It seems fitting that Tobias Rieder scored the lone Arizona Coyotes goal Tuesday night in front of hundreds of Rider fans.
Fans sporting Saskatchewan Roughriders gear descended on Glendale, Ariz. for the day as part of a collaborative event between the CFL team and the NHL’s Coyotes.
The event saw Rider fans pack the Gila River Arena to watch the Coyotes take on the Anaheim Ducks, and included a pre-game party at a local bar.
Fans were given the opportunity to meet the Riders’ Chris Getzlaf — whose brother Ryan plays for the Ducks — at the pre-game event, and many were invited onto the ice following the game for a photo.
The Ducks won the game 4-1 with a pair of goals from Andrew Cogliano and markers from Ryan Kesler and Jakob Silfverberg. Coyotes’ rookie Rieder scored his ninth of the season.
Check out some tweets from the event below:
Rider fans taking over the ice surface @GilaRivArena after the #RiderInvasion pic.twitter.com/t3w9NLd7G6
— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) March 4, 2015
An on-ice proposal at Phoenix. The Rider Nation is multiplying! pic.twitter.com/7TlLMpEwnn
— Rod Pedersen (@sportscage) March 4, 2015
The @sskroughriders fans have taken over Arizona! Plus a shout out at the Ducks/Coyotes game with @ChrisGetzlaf �� pic.twitter.com/3T8ysDY3Vd
— Raelene (@raelenex3) March 4, 2015
ICYMI: Thanks to all the fans who came out to the @ArizonaCoyotes game! We have amazing fans! #RiderInvasion pic.twitter.com/z8DrwhwZxQ
— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) March 4, 2015
Thank you to the @sskroughriders and #RiderNation for coming out to tonight's game at @GilaRivArena! pic.twitter.com/ltB1Z2kr8C
— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) March 4, 2015
The Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf poses with a few members of the Rider Nation in Arizona pic.twitter.com/zRU0RVhnuM
— Rod Pedersen (@sportscage) March 4, 2015
@sskroughriders Y'all know how to party! pic.twitter.com/9CyxO3I8bR
— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) March 4, 2015
Riderville primed in Arizona at #whiskeyrose Green and white everywhere! #RiderNation #fb pic.twitter.com/CFLwdpFubr
— Chris Getzlaf (@ChrisGetzlaf) March 4, 2015
Check out the Whiskey Rose staff rocking their Rider Gear #RiderInvasion #AnaVsAri pic.twitter.com/ae8SFUtEj6
— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) March 3, 2015
Check out rookie @TobiRieder9 scoring his 9th goal of the season tonight: http://t.co/OWFmiLuJhE
— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) March 4, 2015
