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Post by mrdot on Jun 16, 2011 10:08:47 GMT -8
:'(the events of last nite have put a damper on things, but now we can focus on much more shipworthy subjects, and as the old carter family used to sing, move on to an "uncloudy day" yes and maybe I will live to see the Cannucks hoist a cup. Untill that day I will keep happily sifting thru these mountains of memorabila, and pass them on the brother wettcoast, and others, to perhaps a new generation! :)mrdot.
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Post by bcferryfan87 on Jun 16, 2011 10:42:51 GMT -8
A bit of a rant..... If we allow these morons - who clearly had a preconceived plan to generate this riot action last night (I believe it would have happened win or lose - given what I have seen)- to eliminate any fun fan things in Vancouver, then this is not the Vancouver I grew up in. Maybe we have gone beyond that point - of it being our mothers' and fathers' and grandparents' Vancouver. Out of the 1000 or whatever # people (my guess) who clearly didn't get out of there when the problems started and wanted this problem and the anarchy - amongst the 100,000 that were downtown last night - I believe maybe up to half of those ones were just young dumb idiots who can't fathom the impact of what they were doing at the time. The other half of the anarchists were crazed, drunk, or just plain trouble makers; so you had the young dumb drunks and fools (some may have been small c Canuck fans); but half of them I bet were the pre planned mob people we saw in the olympics, who think houses should be free and everyone should get $2000 a month if you are on welfare. Group the anarchists in with the group that came downtown at the Olympic clock unveiling 2 or 3 years ahead of the olympics - when they spray painted the clock or whatever; they jumped up on the stage at the art gallery during that same olympic event; go back a few years and put these same types of people as the reason the seafest in vancouver was cancelled; what about the whiterock sandcastle festival; Peachfest in PEnticton in its hayday (I think its no longer existant); and what about the Kelowna Regatta. These one time or once a year events were all marred by drunkeness, stupidity - the peach at Okanagan lake in Penticton was rolled into the lake in about 1991. They were all cancelled for similar reasons from my recollection; they got out of control and ruined by the few. Maybe more drunks than anything, but clearly there is a risk with any kind of gathering now in Vancouver. Why is this. How come Dallas can have a Mavericks celebration without this. Maybe because these people here dont fear punishment. (sorry question mark not working for some reason...I keep getting a É instead of a question mark - solution not known). Each generation has had it's things and black eyes. But this last night was orchestrated as an opportunity to use a big event to turn their bitterness about life- NOT THE CANUCKS LOSS - into a free for all for thievery and violence. That's why they didn't want to be on camera; that's why they wanted to beat up those who were trying to stop it. They deserve to go to jail; and this is the legacy we need to grow from this. We need to show these people that the Law will work. NOT VIGILANTY law enforcement; make sure you call crimestoppers or do what you can that ANYONE involved in any of this is held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. That is the Vancouver I want to be a part of; one where I can again be proud - unlike I feel right now after watching these morons. As for the Canucks. Thanks for your effort boys! We will be there again soon, and I believe it won't be another 17 years wait. We can build and be like a Detroit or how Colorado was in recent times - get back there again soon! Go Canucks Go! Thanks for letting me rant. It helped me here. Now back to more BC Ferries and other ship news .....
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Post by Mill Bay on Jun 16, 2011 11:22:45 GMT -8
How come Dallas can have a Mavericks celebration without this. Maybe because these people here don't fear punishment. They deserve to go to jail; and this is the legacy we need to grow from this. We need to show these people that the Law will work. Not sure that this concept of punishment and restitution is comprehensible to the legal system in Canada... Anyway, group this under the wonderful description given by Robert Benchley: "Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony."
