Wings to visit White House on Tuesday
After the Wings face off against the Hurricanes in Raleigh on Monday evening, the team will stop by the White House on Tuesday afternoon for a presentation with the President. The ceremony is tentatively scheduled for 2:45pm. I guess I was personally surprised to hear that they were doing it right now with the whole financial crisis situation, but what do I know.
Kris Draper is particularly excited about the police escort.
“Visiting the White House means you won the Stanley Cup, and that’s the exciting part of it,” Kris Draper said. “It’s a great trip. That bus ride in, when you get the security escort in, that’s unbelievable how they do that. It’s neat. You never get to do anything like that. These guys just go. So that’s the fun part, getting to the White House. Then obviously it’s a huge honor, you’re going into the White House, you get to meet the President – any time you get an opportunity to do that, it’s special.”
On the day of the Wings parade, the staff and players were escorted from the Joe to Hockeytown Cafe. I must admit it was quite a thrill especially when there were thousands of people already outside along the parade route. I can only imagine how sweet it’d be to have a large police escort in D.C. that takes you to the White House.
While head coach Mike Babcock is looking forward to meeting the President and the ceremony at the White House, he’s just happy that his team is going to get all their little celebrations out of the way in the first week of the regular season.
“Just get it all done and let’s get on with it,” Babcock said. “But no, it’s a thrill, I don’t care what anyone says. You get to go to the White House, you get to meet the President of the United States – I think that’s a fantastic thing and it’s a great honor for our team. I think you want to relish in al the things you’ve done, but as a coach, it is this year.”
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