See Sidney Crosby play live

Completed: November 1, 2017

After watching the 2007 Stanley Cup finals, I have been paying attention to the sport a lot more and since then I have wanted to see the greatest player of my generation play live. Sidney Crosby, who was born and raised in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, was projected to be the next Wayne Gretzky when he was still in minor hockey. Crosby has been my favourite player since I started watching him with the Pittsburgh Penguins. 

I love travelling and decided that in 2017, I would go see Sidney Crosby play live. It would've been very expensive and hard to get a ticket for a game in Pittsburgh so instead I went to Edmonton where I have family. On Halloween, I left Halifax and took the 5 & 1/2 hour flight out west to Alberta and did some exploring once I got there around the city as I had never been to Edmonton before. The game between the Penguins and Oilers was slated for the next day. My uncle went to the game with me and he was able to get tickets for us in the Sportsnet skybox. It was really cool, the arena was new and way different than I thought it would be. It was very spacious and you could tell that the Oilers played there. I went down by the glass to take some pictures of the Penguins warming up.

The game itself was pretty good, very close but just to be there and watch Crosby live was great for me. Luckily, Pittsburgh won so I went home happy but I would've been fine with Edmonton winning as well. Sid the Kid unfortunately didn't get a goal that night though he did get an assist, he played really well and I could see why he has been highly praised.

I hope to get to Pittsburgh and see a game there someday, hopefully while Crosby is still playing.

Watch a Toronto Maple Leafs game with my dad

Completed: February 21, 2012

I thought I would start with this one since it happened exactly 7 years ago today. This was the first thing ever to be on my bucket list (after becoming a sister). I have been a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs since I was a little girl as my dad got me into cheering for them at a young age and I had always wanted to see them play live. It finally happened in 2012.

I've been on a few trips but I had never been this excited for a vacation, I couldn't sleep the night before because I was so excited. I had been begging my father to take me to a game and he decided to take me during my spring break for three days.

We had an early flight from Halifax to Toronto and my dad is always early to stuff so we were at the airport way before we had to be. Once we arrived in Toronto, we had lunch at Eaton Centre and explored the mall for a couple hours. We took a subway to the Air Canada Centre and got some A&W for supper. Dad and I arrived early at the ACC as well. While we waited for the doors to open, we explored the Leafs store and I took some pictures around the lobby, including one with a cardboard cutout of my favourite goaltender (pic below).

The doors opened and I was shocked how big the rink was with plenty of things to see on the concourse. We watched warm-ups, than it was time for the anthem during which fans passed a gigantic Canadian flag along one side of the arena. I didn't get to touch it because we sat in the corner, about 12 rows up. They were great seats and we didn't even have to get up for food, one of the ACC employees took our order and brought the food to us. Toronto was playing the New Jersey Devils that night and the match was pretty good. The Leafs had played from behind all night so when they tied the game with less than a minute to go in regulation I was estatic just like the rest of the ACC. Unfortunately, the couldn't complete the comeback and lost in overtime. I still had such a fantastic time seeing my favourite team live and cheering on Luke Schenn, who was my fave player that I wasn't that upset.

We had to leave a couple days later but I really didn't want to as the Maple Leafs were playing at home again the night we left. I think the best part was spending more than 24 hours hanging with my dad and supporting a team that we both love.