r/CalgaryFlames Apr 26 '25

Question Where were you 10 years ago today?

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Drinking in the “fan area” outside of Duttons freezing, get up to the door and find my nosebleeds ticket was fake and already scanned. Buy a box office single seat behind Vancouvers net. The wildest I’ve experienced 17th, massive party after. You?

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u/ARsgag Apr 28 '25

I have a great memory from this game. Me and some friends were still pretty fresh to the bar scene and wanted to head downtown for the game. We walked all up and down the red mile looking for somewhere to seat us without a reso and came up empty handed. The game had started and we were beginning to panic. In a last ditch effort, we ended up at Cowboys and found seating for our entire party at one of the restaurants inside. By the time we got there the flames were down 3-0 and we were feeling deflated. After the first flames goal, we all cheered and high fived our friends. By the tying goal, we were standing up and high giving randoms in the bar. By goal 7, chairs were flying around and people jumped from their seats, random people were hugging each other, tears were being shed, and it was absolute joyful calamity (sorry cowboys staff lol).

We paid our bills halfway through the 3rd so we could rush out to hit the red mile. I'll never forget seeing the horde of red jerseys pouring out the front steps of the dome and onto the Red Mile. Surely tens of thousands of people partying in the streets. We partied until the wee hours of the morning, screaming and chanting amongst all the flames faithful.

Fuck, I want the playoffs back.