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Post by Neil on Jun 16, 2011 14:24:37 GMT -8
Out of the 1000 or whatever # people (my guess) who clearly didn't get out of there when the problems started and wanted this problem and the anarchy - amongst the 100,000 that were downtown last night - I believe maybe up to half of those ones were just young dumb idiots who can't fathom the impact of what they were doing at the time. The other half of the anarchists were crazed, drunk, or just plain trouble makers; so you had the young dumb drunks and fools (some may have been small c Canuck fans); but half of them I bet were the pre planned mob people we saw in the olympics, who think houses should be free and everyone should get $2000 a month if you are on welfare. Group the anarchists in with the group that came downtown at the Olympic clock unveiling 2 or 3 years ahead of the olympics - when they spray painted the clock or whatever; they jumped up on the stage at the art gallery during that same olympic event; go back a few years and put these same types of people as the reason the seafest in vancouver was cancelled; what about the whiterock sandcastle festival; Peachfest in PEnticton in its hayday (I think its no longer existant); and what about the Kelowna Regatta. The word 'anarchist' gets thrown around pretty freely when something like this happens, but people are mistaken if they think anarchy is just hooliganism. The scumbags who I saw torching the police cars didn't appear to be wearing any of the black disguising clothing that has been common with anarchist vandalism recently. They looked to me simply like drunken louts with their brains in a typical low gear. It may be comforting to some people to dismiss these punks as anarchists, rather than face the possibility that these might be our kids, or the neighbors' kids. Part of the blame also rests with all the people who simply hung around after it all began, texting, tweeting, gawking and taking pictures. Those people greatly hindered the police and firemen from getting in to control things, and they provided an audience as well as cover for the morons who were ransacking things. So, shame on everyone who thought it was an evening's entertainment and who hung around long after the police called for everyone to disperse. They made it all worse. To make up for their obstruction of justice, I trust that at the very least those people will offer their photographs to aid in catching the guilty parties.
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Post by Mike C on Jun 16, 2011 19:33:09 GMT -8
To give myself a bit of perspective, I went down there early this morning to see the extent of the damage, and to help clean up in any way I can.
Speaking directly to residents of the Metro, I am appalled, as are you. The best solution for this is to come together and figure it out - stupid people will always be stupid - but we can still be part of the solution. This morning, that is what I found: hundreds of Canucks fans and concerned citizens, whom all take pride in the place in which we live, came together to make it right. That is the Metro that we live in.
This will be a hot-potato for the blame-game. Truth is, stupid people will always be stupid, you can't really do much about that. We just have to make it clear that this kind of behaviour is not tolerated in our city, without consequences.
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 16, 2011 22:48:05 GMT -8
Last night I managed to sandwich myself between several odd thousand people on Georgia and Homer in front of the Canada Post building until the score was 2-0. The mood was exciting much like the Olympics, but as soon as the Bruins started scoring, I found myself being pushed around a lot more, and people were becoming more and more obnoxious. All along I had a suspicion that if the Canucks lost, there would certainly be mayhem. So my girlfriend and I moved out of there and headed towards Rogers arena where it was virtually empty outside of the stadium. There was even a small 16 inch TV setup with the game playing at one of the news crew stations where we watched some more of the game. Eventually we made our way out of there and headed over to Nelson street to make our way up to Granville. Nelson was quiet - business as usual. But as soon as you get to Seymour, it was crowded again, but not like the Olympics. The crowds still seemed fairly tame, and they were even still cheering the Canucks on. Then we made our way to the Cauldron and up to Canada Place to watch the final minutes of the game. As soon as the game ended, everyone around us began to booo, everyone scattered. To play it safe, we went to the end of Canada Place where there was virtually nobody around, where we turned around to look back at the city to see smoke billowing out from within the buildings. At that point, we headed for the Seabus to get out of there as soon as possible. The crowds were horrendous at the skytrain station, and the police had restricted access at the station as well as the seabus terminal. After about 45 mins of waiting, we eventually made it on to the Seabus, were everyone on board stared at the smoking city in shock.
Quite the experience, and very unfortunate it had to end that way. Very ashamed of our poor sports, and sick minded pepole who thought of it as a great way to crash a party. This has likely ruined any future celebratory event in the streets.
