WENATCHEE — Aaron Hastings is used to being responsible for the ice at Town Toyota Center, but Friday night was different.

Hastings usually drives the Zamboni, resurfacing the rink between periods at Wenatchee Wild home games, but the "ice" in this case was a diamond engagement ring that started the night in his pocket and ended up on Michelle Bayne’s finger.

Hastings and longtime girlfriend Bayne work at Town Toyota Center. About a month ago Hastings hatched a plan to propose to Bayne during a Wild game, a plan that came to fruition between the first and second periods of Friday night’s game against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. He enlisted the help of about 10 fellow staff members to come up with an excuse to get Bayne out onto the ice between periods.

"They told me we were doing a contest to feel the faces of players and guess who they were," Bayne said shortly after saying "yes" to Hastings’ proposal. "I was so nervous all day thinking I’d have to know all the players’ names."

Bayne and her fellow "contestants" — Director of Sales Linda Haglund and Premier Seat Coordinator Amy Gensinger — walked out onto the ice, and all three were blindfolded. Haglund and Gensinger quickly removed their blindfolds while Hastings came out onto the ice and stood in front of his girlfriend, who started feeling his face and the top of his head with both hands.

After she was able to correctly identify him, the blindfold came off and Hastings went down on one knee and popped the question in front of more than 3,000 screaming Wild fans.

"I thought I was going to faint," Bayne told her new fiancé, minutes into their engagement.

And the ring?

"I love it, it’s perfect," she said.