If you have the choice, you should be watching it on CBC anywayOriginally posted by: Ricemarine
Did anyone else here have issues getting the OT game after NBC switched off to horse racing?... They said it'd be on Versus but Versus hosted the Strongest Man competition instead.. Thus, I had to switch all the way to CBC to find the OT game...
Originally posted by: SampSon
I'm finally back from my trip to Ottawa. I went there for most of the past week and attended the two games, then came back here to be at the final game Saturday. More on my trip in a minute.
I'm obviously disappointed with my Sabres, but I knew it was over after game three. I could sit here and analyze every minute to it's fullest extent, but there really is no need, everyone saw what happened. The Sabres didn't show up to play until they were down 3-0, they didn't have a team built to grind out the boards, and their power play was non-existant. The sens played harder, were in position, ground it out and created good bounces, they won. If I was an Ottawa fan I would be sweating bullets everytime the puck gets near Emery, if it wasn't for a well rounded D in front of him he would be getting slaughtered. I've never seen a playoff goalie give up a rebound on every-single-shot!
So my trip to Ottawa let me down a lot. I've been to about a dozen cities for hockey games as a spectator and I've been met with some hostility in any number of them. Though I've never experienced a fan base as classless as Ottawa, which is extremely surprising. I always had Toronto, Philadelphia and NY Rangers at the top of my list, now Ottawa is right up there at the top. There will always be friendly rivalry, smack talking and attitudes between fans, but Ottawa took it to the next level. There was that incident where a Buffalo fan went to game 3 and ended up getting a concussion and her entire family injured in some way. This kind of stuff happens sometimes I figure, people like to fight, but this incident was just ridiculous.
I've never been in an arena/city where I actually felt legitimately threatened and unsafe. Sure people like to start fights and argue, but in Ottawa I was met with hostility so strong I was convinced after the 4th time someone tried to get me to fight that this fan base has lost its marbles. I know a couple of toronto fans who have season tickets down here in Buffalo, I've known them for years now, they sit right by me. I've argued full blast with them, yelled and screamed, talked hockey until my voice was gone. At the end of every game, no matter the outcome, we always shook hands and parted our ways. I feel it customary to shake the hands of the fellow fans around you from the other team, it shows you're both there to enjoy a sport and teams you love to the core. When I tried that in Ottawa all I got was "****** you, eh", or a snide remark or even a laugh and hard shove on my chest. I don't care how much you hate my team, there is no need to act like a 14 year old.
So after dumping a bunch of money in Ottawa and spending almost a week of my time I left there very disappointed with so many of the people I interacted with. I suppose it was a good sign they didn't cover the ice with bottles like the fans in MSG, but that's the only positive I experienced. I doubt that I will ever go back to Ottawa for another game. Why would I pay so much money to put myself through that? I figured these fans would be less rabid than Leafs fans, mabey a different respect for the game and everybody who loves it. I was wrong. One amusing thing was the brush-offs and snide remarks I received in French, something I thought reserved only to Montreal after my numerous trips there.
So kudos to the Sens for making it to the finals. Shame on the fans for being such classless fools.
That's crazy Samps. Boo to classless dicks :thumbsdown:Originally posted by: SampSon
I'm finally back from my trip to Ottawa. I went there for most of the past week and attended the two games, then came back here to be at the final game Saturday. More on my trip in a minute.
I'm obviously disappointed with my Sabres, but I knew it was over after game three. I could sit here and analyze every minute to it's fullest extent, but there really is no need, everyone saw what happened. The Sabres didn't show up to play until they were down 3-0, they didn't have a team built to grind out the boards, and their power play was non-existant. The sens played harder, were in position, ground it out and created good bounces, they won. If I was an Ottawa fan I would be sweating bullets everytime the puck gets near Emery, if it wasn't for a well rounded D in front of him he would be getting slaughtered. I've never seen a playoff goalie give up a rebound on every-single-shot!
So my trip to Ottawa let me down a lot. I've been to about a dozen cities for hockey games as a spectator and I've been met with some hostility in any number of them. Though I've never experienced a fan base as classless as Ottawa, which is extremely surprising. I always had Toronto, Philadelphia and NY Rangers at the top of my list, now Ottawa is right up there at the top. There will always be friendly rivalry, smack talking and attitudes between fans, but Ottawa took it to the next level. There was that incident where a Buffalo fan went to game 3 and ended up getting a concussion and her entire family injured in some way. This kind of stuff happens sometimes I figure, people like to fight, but this incident was just ridiculous.
