The port of opportunity

 

1. The port of opportunity. Paul Burke told us it was the city of rainbows. Tanya explains this to us in the minor hockey room in the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre in Prince Rupert. 

(Yeah we broadcasted the game from inside. I'll get to that.) She says they get oodles of rain but not enough sunshine to truly deserve the notoriety of " City of rainbows " 

 

Prince Rupert aka The Port of opportunity. 

 

2. All great road-trips are made and broken the minute the playlist is made. JC (Primetime) Brown takes it upon himself to conjure up ' The Rainbow Playlist' 

 

- The new Colbie Callet track is amazing.

 

- A mashup featuring Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and The notorious B.I.G's Nasty boy. Oh goodness the king of pop and the best rapper ever. Delicious.  

 

- Miley Cyrus Just know that I put my hands, they're plaaaying my song, watch the butterflies fly away partay in the Peak FJ... Or something like that. 

 

Three different musical tastes and personalities in Dustin, JC and myself. 

 

3. One of the first things I learned in radio school was to never panic, things like broadcasting equipment will always stop working at the worst times, laugh and move on.

We pulled up to the Coast hotel in Prince Rupert. High comedy moment, turns out we had a reservation at the Inn on the Harbour. which was all the way across the street. We check in, wolf 

down some subway and race to the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre where we start connecting our equipment. Nothing is going right, here we are five minutes away from the 

start of our pre-game, and we have no power. The broadcast vantage point in Rupert is sensational, centre ice above the benches. Moot point because we are forced to move across the rink to the minor hockey room. This is where we meet Tanya, who was fantastic and really accommodating considering we commandeered 

their minor hockey room. 

 

4. Much respect to the rampage staff who helped us out. It sucks that we had to broadcast from inside, our broadcast is only audio so it needs the sounds of the game to help capture 

the emotion of what's happening on the ice. The ebbs and flows make the broadcast sound legit. It's nitpicking but broadcasters are critical by nature because we never think it's good enough. 

 Oh yeah, there was a hockey game Steelheads take their chances very well in the port of opportunity. Eight goals scored, Goaltender Mike Wall makes two or three

how-the-hell-did-reach-that-type-saves. 

 

5. JC notices that the Rupert timekeeper isn't giving out a second assist for any of the goals. JC appropriately claims he's a soccer official. 

 

Chances casino in Rupert is the venue for both teams to decompress after the game. Afterwards the dance-floor beckons at the surf. The surf nightclub is the hotspot, a small, sweaty dancefloor, two bars one of which features a shot wheel. (In my experience when you combine drinking with a game anything could happen) There happens to be a Bachelorette party that night. The bride to be had a 3-foot-inflatable penis and she was swinging it around the dance floor. There's nothing like a good night on the dance-floor. 

 

7. Dancing is non-verbal communication, it's all about body language. Presumably, people come to a night club to meet other singles, presumably. Some men and women don't speak clearly or honestly. 

I have 25 years of research to back up my dancing theory, single, engaged or taken speak clearly and honestly while you shake your booty. 

 

8. We had a lot of fun with our hotel receptionist at 3am. Her name was Cindy and The hotel we stay in tells us there's we are not allowed to party with unregistered guests. Basically there was no after party. Cindy claims this is hotel policy, after 15 minutes of trying to sweet talk her we give up. Cindy wins the battle and most likely the war. 

 

9. For breakfast on sunday we're in the Breakers pub. 20-grown-men sing along with Adele's someone like you, word-for-word. THAT is why she deserves to go six for six at the upcoming Grammy awards. 

Also, the NHL all-star-game should be 4 on 4 no?

 

10. Fire up the playlist, we're heading back to Smithers, but first we hit Tim Hortons The new extra large cup size is ridiculous. 710 ML's of liquid. It took me an hour and a half to finish. Have you tried it? I think anyone that finishes the new extra large deserves a medal, or a new bladder or both. 

 

Next week Williams Lake. 

 

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