Thread: Any Hockey Fans Out There????

Oh...ok...Morgan Geeke just scored for Boston vs Calgary tonight .

Game 2 of a heck of a back to back home and home series aka "The Battle of Florida." The Lightning get beat at home in a special teams blunder last night. The Lightning humiliated the Panthers at home tonight in a shutout for their back up goalie.

Stats were ridiculous, 61 penalty minutes and a couple of 5 on 5 line brawls. This was after the game ended.



I love southern style hockey!

My Blackhawks continue to struggle. I like the consistency.

Like the Bruins I always respected them for their longevity. Hopefully they cycle back soon though. They have a storied history and some promising young players. Bedard should be a great player when he matures. It is always interesting how these kids come up through the junior leagues and are going to be the next Great One then they hit the big league and everybody is a star. He'll pull it out though. It's just a testament to the level these guys perform at. Every one of them is a phenomenon, even the taxi squad are at that level. It just amazes me to watch them play.

Bruins at Lightning tonight. Should be a hell of a good game period good luck to your fellas Ness! May the best team win.

Geekie brothers play against each other tonight for the first time.

With the 4 Nations tournament starting just a few minutes ago tonight let me say good luck to all teams from all nations. Should be some great hockey.

I do have to say that it was sad to see the fans in Montreal booing the Swedish team and other non-Canadian geusts. It shows very poor sportsmanship. A shame that anouncers had to ask the crowd to show respect to anthems and teams. Hopefully that will put an end to it for the tournament.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

With the 4 Nations tournament starting just a few minutes ago tonight let me say good luck to all teams from all nations. Should be some great hockey.

I do have to say that it was sad to see the fans in Montreal booing the Swedish team and other non-Canadian geusts. It shows very poor sportsmanship. A shame that anouncers had to ask the crowd to show respect to anthems and teams. Hopefully that will put an end to it for the tournament.

I think you had better be prepared for more booing of US teams and the US anthem regardless of the sport from Canadians. It is part of the national anger that is building from what trump has been saying. Poor sportsmanship yes but also understandable.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/oth...df4b10b0&ei=15

Bob

A lot gets blamed on Trump.That notwithstanding this is not the first time I have seen this. It must be a cultural thing there as I saw them do it in Toronto when the Lightning were playing there in one of the playoffs in '22. Trump wasn't even president then. Plus there are plenty of news articles of players and sportscasters decrying this phenomenon.
Not trying to make this an argument and it's not a bash Canada exercise. I would decry it no matter the source. If it were Americans I would protest it loudest of all. Sometimes fans in their zeal do obnoxious things. Especially to flags and anthems it bothers me.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

A lot gets blamed on Trump.That notwithstanding this is not the first time I have seen this. It must be a cultural thing there as I saw them do it in Toronto when the Lightning were playing there in one of the playoffs in '22. Trump wasn't even president then. Plus there are plenty of news articles of players and sportscasters decrying this phenomenon.
Not trying to make this an argument and it's not a bash Canada exercise. I would decry it no matter the source. If it were Americans I would protest it loudest of all. Sometimes fans in their zeal do obnoxious things. Especially to flags and anthems it bothers me.

In the past week I have read of Canadians booing US NBA and NFL teams. I do not think Americans realize how many Canadians are angered by trump this time around. These are not normal times we are living in and that may have changed the Canada/US relationship permanently. Yes, this is a cultural thing that I have not seen to such a large extent before. People are also making an effort not to buy US products or travel to US destinations. This change in relationship is not something that is good and normal times I would protest it too.

Bob