I've never been in an arena/city where I actually felt legitimately threatened and unsafe. Sure people like to start fights and argue, but in Ottawa I was met with hostility so strong I was convinced after the 4th time someone tried to get me to fight that this fan base has lost its marbles. I know a couple of toronto fans who have season tickets down here in Buffalo, I've known them for years now, they sit right by me. I've argued full blast with them, yelled and screamed, talked hockey until my voice was gone. At the end of every game, no matter the outcome, we always shook hands and parted our ways. I feel it customary to shake the hands of the fellow fans around you from the other team, it shows you're both there to enjoy a sport and teams you love to the core. When I tried that in Ottawa all I got was "****** you, eh", or a snide remark or even a laugh and hard shove on my chest. I don't care how much you hate my team, there is no need to act like a 14 year old.
So after dumping a bunch of money in Ottawa and spending almost a week of my time I left there very disappointed with so many of the people I interacted with. I suppose it was a good sign they didn't cover the ice with bottles like the fans in MSG, but that's the only positive I experienced. I doubt that I will ever go back to Ottawa for another game. Why would I pay so much money to put myself through that? I figured these fans would be less rabid than Leafs fans, mabey a different respect for the game and everybody who loves it. I was wrong. One amusing thing was the brush-offs and snide remarks I received in French, something I thought reserved only to Montreal after my numerous trips there.
So kudos to the Sens for making it to the finals. Shame on the fans for being such classless fools.
Originally posted by: SSP
Sounds like u had fun!
Too bad the Sabres are out. I was rooting for them cause Leafs and Sens are eternal rivals. Plus I picked them to win it all. Oh well, there's always next year.
Yea this was really the first time I've had more than one total asshole try and literally start a fight. Philly was where it usually happened, but that was back in the day of the "legion of doom", and both the team and fans were totally brutal. But even then it was usually just friendly banter as you would expect between two jersey wearing hockey nuts.Originally posted by: meltdown75
That's crazy Samps. Boo to classless dicks :thumbsdown:
I agree no matter where you go, fans should have some respect. I have worn my Oilers jersey many times to Oilers / Wings games in Detroit and the worst I have heard was, "Go back to Canada!" or something. Nothing vulgar or aggressive. That's too bad man... I feel it almost my personal responsibility to apologize that you were treated in such a manner.
I do hope the Sens win the Cup though.
Three-year-old succumbed to cancer two hours after his favourite team won
Senators' Mike Fisher promised Elgin they'd win the Stanley Cup
Katie Lewis with files from Ken Warren, Ottawa Citizen
Three-year-old Elgin-Alexander Fraser died Saturday night, within hours of watching the Ottawa Senators reach the Stanley Cup finals.
The little boy spent his last hours at home, nestled between family and friends on a mattress on the floor in front of the television, doing what he loved - watching the Senators play hockey.
That night, he saw them win. Two hours later, as his mother and father tightly held his hands and told him they loved him, he softly closed his eyes.
Elgin died of a rare form of childhood cancer called neuroblastoma, and had captured the emotions of thousands who raised funds to fight cancer at charity events for him.
"He went peacefully," said his father Hamish Fraser, adding that his son loved hockey "more than anything," and was the Senator's biggest fan.
Two days earlier, Senators centre Mike Fisher visited Elgin at home, and watched a movie and played cars with him, because he was too weak to play hockey that day.
His father said he talked to Elgin on the phone Thursday afternoon when Mr. Fisher was there and asked Elgin to ask Mr. Fisher if the Senators were going to win the Stanley Cup.
"Okay, Dad, hold on," said Elgin over the phone.
"Mike," said Elgin, "You're going to win the Stanley Cup, right?"
"We sure are buddy," said Mr. Fisher.
"Dad, he said yes," said Elgin excitedly, recalls Mr. Fraser.
On Sunday, Mr. Fisher said he was thinking about Elgin before the hockey game on Saturday night.
"The impact he had on me was incredible. With the things he went through and how well he handled them," said Mr. Fisher. "I was blessed to spend some time with him. He's in a better place, for sure."
Elgin was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system, when he was nine months old. He went through a flurry of treatments, radiation, chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant and went into remission. But in January, the cancer came back, and growing tumours took over his stomach and vertebrae.
On Wednesday, Elgin attended the hockey game with his father and mother, Victoria and eight-month-old sister Alysston.
Decked out in his red Senators jersey, a sawed-off hockey stick clenched tight in his hand, he watched the game.
"He didn't take his eyes off the game," said Mr. Fraser.
Afterwards, Elgin met with some of the Senators players, including Mike Fisher, Ray Emery and Chris Phillips.
Elgin's funeral will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Carleton Place Arena.
"If Elgin has touched anybody's lives, they are more than welcome to be there," said Mr. Fraser. "We would be honoured."
Originally posted by: mpitts
Apparently the mods are not hockey fans. This is the second time that they have removed the sticky.
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I'm pretty old school and still use wooden sticks, but buddies of mine usually heat theirs up with a little torch. I'm sure if a hair dryer can get it hot enough though, it will do just fine.Originally posted by: clickynext
For anyone in here that plays hockey, I just got a replacement blade for my composite shaft, but the place couldn't put it in for me. Can I use a hair dryer or stove to heat the glue?