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Jun 17, 2011 1:28:20 GMT -8
I also found myself in the crowd on Georgia and Hamilton, fairly close to Ferryman's position, near the front of the Post Office. The crowd was obviously in good spirits and excited about the game, until the Bruins took a 3-0 lead after 2 periods. So my friends and I decided to leave right away, as there was already a brawl between 5 drunk 16 year olds behind us. As we weaved and squished our way out of the crowd, things started to heat up. People were pushing and shoving each other, drunk people were out looking for trouble, and everyone was just trying to push their way out of the crowd. After 15 minutes, I made it to Georgia and Homer (one block over) where things seemed much calmer and peaceful. Oh, how quickly the tides turned. I planned to meet up with my uncle, so he can guide me to the skytrain home. I walked down to the next street, which was Richards Street. As I walked down Richards to Dunsmuir Street with 2 other friends, I saw the car that was flipped over in the parking garage, and not too long after, it was set on fire. I was getting scared, and felt my life could be at risk if I stayed much longer. As soon as I reached Dunsmuir Street, there were about 3 separate brawls within 1 block of each other involving drunk people ages 18-30 (approximately). I was foced to wait a couple minutes near traffic authority (for protection) when my uncle showed up. We walked down Dunsmuir, and up Seymour where more fires were set, so we all ran back down Dunsmuir Street where we managed to find the entrance to Granville Station. Everybody was panicking and started running down to the platform as fast as possible. Fortunately, unlike the crowds for the game, there was no pushing or shoving, everyone just wanted to get home. We went to the westbound platform, which was about half full, waiting for the skytrain, and just turned around at Waterfront Station. Surprisingly, we had to wait 5 minutes! (I timed it) for a skytrain to show up, and it was packed. We all managed to squish in and it took about 3 minutes to leave the station with the doors being held up 10 times. Nobody got on or off at Burrard Station (which was full on the platform), and at Waterfront, the ENTIRE platform was filled with desperate Canucks fans fleeing the downtown core. Unfortunately, not many people got off the skytrain at Waterfront, so only about 40-50 other people got on the entire train (6 car Mk I set). The downtown stations (Burrard, Granville, Stadium-Chinatown), nobody got on or off the train, it was jam packed until we reached Main Street Science World and Broadway, where about half of the people got off. (For the record, everybody was well-behaved on the skytrain, no drunk or loud or roudy fans on board), About 30 minutes later, I reached Surrey Central where the mood was totally different. When I got off the train, I looked outside from the platform, and saw the smoke from the fires downtown, I breathed a huge sigh of relief knowing I left just in time. I went down to the bus loop (8:30pm at this time, left downtown 7:40pm), and it was very empty, I'd say about 50 people were at the loop, not many in Canucks jerseys. The big screen in Central City was deserted, and everybody seemed quite down and disappointed (obviously), but there were no drunks or yahoos in Surrey Central at this time. I barely managed to catch my 324 bus, and half hour later, I returned home safe and sound. All in all, I was very disappointed and frustrated over the actions of all these "yahoos" running around downtown doing stupid things for publicity and other reasons. For the actual Canucks game (which was most-likely overshadowed by the riot), despite the loss, I'm very proud of our team, it was quite an accomplishment making it this far into the playoffs, we just fell short by one game. Failing one year will make us stronger for the next year, so stay faithful fellow TRUE Canucks fans. Here's a general timeline of what happened in my day: - 2:00pm - arrived downtown with friends, went to Georgia and Hamiltion and found a place to sit/stand to watch the game, the area was about half full around this time. Everybody DID get their bags and possesions checked at the security checkpoint. - 3:00pm - left the area for lunch, witnessed a few brave Bruins fans walking through a shower of verbal insults and obviously a lot of booing. - 3:20pm - returned back to our area in the crowd, at this point, the area was about 3/4 full - 4:10pm - the crowd area on Georgia Street between Hamilton and Homer streets was entirely full. Security stopped checking people, because we all started to smell a lot of drugs, smoke and alcohol, particularly bottles of rum and beer scattered all over the ground BEFORE the game started - 5:10pm - the game was starting to begin - we all sang the Canadian national anthem, and there was one man with an Australian flag, and started chanting "OZZY OZZY OZZY", we all responded with "OY OY OY" (out of respect, he did it after the anthem was finished) - 6:00pm (ish) - 1st period ended with a 1-0 Bruins lead, the crowd was still calm, cool and collected, and were still in high spirits for the Canucks -6:50pm (ish) - 2nd period ended with a 3-0 Bruins lead, at this point, 1/4 of the crowd left, and at this time, this is when people became obnoxious and rude, and small fights between drunks were taking place in the crowd - 7:05pm - made it out of the crowd - 7:15pm - walked down Richards street, already saw a car flipped over - 7:30pm - ran to the Granville Station - 7:40pm - boarded the skytrain - 8:00pm (ish) - left downtown via Expo Line - 8:29pm - arrived at Surrey Central Stn - 8:32pm left Surrey Central, and arrived home exactly at 9:00pm Ferryman pretty much summed it up perfectly on how a majority of us feel about the stupid actions people did, and it really does leave a black mark on our reputation. However, the efforts people took to stop these actions, and doing the right thing, and also to the thousands of volunteers who cleaned up our city this morning, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your actions, it really shows what our city is all about. I went down there briefly to assist with the clean up - particularly in the Granville Street mall area, and took time to write on the "wall of sorrow" on the Bay on Granville at Georgia. I wrote "despite all the city has gone through, I'm still proud to call Vancouver, BC my home" All in all, it was quite terrifying to see, and quite an exciting day to say the least.
