Flyers Red Tape Gives Sticky Fingers

by CHRIS

In case you missed it, and chances are you did, here is my escription of the Philadelphia Fliers inter-squad game, hich took place September 1 6th.

ickets for this game and the training camp workouts were ll sold out the first day of ticket sales, August 22nd. Lack- ng a ticket and wanting to take photographs, I thought it ould be no problem to get in, being amember of the press. tabout noon on game day I went to the Civic Center to nquire about obtaining a free pass. Two Civic Center fficials told me, ‘‘All media had to be accredited two

eeks ago in order to get into the game. If you don’t havea icket, you don’t get in.”’ Barely containing my anger, I left ‘ithout causing a ruckus.

ext, I phoned Garth Hurley, sports editor at the Guardian/ atriot. He advised me to phone the O’ Leary rink and get in uch with the director of media relations. I called O’ Leary nd was told that the media director was out golfing. I was en told to contact Mark Tiezam, who would be at the Civic enter at 3PM. Once again I phoned, and no one at the Civic enter had ever heard of Mark Tiezam.

{6PM I was at the Civic Center. There I attempted to mply walk through the side entrance where a sign read Pass Holders Only.’’ Security stopped me and when I otested *‘too much red tape’’ they replied, ‘‘ That’s right,

dtape.’” He’s lucky a rocket launcher wasn’t in my posses- n.

y only hope of getting into the game was to find either a alper or someone with an extra ticket.

ona well dressed, pass-holding middle-aged man popped ‘side. I knew he would have tickets for sale so I rushed up him before the other six vultures could reach him. The

n said, ‘‘I’m part of the opening ceremonies. I have two kets. Hurry with your money; the ceremonies begin

rtly.’? reached for my wallet and was shocked to see ‘I'd left in the car parked half a mile away. It was a long nty minutes before another person had tickets for sale. ally, ayoung man walking to the entrance casually asked, hyone want to buy aticket?’’ Sounding like the old

dent commercial I said, ‘‘ I do, I do.’’ I bought the ticket 8 before the remaining vultures could blink an eye.

last I was inside the most important sports event yet in xperience. I found a good shooting view on the stairs tlooking the plexiglass and near center ice. I was happy © near the reserved seating as just before the opening

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ceremonies my favourite hockey player of all time, Bobby Clarke, walked just inches away from me. I watched Clarke take a seat way up high near the TSN and ESPN cameras.

Soon the Flyers were introduced and, of course, Eric Lindros was given the loudest applause. The game was a thrill to watch, although not quite as intense as it could have been. It ended up that Mark Reechi and Eric Lindros’s orange team was defeated 8-4 by the white team, led by Rod Brindamour and Kevin Dineen. Lindros had a goal and an assist and despite his less than outstanding performance, he was named third star of the game. This was a bad choice. Islanders hate injustice and I guess that is why Lindros’s third star an- nouncement was protested by loud boo’s. Pele Eklund was more deserving of the third star.

For me, the highlight of the evening was when I met three NHL Hall-of-Famers - Bob Clarke, Bill Barber and Bernie Parent. They signed my program and I looked with admira- tion at the two huge, gold Stanley Cup rings on their fingers, beautiful rings that Lindros and company will be hoping to land soon themselves.

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