Hockey – a new passion
OK, I’ve been in Canada for several months and I am officially hooked on Hockey! As a live event, it’s like no sport on earth…….even better then cricket!
As a result I will add this to the subjects I am going to pass comment on occasionally. When I first arrived, I went to see the Canucks several times at the end of last season – this coincided with them falling apart, losing most of their final few games and missing the play offs! The season in effect ended with, what I can only call a total lack of passion, at home against the Oilers (a team with nothing to play for and plenty of missing players). Needing a win to keep the season alive, the Canucks appeared to just give up? I didn’t even support them and I WAS PISSED.
This was not helped by this really irritating Oilers fan in front of me cheering every goal (can you imagine an Arsenal fan in the Spurs seats cheering a Van Persie strike – he would do it only once! – but here people just accept it!)………I will have to be more tolerant (or get a good lawyer)
So, here we had a team of well (over) paid superstars, with a passionate following (200+ sell out games) failing to deliver……….as a life long Spurs fan I had found my team!
This season has been far better – expected to fail, they have exceeded expectations and are well placed to push for a play off place. Plus they have just signed a another “superstar” to the team.
At 150+ a ticket I am only taking in 2/3 games a month but no worries because my new found passion includes junior hockey………..15 plus games and counting this season….And I ve adopted the Brooks Bandits of the AJHL to support (a long story)
More observations and ramblings to follow