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Post by Neil on Jun 17, 2011 15:41:46 GMT -8
This will be a hot-potato for the blame-game. Truth is, stupid people will always be stupid, you can't really do much about that. We just have to make it clear that this kind of behaviour is not tolerated in our city, without consequences. Valid point; there's nothing we can do to raise some people's IQ or to give them an an enhanced understanding of civilized behaviour, aside from punishment. Still, there needs to be an appraisal of actions and policies that perhaps exacerbated this stupidity. If all we do is punish the guilty, we make it even more likely this will happen again, because there will always be those who get drunk enough and stupid enough that they don't think of the consequences of their actions. We need to look at the viability of large crowds downtown, liquor sales, co-ordinated regional police enforcement, provincial cutbacks in the court system that might delay or derail prosecution... it goes beyond a blame game. It's an essential part of figuring this out as best we can.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 17, 2011 16:13:55 GMT -8
Thanks guys for your first hand reports. It was good to see the ordinary citizens showing what Vancouver was also made of next day. Good on you Mikey.
I know what you guys were feeling with my own experiece at the Keg during the G20. Thankfully the crowd outside the window was mostly students. Many of the hard core anarchists that were augmented by busloads from Montreal and elsewhere, along with just plain trouble makers, were tied up doing damage elsewhere in the city. Most in this crowd though weren't visably drunk or stoned. When the crowd realized they were hemmed in we watched the black shirts, who appeared to be in control, quickly transform into everyday wear with facemasks and black hoodies being ditched. All filmed from condos and restaurant windows.
It is too bad because I have celebrated in crowds many times, Blue Jays World Series wins, Grey Cups, etc. I think that cities won't allow large open gatherings like this anymore. I think you will see Movie Theatres open without alcohol being served, smaller arenas without liquor, and the like, or public areas that are family only without alcohol, all to prevent larger crowds. Mind you Montrealers don't need large crowds like that to kick off violence.
While I have sympathy for the rank and file police, I also have little or none for those that overstep the bounds and meet violence with brutality.
Oh well hooliganism unfortunately isn't restricted to football/soccer anymore. Sad.
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 17, 2011 18:13:00 GMT -8
A more detailed report of my 'experience' at Georgia and Hamilton, to follow the last two great reports. We'll start off with some pictures and video... Two young men wrecking a traffic light at Georgia and Homer: A plume of smoke rising from Downtown Vancouver. Taken at at 9:40pm from Cambie and 21st: Two videos: Singing shouting Oh Canada, before the party got really bad: www.facebook.com/v/2038927900151Trying to get out after being assaulted a few times and deciding enough is enough (beware of the common references to the f-bomb): www.facebook.com/v/2038921339987So, I left right after school (2:37pm) to drive to Vancouver. Traffic was bumper to bumper all the way from Lougheed Highway and Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge to Cambie and King Edward in Vancouver. We ended up arriving there at 4:30pm, so it took an hour and 53 minutes to drive in, a fair bit more than the usual 50 minutes. From there I took the Canada Line from King Ed station to Vancouver City Centre station. By the time we got to Olympic Village station, the train was so full that when the doors opened, the masses of people inside the train would literally spill out onto the platform, and we'd have to rearrange ourselves for them to fit at each stop before the doors closed. The train stopped at Vancouver City Centre, and the train spilled out once again, and everybody swarmed to the escalators and went up to Georgia. By this time it was about 4:45. I made my way down Georgia to about Howe. It was very busy all along here, but the crowd was loose enough for me to be able to comfortably walk along. When I got to Howe, I decided to enter the thick of it for a few minutes and try to look for my friends who were there. Well, when I entered the thicket of people, I didn't realize how bad it really was. You could not move in that crowd, except for the constant pushing-forward motion caused by the people piling in behind you. For every one person leaving, there were 10 coming in, and one block between Hamilton and Homer Streets can only hold so many people. So here I am, about 220 feet away from the screen. I was getting squished in more and more, and the crowd wasn't getting any less rowdy. I watched a Boston fan getting beaten up about 15 feet away about 2 minutes into the game, and I got death glares from at least 50 people over the course of the night from accidentally bumping