Chapter 6
It was a few more weeks of practices and blog posts about how the team was slowly coming together and becoming one cohesive unit until the first exhibition game at the Sea Side Ice Palace. These games were fun and interactive with the fans where many of the skilled players would work in various jobs throughout the Palace in order to be on a more personal level with the fans. This way, the rookies and new players had a chance to play NHL hockey as well as show off their skill in hopes to make the team. A lot of fans paid decent money to attend these games in order to see their favorite players play but there was risk in putting top players in practice games — injuries and fights sometimes broke out among especially competitive rookies vying for roster spots, who wanted to prove
