stub would randomly get drawn. So for Christmas my uncle gives me two tickets to my first game ever! My Dad and I go together and then they do the announcement of the seats that were drawn for the shoot-out contest that game. What do ya know, my ticket is drawn!
Well apparently 9 year olds aren't allowed to enter so my dad goes in for me. Starts off with three contestants shooting from the close blueline to the net, most shots in out of ten then get to shoot from the blueline to the far net, if you get it in then you advance to the next round. Well my dad happened to win the ten shot contest and then got it into the net from the far blueline! Sweet I get to go to another game. Next round was the semi's, very simple rules, shoot from the far blueline again and if it's in you advance to the finals. Well again my dad gets it in, more free tickets for me! So onto the finals, very simple rules again, shoot from the far blueline, miss you're out, get it in and shoot again. My dad goes first, gets it in and from there the other 5ish people miss and we win a car! It was supposed to be a Chrysler Intrepid but my parents went all out and upgraded to a minivan. So for me that was a pretty awesome season, all I have left now is a hat they gave out too. When I turned 16 and got my drivers license I was able allowed to use the minivan for a while too, even drove it down to California on a road trip with friends too.
I also ushered at the dome from the late 90's until Christmas time 2003, only game I remember specifically from that whole time was the brawl against Anaheim, what a fantastic game.
Oh...and said hat.