them. Finally, after seeing two people faint, and being stuck in the middle of a 'pull down the tree' chant, and quite a few 'F**K BOS-TON, F**K BOS-TON' chants, I decided enough was enough. By this time, the only way to be able to comfortably breathe was to put your arms coffin-style in front of you to give yourself room to expand and contract your chest as you inhaled and exhaled. The f-bomb was by far the most commonly heard word that evening, as is audible in the video I posted above. So, I started working my way out. It was so busy by this point, that the only way I could make any ground was by offering to people that they could take my spot if I could take theirs, since I was closer to the screen, and thats the way they were trying to go. We'd pull a little shimmy, and I'd be 10 inches closer to my goal of getting back to Granville. This went on for about 45 minutes. Woohoo, I'm back at Homer Street! As I crossed Howe, the Cop-Chopper flew overhead about 600 feet up (that's a high estimate) and out from it's megaphone roared 'GET OUT OF THE STREETS, FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY'. A scene right out of a Hollywood movie... The crowd was a bit thinner here, but not much unlike the mosh pit that was the Hamilton Block of Georgia. I was able to move at a comfortable pace here, with much dodging. I watched people climbing port-a-potties, walking on top of them, and knocking one over (oh, the stench.... ), and I watched two men tearing apart a traffic light, as is seen in one of the above photos. I finally made it to Georgia and Granville after about an hour's walk, one that would have taken me 6 or 7 minutes under normal conditions. I got down to the Canada Line and made my way back to King Edward Station, and walked a few blocks back to 21st street and made my way to a hockey party at a friend's place. That was pretty much the end of my adventures, save for a few tidbits that I deliberately left out, like the reasons that I really feared for my life that night. Overall, the Georgia Street mosh-pit was fun... for the first 10 minutes... or less. At least I can say I was there. I'll answer questions, but depending on the depth of them, I'll answer in PM form. No, I did not partake in the riots.
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Post by Neil on Jul 6, 2011 21:52:59 GMT -8
A cheerful little postscript thought for Canuck fans, as we await the new season, and the torrent of goals sure to come from new signings Marco (Bad Knees) Sturm and Steve Pinizzotto.
I looked back over the entire history of the current seven game format for the Stanley Cup final series, which dates to 1939. The total goal differential in the just completed series with Boston, 15, was the worst in history. Game count says close series, goal count says monumental blow-out. They won three games, but were not close to winning four.
The 1994 Canucks lost four games to three to New York, and lost the goal count 21-19.
The idiot 'fess-up count, as in moron rioters who've turned themselves in to Vancouver police, stands at 34. Let's hope the conviction count will compare better than the Canucks' goal numbers.
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Post by Neil on Apr 15, 2012 21:37:40 GMT -8
Stick a fork in 'em... they're done.
This year's batch won the President's Cup with smoke and mirrors, backing into the title with a juicy bunch of late season contests against the also rans of their division. They are a complacent bunch of very self-satisfied, comfortable floaters, led by a coach who takes smugness to new, and unaccountable levels.
They were bowled over by a tougher, stronger, hungrier Bruins team last year, and they answered by signing Mike Duco, Byron Bitz, and Dale Wiese. The results have not exactly been shocking.
At least they have company in the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The most obvious upgrade- aside from getting rid of perhaps one or two players who simply have overstayed their welcome- is to deal one of their two very marketable goaltenders. Here's hoping it's Roberto Luongo- although it could be next to impossible to find someone willing to take on his salary. Although... Brian Burke is still 'managing' in Toronto, so there's hope.
The ultimate solace, in the face of a possible four game sweep: We Are Not Leafs.
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Post by Mayne on Apr 16, 2012 17:22:06 GMT -8
Here here to Neil! Give Schnider the rains and try and get a good power forward for Luongo. I think we will be seeing some pretty big changes around the team this summer. This team has made me a band wagon jumper, last night was the first game I actually sat down and watched this year. And if there are not some large changes is this team then i wont be watching next year. Lets go LA! LOL
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Post by Neil on Mar 24, 2016 21:30:28 GMT -8
Don't know if anyone's interested, but some recent comments from Gary Bettman really made me think; partly due to his candor, but also because of the attitude of entitlement it expressed.
