3/10/13 - 3/16/13

As the season is quickly approaching its finish, it is time to start planning for next season. The Sharks have a few dozen season ticket holders. Season ticket holders are very important to the team and the team is important to them. They get to experience benefits that non-season ticket holders don't. They are typically seen walking around the DCU Center in game worn jerseys that they won in silent auctions. These are the die hard Worcester Sharks fans that share the ups and downs of the season with us. They are almost a part of the team. Some of them know front office staff by first name and visa versa. I assisted the Senior Director of Sales and Marketing of the Worcester Sharks, Suzanne DeGeorge, in sending out letters with proposals and order forms to renew their season ticket package for the 2013-2014 season. The offer is a lower price as well as free playoff tickets if the Sharks make the playoffs. It is quite a good deal. Organizing, folding, and addressing these forms was time consuming and required perfection.

On Wednesday I got to experience the first mid-week game of the year as the Sharks took on the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. I was on the Credentials Table again but it was a lot different from last time. Being a Wednesday and not a weekend night, it was a lot less busy and stressful because the attendance is a lot lower. Therefore there was not a lot of extra media or scouts checking in. However, before the game there was a college hockey game going on that my very own Nichols College club team was playing in. Not only did I get to help in the production of that and tell the players where to go and when to go on the ice, but I got to cheer on the Bison! Unfortunately Nichols lost, but it was still something fun to do on a slow night. But the Sharks won 5-1!

Wilkes-Barre Scranton was in town again on Friday for a game in front of a much bigger crowd than Wednesday. Before the game I helped set up some pregame promotions and helped stuff programs to give out to fans walking through the main doors of the lobby. When the game started I was Finz Handler again. This is a job that I am growing to enjoy, not just because of the work it involves, but because the person who plays Finz is a fun guy to work with and talk to. Tonight was a very big night at the DCU Center because Boston Celtics' player Avery Bradley was in attendance to sign autographs! It made for a really crazy and busy atmosphere but it was awesome seeing one of my favorite professional athletes at my job! Not many people can say that! The Sharks lost the game, but it was one of my favorite nights at the DCU Center so far.