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June 04, 2010

Friday Night Hockey- Game 4 Of The Stanley Cup Finals
— DrewM

The Blackhawks lead the series 2 games to 1 but the Flyers are up 1 nothing in the middle of the first.

Unfortunately, tonight's game is on VS so hopefully you can find it.

What's the atmosphere like in Philly? From TSN's Darren Drager.

Lunatic Fan Award goes to a Flyers fan who during warm up prior to game 3 yelled, "Burish I'm going to effin kill your mother!"

You stay classy Philly.

Added: Jake Knotts emails to say, "Don't no nothing about this hockey thing but I doubt those damn Sikhs play it so it can't be that bad."

Helen Thomas emails, "Gaza would be a hockey hotbed but those damn Jews won't let them have skates".

Posted by: DrewM at 04:34 PM | Comments (60)
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1 I usually rely on hockey to get me **almost** to football, but I hate the flyers so much I can't bring myself to even watch a game. I'm a steelers/pens fan, and it's hard to believe that within the same state you have, so close, the massive ass wart of dumbassery that is Philadelphia.

Worst fucking fans on the planet.

Posted by: tangonine at June 04, 2010 04:45 PM (C8Pcc)

2 See, this is why i can't get interested in hockey, you got a bunch of guys all bundled up and zooming around on ice when it's 100 degrees outside. Makes no sense i tells ya!

Posted by: koopy at June 04, 2010 04:45 PM (awinc)

3 PFFT to youse morons! GO FLYERS!!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 04, 2010 04:47 PM (SB0V2)

Posted by: Kemp at June 04, 2010 04:56 PM (2+9Yx)

Posted by: koopy at June 04, 2010 04:59 PM (awinc)

6 Will Folks is still folking me.

Hockey, WTF, Frogs playing soccer on ice?

Get a life, eh?

Need health care? teeth knocked out, call you friendly Frog.

It will be six months, but we call see you then, eh?

Posted by: The Chicken at June 04, 2010 05:00 PM (2+9Yx)

7 Damn, another crazy game

Posted by: logprof at June 04, 2010 05:00 PM (Mmw0q)

8 I went to a soccer game, er, hockey game. It was fun.

Stand up Joe, God Bless you.

Oh, you're a Indian, well how much for that Slurpee?

Posted by: Joe hair plugs at June 04, 2010 05:03 PM (2+9Yx)

9 End of First: 3-1 Flyers!!!!!

Posted by: braininahat at June 04, 2010 05:07 PM (2CU5O)

Worst fucking fans on the planet.

I agree 1,000-fold. And I live in Philly! But consider the alternative: Obama crowing about his "hometown team" winning a championship. No thanks.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 04, 2010 05:10 PM (zgZzy)

11 nhl gots to revamp the schedule. Start earlier or short some series or some fucking thing cuz Ize a big hockey fan and this june fuckingshit is crimping my baseball watching season. fawwwk

Posted by: brian dennehy at June 04, 2010 05:11 PM (0X8Ui)

12 Yeah, the schedule thing sucks but all sports do this now.

The Super Bowl doesn't need to be in February (it'll be later when the add a game or two to the regular season) and the World Series shouldn't be in November.

Nobody is going to change because they are all making too much money. They won't cut regular season games or shorten series.

Given this is the best the NHL has done on TV in 10 years or so, there's even less incentive for them to do something.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 05:16 PM (X/Lqh)

Hartnell is a dirty, dirty Sikhret Sikh.

The Flyers are part of a Vast Sikh Consiracy.

Posted by: garrett at June 04, 2010 05:20 PM (2yLj1)

I agree 1,000-fold. And I live in Philly! But consider the alternative: Obama crowing about his "hometown team" winning a championship. No thanks.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 04, 2010 09:10 PM (zgZzy)

I don't think Barry has ever mentioned the Hawks and probably wouldn't know the difference between a puck and a stick

Posted by: Malia at June 04, 2010 05:25 PM (95zfw)

15 Yeah, only Philly has bad fans. Yet, in Chicago they have fans that throw beers on opposing players who are about to catch a baseball for an out. In Chicago, they have fans that go with their dad to beat up the opposing team's first base coach. In Montreal they riot when they win!

But, let's get back to those evil Philly fans. Philly is the Republican party of sports, woe is me, only Philly has bad fans. Rinse, repeat.

Posted by: fans are bad everywhere at June 04, 2010 05:36 PM (JfhXO)

16 Hockey question:

Whose fault was the goal where the Flyers guy got a pass behind/to the side of the goal and put it in easy? It was like the Blackhawks didn't realize he was there.

