I attended the hockey games this weekend between the Coquitlam Express and the Prince George Spruce Kings. Both of these game were won by the Spruce Kings.
The Prince George Spruce Kings honoured the city with a new hockey banner hanging from the rafters from last season's championship run. I have been a season ticket holder for a number of years. I have seen the low points of this team as well as the highs.
With last season's run, I hoped more people would start attending the games to root these fine young people on. Many of these young men come distances where they don't have their parents there in the stands rooting for them. It makes no difference to the game or what team these people are on. They make people of the city proud of the place they live in. The Rolling Mix Arena seats 2,000 people comfortably but with only little over 700 fans each night in attendance there are a lot of open seats.
The cost of having these teams in Prince George is quite high as teams are required to travel. Many teams rely on advertising to operate. Businesses are not going to put their dollars into a team that doesn't have community support.
This, my friends, is cheap entertainment. This is also good hockey.
Stan New
Prince George