Bettman was addressing the issue of 'tanking', the well established practise where hockey teams on a downward trajectory away from the playoffs will make personnel and tactical moves designed to finish as low as possible, enhancing their chances of winning the junior draft lottery. He said, basically, that seeking the muddling middle was a fool's errand, and that bottoming out and rebuilding was a far better option.
What he didn't address, specifically, was what this meant to the ticket buying public. Inherent in his policy suggestion was the reality that for an undefined period of several seasons, fans are being asked to buy tickets for an admittedly substandard product, in the hope that eventually there will be something more tangibly and aesthetically successful. In other words, support us by paying an average of $115 a seat to watch a bad Canucks team next year, and maybe, just maybe, in the 2019-'20 season, the team will be challenging for league supremacy again. Quite an investment to watch an experiment in how many Utica Comets can make the jump to the bigs.
The Canucks are essentially an entertainment company, so I was pondering on how this line of thought might work in other entertainment fields. Say Steven Spielbergh put out a press statement that he was going to be releasing a series of movies with first time script writers, c-grade actors, rookie directors, and CGI techs just out of trade school. "These movies won't be very good, but we're developing new talent for the future, so we want you to pay your $25 for a ticket, popcorn and a drink to help us grow." He'd never get away with it. Theatres would be empty.
So how do sports franchises pull off the same scam? By linking themselves to the community. It's the 'Vancouver' Canucks... even though I suspect that Mr Aquilini would do like many other franchise owners and move his team if they weren't returning him a sufficient profit. "We are all Canucks", they say. So, pay in and watch junk, because, you never know, one day we might be back in that heady realm where 'fans' are once again moved to riot in the streets by their passion for the home team.
Gary Bettman is famous for controlling the message, so I'm not really surprised that he didn't delve deeper into the ramifications of supporting the time honoured 'tank'. I suspect that a lot of fans also don't look terribly deeply into the nature of their support for the home team, either.
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Post by Neil on Jan 31, 2018 21:23:34 GMT -8
Thought I'd throw out this question here, since I have no idea where else to ask it.
Went to a Surrey Eagles game a few weeks back, at the South Surrey Arena. My first BCHL game. Choose the date because it was at a convenient time on a Sunday afternoon, against one of the league's better teams, the Trail Smoke Eaters. It was actually really entertaining, with Surrey coming back to tie it in the third period, and then win with a nice goal in overtime.
The South Surrey Arena has about 1200 seats, and by my count, factoring in those who were also standing around the 'beer garden' area, I figured there were about 300 fans in attendance. Talking to a volunteer, she concurred with my count, and said that was about the average.
The reported attendance for the game was 900+, with the reported average being in the mid 800s. The volunteer said the actual Surrey count was about the same in Langley and Coquitlam, although they also submit much higher official figures.
So... any of our Nanaimo or Powell River correspondents have any insight on what is happening in their cities? The Clippers claim 1200+ per game, and the Kings 800+. Are they padding their figures with unredeemed freebies as badly as the Surrey Eagles are?
Too bad if that's the case, because it really is a decent level of hockey entertainment at a reasonable cost... I know I'll be back.
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Post by FNS on Mar 3, 2018 20:15:32 GMT -8
For those who have been watching Hockey Night In Canada this evening, you watched an outdoor hockey game being played in Annapolis, MD.
This area here in the USA is rich in Naval activities and history. They placed a rink in a pattern of a deck of an aircraft carrier on the football field of this stadium.
I love the creative things they put into these "Stadium Series" games. This sign you see is one of them: "BEWARE OF JET BLASTS, PROPELLERS, AND FLYING PUCKS"! This would be most likely you would be warned of on the deck of a carrier minus the ice and pucks, of course, and penalty boxes.
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Post by Neil on Apr 5, 2018 21:22:12 GMT -8
I'm really a soccer fan much more than a hockey fan. Can't remember when I made so much noise over a goal in a hockey game, particularly when the outcome of the game itself didn't really matter.
But Henrik and Daniel Sedin have carried themselves with so much class and professionalism since they landed in Vancouver seventeen years ago, that it's difficult to be detached when their last home game goes so much according to how you hope it would. From what I understand, they have given countless hours to public service here, much of that time brightening the lives of kids going through really difficult trials.
