I admit it I love the Bruins. I attended the Stanley Cup Parade with my boyfriend, Brian and I had the best time! A friend of my mine got to Government Center at around 8:00 am on the Saturday of the parade day and she actually got to touch the Cup. I had touched it with my favorite team the New Jersey Devils as a young girl growing up in Albany New York. The year was 1995 and the Cup was brought to Albany, New York because both the Albany River Rats and New Jersey Devils had won the Calder Cup and Stanley Cup respectively in the year of 1995. I was happy for my friend Jenn who was super excited. I felt bad because she had saved us seats and with the craziness of the event and my lack of being an early riser, we could not actually get to her at government center.
The parade route started at North Station and went through Copley Square. My boyfriend and I walked the entire route. We started at North Station where we saw the Bruins on the Duck boat, and made our way through Government Center all the way to Copley. I was unaware Cam Neely spoke during the North Station start, because it was insane. The parade was said to have record attendance. Most streets were blocked off in the City of Boston, and it was crazy to see how the fans reacted to the Stanley Cup Victory compared to the Vancouver fans who lost the series and had dangerous riots in Vancouver. The Boston fans appeared overall, classier than the Canucks fans. The Canucks fans had a similar reaction in 1994, when they lost to the New York Rangers. Clearly, they need to take a lesson in good sportsmanship. The government, claims it was revolutionists and not fans.
We actually got a really good few and some great pictures on Boylston Street. We were very close to the Duck boats and saw the entire team aboard. It was funny because they had a duck boat for Ray Bourque and Bobby Orr, even though they were not physically on it. The crowd was so different from North Station and Copley but we thought it was important to see where the parade ended and began. The North Station was more of a blue collar crowd whereas Boylston was more classier fans. Seeing both perspectives was hilarious though!
Until next year Bruins! Way to make people "Believe."
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