The Final Nail in the Hockey Experience Coffin

[Fred]

I wonder if, one day, we'll be talking about how ruining the cheerleaders uniforms with advertisements truly is the last straw?)

Lets hope there is insuffient area to put a advertizement on

[Cornuck]

Cheerleaders? No.
Ice Girls? Yes.

This was from a Ducks game a while back - no complaints about the hockey experience.

[Fred]

I bet you all noticed she was waring hockey skates rather than figure skates

[the Dogsalmon]

I bet you all noticed she was waring hockey skates rather than figure skates

maybe so but she still has a [nice personality]...

[rats19]

I bet you all noticed she was waring hockey skates rather than figure skates

maybe so but she still has a [nice personality]...

hard to tell if her personalities are real from just a picture...


Oh and this is to Fred....she's wearing skates?

[okcanuck]

Put her on our 4th line. Throw our opponents right off their game. It could be a bust ,but maybe worth a try.

[ClamRussel]

To veer this back on topic a bit...there is no way an organization with a thick rabid fanbase like Vancouver has, with a waiting list for season's tickets....that people actually PAY to be on....with sell-outs as far as the eye can see in both directions....should have to resort to cheerleaders. More accurately it should be teams that need cheerleaders to sell the game have no business even bothering to have an NHL franchise. It either sells itself or it doesn't. Cheerleaders in hockey usually goes hand in hand w/ 2for1 tickets plus free beer & hotdogs. Bringing in the Canuckettes is a nod towards the gimmickry of the Lingerie Football League, glowing pucks and organized food eating tournaments.

Again..

Who cares.

No one will stop buying tickets because of cheer leaders, and the corporate buyers who aren't big hockey fans might enjoy looking a bewbs.

At the end of the day it doesn't matter.

Who cares? Probably hockey fans who don't need to be prompted when to cheer & clap their hands like a circus seal act.
I suppose all that matters are the corporate buyers who aren't real hockey fans anyways. Clearly.

In terms of nails in the hockey experience coffin I'll just say I'd rather have my sensibilities offended by cheerleaders than by ads blared out at the crowd at every opportunity.

Well now your sensibilities get both because the ads aren't going away. If the cheerleaders got rid of the blaring ads I'd be all for them.

[wienerdog]

To veer this back on topic a bit...there is no way an organization with a thick rabid fanbase like Vancouver has, with a waiting list for season's tickets....that people actually PAY to be on....with sell-outs as far as the eye can see in both directions....should have to resort to cheerleaders. More accurately it should be teams that need cheerleaders to sell the game have no business even bothering to have an NHL franchise. It either sells itself or it doesn't. Cheerleaders in hockey usually goes hand in hand w/ 2for1 tickets plus free beer & hotdogs. Bringing in the Canuckettes is a nod towards the gimmickry of the Lingerie Football League, glowing pucks and organized food eating tournaments.

Again..

Who cares.

No one will stop buying tickets because of cheer leaders, and the corporate buyers who aren't big hockey fans might enjoy looking a bewbs.

At the end of the day it doesn't matter.

Who cares? Probably hockey fans who don't need to be prompted when to cheer & clap their hands like a circus seal act.
I suppose all that matters are the corporate buyers who aren't real hockey fans anyways. Clearly.

In terms of nails in the hockey experience coffin I'll just say I'd rather have my sensibilities offended by cheerleaders than by ads blared out at the crowd at every opportunity.

Well now your sensibilities get both because the ads aren't going away. If the cheerleaders got rid of the blaring ads I'd be all for them.

Yeah, I do agree with a lot of this.

People wonder why Rogers Arena is the weirded out mausoleum that it is: it's a freaking hostile environment, if you ask me.

I loooooooong for the atmosphere of the last Cup run at the Collosseum...*that* was the essence of hockey.

[Strangelove]

In terms of nails in the hockey experience coffin I'll just say I'd rather have my sensibilities offended by cheerleaders than by ads blared out at the crowd at every opportunity.

Well now your sensibilities get both because the ads aren't going away. If the cheerleaders got rid of the blaring ads I'd be all for them.

Yeah, I do agree with a lot of this.

People wonder why Rogers Arena is the weirded out mausoleum that it is: it's a freaking hostile environment, if you ask me.

I loooooooong for the atmosphere of the last Cup run at the Collosseum...*that* was the essence of hockey.

I also agree.

Although I've been known to close my eyes and plug my ears during commercials at the cinema....

[ClamRussel]

Well now your sensibilities get both because the ads aren't going away. If the cheerleaders got rid of the blaring ads I'd be all for them.

Yeah, I do agree with a lot of this.

People wonder why Rogers Arena is the weirded out mausoleum that it is: it's a freaking hostile environment, if you ask me.

I loooooooong for the atmosphere of the last Cup run at the Collosseum...*that* was the essence of hockey.

I also agree.

Although I've been known to close my eyes and plug my ears during commercials at the cinema....

The Pacific Coliseum and that Cup run.....YES, now that was hockey!
Anyone remember that drinking/smoke pit area under the stands? lol I remember walking by that at a ZZ Top concert as a kid. Old school rink, the way hockey was meant to be enjoyed...where it was about the hockey game and nothing but the hockey game.

[Cornuck]

Anyone remember that drinking/smoke pit area under the stands?

Oooh yeah.....

[Strangelove]

The Pacific Coliseum and that Cup run.....YES, now that was hockey!

Game 5, Dallas series, had seats on the glass, pissed Churla off real good!

[Cornuck]

82 - I got Marcel Dionne to flip me off - fun times in the 'pit'.

[Strangelove]

NICE, Churla glared and broke his stick on the boards right in front of me during warmup.

(I basically called him a baby for his continual whining about the Bure elbow in the press)

Pat Quinn was watching intently from accross the ice.

[Meds]

Put her on our 4th line. Throw our opponents right off their game. It could be a bust ,but maybe worth a try.

She'd be more effective there than Mason Raymond on almost any given night.....