Who else is missing hockey?

[sbj405]

I'm heading to my folk's place next week. The past few years, it's become ritual to go down to the Joe and catch a Wings' game or two. :cry:

[GOPisEvil]

1. Me - although I can go watch minor league hockey.

I've never seen an NHL game - I really want to.

I miss the NHL on TV though. I miss Barry Melrose and John Buccigross.

[sbj405]

6. Yeah I may go to a Plymouth Whalers game

Bonus is that tickets are only $12 :-)

[GOPisEvil]

9. We have the Austin Ice Bats.

Gotta love the cheap-o tickets!

[hippiechick]

22. You'll be playing what used to be the Indy Ice this year ....

The Corpus Christi Rayz.

Good goaltender (Zelenewich)
Good D (Bernie John - man can he skate !)
A volatile forward (Jason Baird - likes to mix it up, too)
and a couple hardworking ones (Dave Gilmore, et al)

Catch a game if you can !


:hippie:

[GOPisEvil]

25. Rayz?

Oh puhleeze...why can't they just be the Rays? :eyes:

I'll check them out if I can. If not them, then another CHL team.

[hippiechick]

26. I dunno .... they're the RayZ. Yep, CHL.

Don't forget the Killer Bees and the Mudbugs, while you're looking for teams with bizarre names to watch, too ...

:silly:

The totally hot man on my avatar plays for the Mudbugs, FWIW.

:hippie:

[GOPisEvil]

28. I remember the old San Antonio Iguanas.

Now that they are AHL or IHL or whatever...they are the Rampage. :shrug:

[hippiechick]

29. I get those 2 leagues confused.

Never even heard of the CHL 'til I moved to Indy.

I'm a HUGE NCAA D-1 fan, so this useta-be, maybe-was glorified bar league stuff is kinda lame to watch, IMO.


:hippie:

[KamaAina]

16. There's still a hockey team called the Whalers?!

The things one learns at the mighty DU. Many Connecticut residents and expats will be pleased to learn this.

[sbj405]

18. Yeah

http://www.plymouthwhalers.com/home.html

Not a lot of whaling in the Detroit suburbs, but the name remained unchanged.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. I'm sorry you're sad...but I'm pretty happy about it.

No silly Red Wings flags. More discussions about football. For me, life is good. ;) :hi:

[HEyHEY]

3. YES

[skygazer]

4. Sort of

I don't get real into any sports but I like to watch a hockey game occasionally. And I was hoping to go to a Sharks game until this whole thing came about.

[RPM]

5. what's hockey

nope - not missing it

feel bad for those of you who are though.

Go penguins!

[Lefta Dissenter]

7. hockey is gone?

:shrug:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

8. Let Them Fight Like Babies

I feel sorry for the workers at the arenas who are left without jobs. The concession people and parking lot employees, etc., who depend upon this supplemental income, by working nights during the season.

I feel glad for all the season ticket holders and general public, who are saving lots of $$$ on tickets, souvenirs, and food at the games.

I do not feel a thing for the bickering Babies, on both sides, who have effectively killed any chance for popularity this game might have had....and it had very little to begin with. Whenever they finally come to an agreement, one which they probably could have devised months ago....tickets will be extremely cheap and easy to come by.

We already dropped our season seats out here in California, and we're not alone. The impact on their bottom line is going to be felt LONG after they finally agree.

[sbj405]

10. I agree. There are a lot of paychecks cut besides the players & owners

Not to mention surrounding businesses. Let's be honest, there's not a whole lot drawing people to downtown Detroit in the winter And I'd always grab a bite to eat somewhere down there beforehand.

[nine23]

11. OrangeCountyDemocrat: I agree with every word of your post.

Hockey will always have a huge following in Canada, but this is going to be huge hit for the American markets in the long term.

[Queen Jane]

12. I agree with OrangeCountyDemocrat...

but yes, I miss hockey. We have an ECHL team here, but it's not the same. :cry:

[tridim]

13. I caught myself watching "Hockey Classics" the other day on Faux Sports

I watched an entire playoff game from 2001 and just pretended it was live. :)

[dwarfsky]

14. Really missing hockey

We don't have an AHL team down here. My husband and I are missing our Lightning something fierce.

[USA_1]

15. hockey ... ha!

Nobody here in St Paul Minnesota misses the NHL one single stinking bit. For a place that calls itself "Hockey Town USA" the news media, the fans, and the general public has completely forgotten about the league and the local team.

Former Democrat and now ReSUCKplican Norm Coleman stole our tax dollars to build up his Xcel Center hockey arena even though nobody wanted it (that is, except for the wealthy shitfaces who profit from it). We had the old Civic Center that generated more than enough money to operate profitably but the blood sucking RePUKEblican wanted a new stadium at taxpayer expense so that his wealthy puppetmasters would give him the senate seat that he now holds.


It's not that I want the NHL to fold but if it does it will be absolutely no loss. It would be smarter if the league dropped several teams and banned all fighting. Meantime, we have lots of NFL, NBA, college, and high school sports. That's good enough for me!

[hippiechick]

23. Ack ! Have you been to the Mariucci Arena !?!

Boo-yah ! Now THAT'S some hockey !!

And if you get real ambitious, drive across the border to River Falls and catch a D3 game between UW River Falls and St. Norbert College ... those teams despise each other and leave everything they have out on the ice.

It's hockey at its best !!


:hippie:

[NamVetsWeeLass]

17. Yes, No flightless Birdies for me this season.............

No glorious fights over my Husband saying negative things about THE Hockey God (for those of you not in the know, that would be Mario Friggin Lemieux) ::dons flame suit:: and cancelling out my cheers for my flightless birdies by cheering for the Avalanche :::chucks puck at him anyway for good measure::: but I must say, HOW ABOUT THEM STEELERS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[City of Mills]

19. Can't complain about the Bruins this year

I miss hockey a lot, sigh. At least I have a minor league team in town B-)

[hippiechick]

20. Check out some college hockey !!

www.uscho.com

There's a TON of it going on right now !!


HOCKEY ROCKS, MAN !!!



:hippie: <-- avatar is my favorite hockey player :)

[Malebolgia]

21. I miss watching Minnesota Wild games.

:(

[Forkboy]

24. Starting to hurt

though I have the UNH game on right now which is helping :)

[chiburb]

27. Well, i was just watching an AHL game on tv...

Chicago vs Cincinnati, and I fell asleep the same as if it was an NHL game...

So I guess I don't miss it.

;-)