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Flyers Rile Up The Crowd

by Paul on 04/29/08 at 06:30 AM
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from Roy MacGregor of the Globe and Mail,

There was no need of the scoreboard announcer welcoming “the most intimidating fans in hockey” to the Wachovia Center. They know who they are — a crowd that would have made the lions wet themselves in Nero’s Rome.

The atmosphere in the lead-up to the game was, well, surly, both inside and outside the Flyers’ rink.

“Spit on the Canadians!” one man shouted as several fans in Montreal colours paraded by.

At the turnstiles, they handed out orange T-shirts with “Crush the Canadiens!” stencilled across the chest. They flashed “Vengeance Now!” across the wraparound scoreboard....

The scoreboard announcer predicted a “nasty, bloodthirsty” game to answer the “nasty” Montreal Canadien, Tom Kostopoulos, who offered up that controversial “face wash” to a Flyer to end the previous game in Montreal, which Philadelphia had won to even the series at one game apiece.

They showed a few select brawls on the scoreboard, particularly concentrating on those times in the past 41 years of Flyers history where they have pounded various Canadiens players to the ice, if not quite to a pulp.

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Maybe the folks who banned the Octopus Twirl should take a look at this…

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I can’t wrap my head around what exactly the Flyers are seeking “vengeance” about. Who is it, exactly, who has wronged them?

Posted by capsredarmy  on  04/29  at  08:40 AM

It’s just the marketing slogan they’ve been using all year. It started with “Back with a Vengeance” after they signed all the new players and made the trades over the summer. For the playoffs, it’s become “Vengeance Now” plastered everywhere.

Posted by philduba from New Jersey  on  04/29  at  08:58 AM

It’s as if the arena staff and marketing department are creating a hostile environment. I’ve seen better behavior in “pro wrestling” arenas.

Posted by Alan from Atlanta, GA, USA  on  04/29  at  11:26 AM

Absurd.

How can they ban the Octopus Twirl for inciting the fans, even banning the act OFF OF THE ICE, and let this be done?

I’m not saying that this is over the line or anything, it’s all just trying to excited the fan base, but come on!  This really makes it seem (whether it’s true or not) like the league is “out to get” Detroit or something.

Perhaps there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than we realize, and the league is “penalizing” Detroit for something that’s happened previously.

Posted by BuzzFledderjohn from Frederick, MD  on  04/29  at  01:00 PM

Sounds like a fun atmosphere if you’re a home fan to me…

Posted by NHLJeff from Boston, MA  on  04/29  at  01:46 PM

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