Oilers vs Hurricanes

[Egon]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Basketball )</font>

Basketball ehh. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Another sport from Canada! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Egon]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Basketball )</font>

Basketball ehh. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Another sport from Canada! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Knight9]

Update. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

We won't talk about game 2. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Game three back here tomorrow. The roof of Rexall will be rockin! If we don't take game three...it's all over but the golfing I'd say.

Kevin

 

[Knight9]

Update. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

We won't talk about game 2. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Game three back here tomorrow. The roof of Rexall will be rockin! If we don't take game three...it's all over but the golfing I'd say.

Kevin

 

[dmartin88]

I went to games 1 & 2 in Raleigh. Having been to hundreds of hockey games and previous Stanley Cup Finals, the atmosphere in the arena Monday night was great and as loud as I've ever heard. I live in Northern Virginia but have work in Raleigh so can go there as needed- at the start of the playoffs, decided to buy a playoff ticket there, just in case my Dallas Stars made it to the finals- well, that didn't work out but since the Canes made it, made the trip and had a great time.

Really disappointed that Roloson is hurt, if the remaining games were or are anything like the first one, it would be quite a series- I'm hoping the return to Edmonton will make a difference. Must admit, a return to Raleigh for a game 7 would be a lot of fun!

On a side note, at the airport yesterday for my return, saw Don Cherry and Ron McLaren on their way to catch an Air Canada flight to Toronto- couldn't miss the collar on Don's shirt from 100 yards away. They said they enjoyed the games and hospitality in Raleigh.

Looking forward to watching on NBC the rest of the way.

 

[dmartin88]

I went to games 1 & 2 in Raleigh. Having been to hundreds of hockey games and previous Stanley Cup Finals, the atmosphere in the arena Monday night was great and as loud as I've ever heard. I live in Northern Virginia but have work in Raleigh so can go there as needed- at the start of the playoffs, decided to buy a playoff ticket there, just in case my Dallas Stars made it to the finals- well, that didn't work out but since the Canes made it, made the trip and had a great time.

Really disappointed that Roloson is hurt, if the remaining games were or are anything like the first one, it would be quite a series- I'm hoping the return to Edmonton will make a difference. Must admit, a return to Raleigh for a game 7 would be a lot of fun!

On a side note, at the airport yesterday for my return, saw Don Cherry and Ron McLaren on their way to catch an Air Canada flight to Toronto- couldn't miss the collar on Don's shirt from 100 yards away. They said they enjoyed the games and hospitality in Raleigh.

Looking forward to watching on NBC the rest of the way.

 

[ejtaylor822]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( the only comparison I can draw is that hockey is to Canada like what basketball is to N.C. )</font>

Would agree.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'll go out on a limb. Canada "is" hockey. It would be a shame for Canada to lose to N.C. in hockey. )</font>

Don't think it would be much of shame though. Looks like to me from what I have read in the paper that most of the 'canes players are from Canada.

Hey, somebody say NASCAR?!?! Let me put my fishing pole down with the Tarheel commerative spinner and finish my turkey sandwich so we can talk serious now..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ejtaylor822]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( the only comparison I can draw is that hockey is to Canada like what basketball is to N.C. )</font>

Would agree.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'll go out on a limb. Canada "is" hockey. It would be a shame for Canada to lose to N.C. in hockey. )</font>

Don't think it would be much of shame though. Looks like to me from what I have read in the paper that most of the 'canes players are from Canada.

Hey, somebody say NASCAR?!?! Let me put my fishing pole down with the Tarheel commerative spinner and finish my turkey sandwich so we can talk serious now..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sigarms]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Don't think it would be much of shame though. Looks like to me from what I have read in the paper that most of the 'canes players are from Canada. )</font>

To some extent you "proved" my point.

Guess it goes "deeper" in debate to "just who may be the best team".

Remember 1980 and hockey? How could you not if you were around at that time. AMERICANS beat the best team in the world. I'd haphazzard (sp?) a guess and say not many of those college boys played in schools down "south".

Remember when the U.S "dream team" lost in the Olympics? Who really cares in the U.S? To those in the world who did beat us, I guess it meant a lot.

Getting off the track to some extent.

I remember growing up on the border (sp?) of New Brunswick, watching my dad and his buddies play the Canadians in a "loose" games of hockey OUTSIDE on the weekends. Those Canadians would be drunk off their butts and still whoop the "Americans" even if they (the Americans)didn't drink. Guess my point, (not very well made) is that to alot of Canadians, hockey is an "everyday" game that is played not only for the compition but for the fun of the game as well. They also don't have to have "indoor" rinks to play in the winter! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It is a pasttime, and a "national sport", to whereas "most americans", who REALLY cared that the NHL went on strike?

Who REALLY watches hockey on a regular basis in the U.S? Granted, if you are a hockey fan, you do, but I'd guess that hockey has the least amount of attendance at professional games compared to baseball or basketball, and I'd guess that the T.V ratings would be the same.

You can't say the same for Canada.

Heck, they are all a bunch of OVERPAID people who may oflost sight of the "real" meaning of the sport, other than a paycheck.

Ok, rant mode off! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Look out for them Tarheels this year! (hey, I wen't to Penn State, I really don't care! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif).

 

[Sigarms]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Don't think it would be much of shame though. Looks like to me from what I have read in the paper that most of the 'canes players are from Canada. )</font>

To some extent you "proved" my point.

Guess it goes "deeper" in debate to "just who may be the best team".

Remember 1980 and hockey? How could you not if you were around at that time. AMERICANS beat the best team in the world. I'd haphazzard (sp?) a guess and say not many of those college boys played in schools down "south".

Remember when the U.S "dream team" lost in the Olympics? Who really cares in the U.S? To those in the world who did beat us, I guess it meant a lot.

Getting off the track to some extent.

I remember growing up on the border (sp?) of New Brunswick, watching my dad and his buddies play the Canadians in a "loose" games of hockey OUTSIDE on the weekends. Those Canadians would be drunk off their butts and still whoop the "Americans" even if they (the Americans)didn't drink. Guess my point, (not very well made) is that to alot of Canadians, hockey is an "everyday" game that is played not only for the compition but for the fun of the game as well. They also don't have to have "indoor" rinks to play in the winter! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It is a pasttime, and a "national sport", to whereas "most americans", who REALLY cared that the NHL went on strike?

Who REALLY watches hockey on a regular basis in the U.S? Granted, if you are a hockey fan, you do, but I'd guess that hockey has the least amount of attendance at professional games compared to baseball or basketball, and I'd guess that the T.V ratings would be the same.

You can't say the same for Canada.

Heck, they are all a bunch of OVERPAID people who may oflost sight of the "real" meaning of the sport, other than a paycheck.

Ok, rant mode off! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Look out for them Tarheels this year! (hey, I wen't to Penn State, I really don't care! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif).