By Robb Fenton
Lloydminster residents shouldn’t worry if they seem someone running around on top of the Civic Centre this week.
Newcap TV’s sports anchor Carly Agro is camping out for a sell out on the roof of the arena in attempt to pack the arena for the Lloydminster Bobcats’ home opener Friday night.
“Brian (Curran) has been talking since he started here about this being a new season, a different season, so I wanted to do something new and different to start it off,” she said.
“Let’s get creative, let’s think outside the box and see what can we do to get this new team and this new season started off on the right foot, to get people excited and build momentum to get it going.”
Agro said the idea came from a discussion she had when she called home a little while ago.
“I talked to my Dad about it. He is a die hard Paul Kariya fan and a while ago, the (St. Louis) Blues mascot did something similar, so when I called home and talking to my Dad about the junior hockey team here, that was something that came up,” she explained.
Curran, the head coach and general manager of the ‘Cats, likes the idea and likes the support this event should bring to his team.
“She’s a special young lady who’s really going to have a future in sports. I just think it’s great that we’ve met a young person who has that foresight to go up there, throw caution to the wind, let’s get this community involved,” Curran said.
“What we’re really trying to say is we want the public to rekindle the spirit. It’s kind of a show, it’s one game where people in the community get behind it and say let’s sell this place out. I hope she pulls it off and it would be the first time in history the Bobcats had a sell out.”
Agro being up on the roof isn’t lost on the players who call the Civic Centre home, either.
“That’s dedication for sure. She’s been doing a great job promoting our hockey club so far. She’s just a great person and hopefully she can continue to do that this season and help our team as far as fans and the community goes,” veteran forward and Lloyd resident Kory Chisholm said.
The goal is to sell out Friday night’s game and get the community behind their junior hockey team.
“Sports can bring people together and I think it’s important to have a community behind a team like this. It makes the experience that much better for everybody involved – the players and people who live here,” Agro said.
“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s finally a chance for these guys to sort of walk the talk.”