Was it the fault of
a) a defender who was supposed to be guarding him?
b) the goalie for coming out so far when there was a offensive player behind him?
c) something else I'm too dumb to notice?

thx

Posted by: huh at June 04, 2010 05:37 PM (+ABdJ)

17 I don't think Barry has ever mentioned the Hawks and probably wouldn't know the difference between a puck and a stick Posted by: Malia at June 04, 2010 09:25 PM (95zfw) I'm pretty sure Barry has a great idea what a stick tastes like, though.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 05:46 PM (wOtDN)

doesn't matter

first the bhawks

then the cubbies!!!!

Posted by: navy COP joe at June 04, 2010 05:46 PM (gg4j2)

19 16 Hockey question: Whose fault was the goal where the Flyers guy got a pass behind/to the side of the goal and put it in easy? It was like the Blackhawks didn't realize he was there. Was it the fault of a) a defender who was supposed to be guarding him? b) the goalie for coming out so far when there was a offensive player behind him? c) something else I'm too dumb to notice? thx Posted by: huh at June 04, 2010 09:37 PM (+ABdJ) d) The Philly fans.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 05:47 PM (wOtDN)

20 pretty sure that if obama came within a mile of a hockey rink he'd spontaneously weep in fear. Have you seen him? Any contact sport he participated in would result in a trip to the ER.

Dude makes Erkel look like Mike Tyson.

Posted by: tangonine at June 04, 2010 05:52 PM (C8Pcc)

21 Posted by: huh at June 04, 2010 09:37 PM (+ABdJ)

Two guys...

The guy streaking in behind the play was the responsibility of one of the Chicago forwards. The Flyer who had the puck along the board was doubled teamed by a Dman and a forward. That forward shouldn't have gone to him but stayed home to play the trailer. Leaving him alone enabled him to make the pass to the guy behind the net. It was a bad read

Ideally, there should have been a defenseman down low to take the shooter, not sure where he was.

There's been some iffy goaltending in this game but there's been quite a bit of atrocious team defense.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 05:58 PM (X/Lqh)

22 Oh yeah! Now there's some hittin'! Like Barry on a drug-dealer's cock! Hard, fast, and ethusiastic!

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:00 PM (wOtDN)

23 And for all you poor saps like me who don't have real TVs and don't feel like drinking at a bar tonight: atdhe.net (might be virusy, I dunno, I run FreeBSD)

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:01 PM (wOtDN)

24 thx DrewM.

What about the goalie, the Finnish dude. It looked like he came out (to cut down the angle I guess), but would he do that if he knew there was a Flyer behind him? Did he not realize the guy was there or is that proper goalie technique?

Posted by: huh at June 04, 2010 06:07 PM (+ABdJ)

25 Okay so they just showed Biden at the game; I guess I have to agree with you all - Flyers fans DO suck! No one dumped a drink on him

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 04, 2010 06:07 PM (SB0V2)

26 Posted by: huh at June 04, 2010 10:07 PM (+ABdJ)

Yeah, he lost track of that guy. Had he known he was there he would have been back on his post.

Niemi was probably the least culpable guy on that play. Some goals are on the goalie and some on the team. That was a team breakdown.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 06:11 PM (X/Lqh)

27 Unfortunately, tonight's game is on VS so hopefully you can find it.

The NHL would do well to see about getting back on with ESPN once the contract with Versus is up.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at June 04, 2010 06:12 PM (gjUVx)

28 Huh, whomever I'm streaming it from seems to be nipping it from ESPN . . . maybe it's an international feed, though.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:13 PM (wOtDN)

29 Hockey?

Yeah, like don't spit that hockey on me mother fucker.

Posted by: Rev Wright at June 04, 2010 06:16 PM (2+9Yx)

30 I once made my intern swallow a hockey, and a load.

Eh?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 04, 2010 06:18 PM (2+9Yx)

31 haha, I spy with my little eye . . . something that starts with "mullet".

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:20 PM (wOtDN)

32 That was an odd goal.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 04, 2010 06:28 PM (QO9Fb)

33 Oh Em Eff Gee, that was a beautiful shot.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:29 PM (wOtDN)

34 Wow, what a lousy effort by Chicago, especially there best players.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 06:29 PM (X/Lqh)

35 Yeah, too bad the Flyers are piling all their goals into one game. "Well, we lost the cup, but we outscored 'em 409-18" "Yeah, but that's cos you won game 4 397-1"

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:31 PM (wOtDN)

36 Ville Leino - best name in hockey

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 04, 2010 06:32 PM (SB0V2)

37 I'd like to point something out. See any Blackhawk fans at the game? No? Wonder why? It's because Philly fans are so fucking retarded that no one would think to travel to Philadelphia for a game. Especially with kids. No hotel or dinner revenue, no taxi rides, no tourism, no nothing. Economic impact next to zero. Congrats you fucking idiots.

