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This essay was written for Psychology. Hopefully, there aren't many grammar mistakes. Enjoy!In this piece of writing I’m going to talk about what I experienced during the two hours in MTS center. (Winnipeg’s Sazka Arena) Before we get to the main theme, some general background info has to be provided. Manitoba Moose were playing against Harshley Beavers (USA – Minnesota). The final score was 4:3 for the Beavers, so we saw lots of goals. This game was a part of AHL – one step below NHL. Winnipeg Jets are gone, so AHL is the highest hockey league here.
First thing one realizes is how big impact the music has on the audience. They mostly play hard-rock catchy music which makes fans warm-up. Furthermore, when a proper song is selected at the right moment, the result is immediate – everybody joins in clapping, screaming and supporting their team. However, those conditions were perfectly met only once during the whole game. On top of that, I’ve heard that some teams listen collectively to heavy metal music such as Rammstein right before they play and this helps them to get into the right mood. Well, I also like to listen to a hard music while working out and hard-rock and heavy metal is exactly what you can hear in the gyms. On the other hand, it would be interesting to know to what music girls like to listen to while in gym.
It’s also interesting what happens to the mood of the team when they score. They’re kind of excited the next 30 seconds or so and more vulnerable to allow the other team to score. This happened to the Moose – they scored about a minute before the end of the second period. The score was 3:2 for the Beavers. However, the Beavers manage to alter the score again before the bell rang. In my opinion, the Moose were happy because they scored and also though that nothing could happen to them since only one minute was left. However, the Beavers take the advantage of the Moose sudden weakness and scored. I think the following minute after your team scores is a part of one of the dangerous moments for your team.
Another interesting situation appeared – the fight. However, even more interesting is what happened before the fight. The Moose scored couple of minutes ago and the score was 2:1 for the Beavers. One could feel that the Moose were ready to score again. At exactly this moment one of the Beaver players started punching a Moose player. After a second punch the Moose player got angry and the whole situation ended in a fight. After that the Moose good mood was destroyed. I have a strong suspicion that was the reason why the fight was started. This also suggests following question: How big part of the team strategy is the fights?
Another thing that surprised me was that I saw the players of the opposite team talking to each other. Maybe it’s only my false interpretation of what I saw, but I bet they exchanged few sentences. I really wonder about what they were talking about.
In between the thirds little guys were playing hockey. There were about 15 of them in both teams around the age of four or five. There were both girls and boys and they played without a goalie. Suddenly one of the boys was coming alone towards an empty net. Although he could score easily he decided to do a 360 degree spin and score from that. He did succeed and received a huge applause. They even do a little interview with him on the big screen. Here we could see how originality and imagination brings tremendous results. Needless to say, it was definitely harder to do that than just score without doing anything special.
Those were my observations from the hockey game. There is a lot more to write about – for example the behaviour of the people who are being filmed and everybody can see them on the big screen. However, this would a topic for another journal.
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