For many hockey fans, attending a Stanley Cup Final game can be the experience of a lifetime. To attend a game with a professional golfer, well, that's just the cherry on top.
Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet loves hockey. So much so that he got tickets to attend Monday's Game 3 between the Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning. One problem: his friend couldn't make it.
"My plan was, one of my buddies was going to come down from Saskatoon, but the flight schedule didn't work out," said DeLaet. "So I had an extra ticket and my plan was just to give (it) to someone, and make their day, and it was a perfect opportunity."
As fate would have it, a fan named Lars had similar aspirations, minus the ticket. Lars went to the United Center with a sign reading "I NEED 1 TICKET. GET STANLEY CUP FINALS OFF MY BUCKET LIST."
DeLaet saw the sign and found someone to take his friend's place at the game.
"It was almost like it was meant to be," said the golfer.
Lars was over the moon when DeLaet offered him the spare ticket.
"It was neat that I was able to go to the NHL finals, the Stanley Cup finals (Monday) night and I was able to make a guy's year, almost. He was pretty excited," DeLaet said on a conference call. "He wanted to pay me for the ticket and I told him no, you can just come as my buddy for the night. So it was pretty neat to be able to do that."
No word on what is next on Lars's bucket list.