Posted by: dan in michigan at June 04, 2010 06:35 PM (9jRMu)

38 I hate NBC/VS sometimes.

WTF was the penalty? Why did Hartnell get the unsportsmanlike?

No, we have to hear about how Mike Richards is tired. No shit. A player tired after a long year and the Olympics? Thanks for that breaking fucking news.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 06:41 PM (X/Lqh)

39 No hotel or dinner revenue, no taxi rides, no tourism, no nothing. Economic impact next to zero. Congrats you fucking idiots. Posted by: dan in michigan at June 04, 2010 10:35 PM (9jRMu) I'm not saying Philly's not stupid like that, they (well, we, since I live here) are, but have you ever been down to 6th & Chestnut on a weekday afternoon? We're not missing out on tourism, trust me.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 06:43 PM (wOtDN)

40 Bang.

Nice play by CHI.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 06:43 PM (X/Lqh)

41 Okay Dan, I go to a lot of games during the year and there are always lots of other-team fans, unmolested. Playoff games are SO desirable here you just can't get tix, that's the only reason here. I took my MI pals when we played the Wings in the Finals and everyone was respectful Can't say the same when I went to games in pittsburg and Boston ...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 04, 2010 06:45 PM (SB0V2)

42 Hold all tickets. We still have a game.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 06:52 PM (X/Lqh)

43 Key save there by Niemi. Gonna be an interesting 4 minutes.

Posted by: tmi3rd at June 04, 2010 06:52 PM (WRtsc)

44 Niemi almost got caught betwixt and between there.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 06:58 PM (X/Lqh)

45 GAH!

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 07:00 PM (wOtDN)

46 Well, looks like it's gonna be a hell of a next three games...

Posted by: tmi3rd at June 04, 2010 07:00 PM (WRtsc)

47 Well, that got sporty towards the end. Kind of like a Mets game with K-Rod on the mound in the 9th.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 07:01 PM (X/Lqh)

48 Woo, open goal! Go Chicago! Haha. Also, good night, Chicago!

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 04, 2010 07:01 PM (wOtDN)

49 Now it's a 3-game series.

Posted by: logprof at June 04, 2010 07:02 PM (Mmw0q)

50 whew!

Posted by: SJR2 at June 04, 2010 07:03 PM (oCbCP)

51 This series needs to go to OT of the 7th game. It's the only fitting end to this great hockey season.

Posted by: DrewM. at June 04, 2010 07:04 PM (X/Lqh)

52 Drew, I'm too old to deal with OT in game 7. Flyers just need to dig in and take the next two.

Posted by: SJR2 at June 04, 2010 07:06 PM (oCbCP)

53 IP = 78.110.8.18

Posted by: spammer at June 04, 2010 09:43 PM (WFYoY)

54 IP = 113.109.186.82

Posted by: spammer at June 04, 2010 10:40 PM (TDCtB)

55 Come on, I've heard all the Philly insults from the rest of the country. Some of them are even deserved. But, I'm supposed to feel bad that there were hardly any visiting fans at the Wachovia Center? that may be the weakest attack yet.The Flyers fans are like a cult, they ain't giving up those seats for anyone, for the Final, anyway. In the first 3 rounds, we had a few Devils and Bruins fans show up, and Montreal sent down quite a few. Nobody died. Wait a minute, a guy from freakin' Michigan is talking about horrible places to visit? I'm sure the tourism in Detroit is just booming.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at June 04, 2010 11:26 PM (CXMxA)

56 IP = 222.77.238.238

Posted by: spammer at June 04, 2010 11:52 PM (RXIjI)

57 IP = 87.109.187.18

Posted by: spammer at June 05, 2010 04:01 AM (CT9Co)

No, the all time Class Hockey Fan award goes to the New York Ranger fans who threw sugar packets at Bobby Clarke while screaming "Here's your lunch, Bobby!!!!"

But it's New York. What do you expect.

Posted by: Lazarus Long at June 05, 2010 04:51 AM (+MZ0U)

This series needs to go to OT of the 7th game.

Are you trying to kill me?

I won't survive that.

Posted by: Entropy at June 05, 2010 11:27 AM (eL+YD)

@dan in michigan -

"No dinner revenue or tourism" Yeah what that city could use is a historic district to draw a few million tourists a year. Wait, what...? (The dinner revenue piece is just plain funny).

59 - What makes that really sick is that Clarke is diabetic, has been since childhood. I know YOU know that, but probably not many others, since it seems the world has a permanent hard-on for Philadelphia teams and their fans. I just heard today that New Yorkers - our mortal sports enemies - are even pulling for the Flyers this year because they are a Cinderella story. Last nite in the 3rd period it was like Chicago finally woke up and realized, shit we could lose this...and next game will not be easy for the Flyers.

Philly in 6.

Posted by: Betsy Ross at June 05, 2010 12:40 PM (kD8Fh)

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