where Carolina shot twice two rows up was completely empty...so we snagged that. Did the celtics that same night my memory from it was after Thomas had been pulled, Sauve came in, let one goal in..and these punks who stole the seats in front of us were chanting "we want Thomas" to which I told them to shut up cause Thomas was the reason we were down anyways..they left pretty quickly. I believe this was my first, the Ray Bourque "Return to Boston" game. Sunday, March 24th 2001, B's lost 4-2. Barely remember it, honestly. I have terrible long term memory, I just remember rooting for Bourque even against the Bruins... heck the guy had BEEN the Bruins for my entire life up to that point, I was 15 at the time. edit: That was my first B's game in the Garden, I believe I'd been to 1 or 2 up in Montreal prior to that. Growing up in Northern VT it was closer. Orignally from the Detroit area, I basically grew up at the old Olympia (we had season's tickets). My dad started smuggling me into "The Old Red Barn" through the Olympia Room kitchen (sic) when I was three, so perhaps I witnessed a B's game I don't recall. The first game I *remember* was a March 29, 1970 tilt in Detroit that ended in a 2-2 tie. The late Gary Unger scored his 40th (!), Orr assisted on a Marcotte goal, and Howe assisted on an Alex