Went to 2 games around 7-8 years ago, both time on trips to Montreal for escort parties with the same buddy. One time we bought them from a scalper outside Bell Center for $180 each. I let my buddy negotiate with him. Was funny because he had us pegged as New Yorkers, and we let him think so. We had a nice conversation about the Yankees and Giants before we got down to business. Those Bell Center scalpers are some savvy MFs who know where the bread gets buttered. Later we laughed about it because we probably sound like New Yorkers to the untrained Montreal ears.
The other time my buddy had the idea to go to the Bell Center ticket office when it opened at 12 noon or whenever it opened, schmooze the girl at the ticket window, and ask her to call us if there was unused player allotment tickets. Much to my surprise, this worked. She called my buddy on his cellphone at around 4:00 or 5 p.m., said she had unused player allotment tickets. He asked where they were and it turned out around 10 rows off the ice, almost center ice. $190 each. Those seats were mint. We had some HOT girls sitting near us, who we thought were player WAGS. That was great. Nobody thinks to do things like this to get tickets, but fortunately we are not your average tourist stupids.
One of the games we saw was vs. Philadelphia Flyers and I remember Wayne Simmonds (then with PHI) got into it with that aggressive little fucker Brendan Gallagher. The fight was kind of a draw or edge to Simmonds, but Gallagher was cheered like a hero. I honestly cannot remember who the other game was against.
EDIT: just texted my buddy and he said the other game we saw was against the Boston Bruins. I am now vaguely remembering Chiara (then on Boston) getting booed whenever he touched the puck, can't recall why but I think he gooned someone on the Habs.
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