Holiday Feasting! - Lafontaine and Tuominen

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CALGARY - The holidays have arrived and to celebrate, the Lafontaines and some of the Tuominens visiting from Finland have arrived in Calgary. Raimo Tuominen, the Wranglers’ young center, had also just come from Finland. Jacques Lafontaine, the former Wranglers goalie, was playing host. However, Jacques asked Raimo and company (as well as Jacques’ own family) to meet at the Saddledome.

 

“This guy calls me and he is telling me that we’ll have a feast. I asked him where his house is or if there is a restaurant we should meet at and he told us to meet at the ‘Dome. So I just assume that he is going to bring us there from the ‘Dome. But then I see the parking lot; his truck is already there! We were all standing there confused; not even his family knew what he was up to.”

 

It was a peculiar sight indeed. A group of people waiting at the empty Saddledome parking lot as everybody was enjoying a holiday break. No teams were playing. So what was the deal?

 

“I was calling him but I received no answer. So I was a bit worried.”

 

The worry soon subsided as a helicopter came into view and the whirring got louder as it landed.

 

“Here we go again.”