Athletes like the Sedins live privileged lives, with huge salaries. These guys have been quality human beings on and off the ice, and they've elevated the Canucks organization, and the game of hockey, in their time here.
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Post by FNS on Apr 8, 2018 0:38:13 GMT -8
I'm really a soccer fan much more than a hockey fan. Can't remember when I made so much noise over a goal in a hockey game, particularly when the outcome of the game itself didn't really matter. But Henrik and Daniel Sedin have carried themselves with so much class and professionalism since they landed in Vancouver seventeen years ago, that it's difficult to be detached when their last home game goes so much according to how you hope it would. From what I understand, they have given countless hours to public service here, much of that time brightening the lives of kids going through really difficult trials. Athletes like the Sedins live privileged lives, with huge salaries. These guys have been quality human beings on and off the ice, and they've elevated the Canucks organization, and the game of hockey, in their time here. The Sedin twins were a great asset to the game of hockey, indeed. Well written, Neil. Tonight's Hockey Night In Canada session was a very sad one to say the least. I've been stopping doing things every Saturday night just to watch HNIC on CBC-BC, a station we get here in Seattle. Tonight, the hockey communities are remembering the lives of staff and players of a junior team in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, lost in a bus crash. CBC did good under this immense circumstance tonight and even showed MOS live in three rinks. We all extend our hope for healing to everyone in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. As for the last game for the Sedin twins, a class act was seen in Edmonton tonight, despite the shootout loss for the Canucks. All in attendance were appreciative of what these fellas did on the ice during their careers in Canuck sweaters. Following the game, the Sedins hugged their teammates and then did the same with the Oiler players and coaches. The Sedin families were on the Canucks bench during the shootout. CBC did well and kept showing all what was happening after the game until all the players and staff went to their respective dressing rooms for the last time for this season. Henrik and Daniel were with Scott Oake on the "After Hours" show. We thank CBC for their class acts this evening and to the Sedin twins for the great moments and joy they brought to the game of hockey.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 8, 2018 6:17:53 GMT -8
As for the last game for the Sedin twins, a class act was seen in Edmonton tonight, despite the shootout loss for the Canucks. All in attendance were appreciative of what these fellas did on the ice during their careers in Canuck sweaters. Following the game, the Sedins hugged their teammates and then did the same with the Oiler players and coaches. The Sedin families were on the Canucks bench during the shootout. CBC did well and kept showing all what was happening after the game until all the players and staff went to their respective dressing rooms for the last time for this season. Henrik and Daniel were with Scott Oake on the "After Hours" show. I love seeing good people get honoured. So I share your sentiments, FNS, in seeing how the Sedins were treated in Edmonton. It was a good thing.
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Post by Neil on Oct 18, 2019 21:34:21 GMT -8
This is one of the "hmmh" stories of local hockey.
The Surrey Knights play in the Pacific Junior Hockey League, at the 'B' level. I've been to league games... it's kind of borderline some nights, as to whether it's actually spectator sport, or more for junior aged players to compete, and have fun. B level players don't usually move on to pro, even the ECHL level.
Never been to a Knights game, but I've followed their plight. Most seasons, they win a handful of games, and get blown out regularly. This year, they moved to a new arena in north Surrey, and there was brave talk of new recruits, and turning a corner.
Their most recent game was a 15-0 loss to Aldergrove.
One wonders what it's like to be a teen on such a club. Does losing like that build character, or is it just depressing?
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Post by QoNW Fan on Apr 22, 2023 16:16:22 GMT -8
Anyone else watching the NHL playoffs? Spoiler alert: Jets just had a really unlucky OT loss, now they are down 2-1 in the series.
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Post by Neil on Apr 22, 2023 19:29:20 GMT -8
Anyone else watching the NHL playoffs? Spoiler alert: Jets just had a really unlucky OT loss, now they are down 2-1 in the series. Nope. But I am paying attention to the Abbotsford Canucks and the Surrey Eagles in their playoff quests. Looks like there was quite the atmosphere in Abbotsford for the second game of their best of three against Bakersfield... a full house, and lots of white towels. Surrey has been selling out as well... not hard to do, I guess, with 1200 seats. And on the general subject of sports, as a totally alienated Vancouver Whitecaps fan, I'm really intrigued to see how the new Vancouver FC entry in the Canadian Premier league might do, out at their pop-up stadium in Langley.
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