Mack Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 The snow angel celebration just topped it off.... http://youtu.be/ikZejnU0uEY
bovril Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 I like the fact that the commentators acknowledge what a great celebration it is. You can imagine some disapproving English football commentator saying something along the lines of "unfortunately we've had a rather unsavoury invasion of fluffy toys..." in a very serious tone.
Mack Posted 4 December 2013 Author Posted 4 December 2013 Not many hockey fans here then! Maybe we should try something similar? When Vardy scores we could chuck toy Ferrets onto the pitch in memory of his dreadful haircut at the start of the season!?
purpleronnie Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 I like the fact that the commentators acknowledge what a great celebration it is. You can imagine some disapproving English football commentator saying something along the lines of "unfortunately we've had a rather unsavoury invasion of fluffy toys..." in a very serious tone. More like fans moaning that it takes too long for them to clear it away.
Narborough_fox Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 The best thing about this story is that all the teddy bears go to a charity afterwards.
Dan Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 excellent. Reminds me of this with ARIS fans at a basketball game, 1:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcvAOpnnMK0
Guesty Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 Yeah it's an annual thing some Ice Hockey teams do at xmas. All the toys go to kids who wouldn't otherwise receive a present. I've always liked the less bureaucratic (and informal) way hockey is run.
Jordan Posted 4 December 2013 Posted 4 December 2013 Yeah it's an annual thing some Ice Hockey teams do at xmas. All the toys go to kids who wouldn't otherwise receive a present. I've always liked the less bureaucratic (and informal) way hockey is run. Hockey teams are generally apt at knowing when to let things slide. Fans actually aren't allowed to throw things onto the ice, but the tradition of fans throwing their hats onto the ice when a player scores a hat trick is one of the coolest things in all of sports. I doubt the teddy bear toss would be allowed to take off in England due to, well, "health and safety concerns," but can't you at least bring the hat trick custom to Leicester? (although Leicester home hat tricks come around about as often as Halley's Comet) The Detroit Red Wings' fans' tradition of throwing octopuses on the ice during the playoffs has taken on a life of its own. Major junior and minor league teams do lots of charity stuff like this around the holidays, and they do lots of other gimmicks (often involving the teams wearing silly novelty jerseys) all season.
danny. Posted 5 December 2013 Posted 5 December 2013 Genuine question: how the hell are you meant to se the puck? I would love to follow hockey and like the game (used to like playing non-ice hockey and love ice hockey games on xbox) but genuinely can't watch it as I have zero idea where the puck is!
Jordan Posted 5 December 2013 Posted 5 December 2013 Genuine question: how the hell are you meant to se the puck? I would love to follow hockey and like the game (used to like playing non-ice hockey and love ice hockey games on xbox) but genuinely can't watch it as I have zero idea where the puck is!This is a hard one to explain. I've been watching hockey on television since before I can remember, and I rarely have a problem following the puck... But that's probably because, having watched that much hockey, I know what to look for, and can anticipate where the puck is going to go. So, one bit of advice is to watch more hockey, and you'll naturally develop some sort of "instinct" for following the puck. That said, since the advent of HDTV, watching hockey has become much easier for fans. I still don't have an HDTV and still find hockey on my TV just fine, but it is much better in high def. Do any channels in the UK broadcast hockey in HD? Edit to add that your complaint is a common one amongst sports fans, and is usually one of the many reasons (albeit minor) cited why hockey isn't as popular as some other sports in the US. In the 1990s, when Fox had nationally televised NHL games here, they tried a system called "FoxTrax" in which the puck was surrounded by a halo of sorts on TV (and when the puck traveled, it showed something like a comet trail). This was intended to make it easier for fans to follow the puck, but new and old fans alike criticized it as cartoonish and distracting, so the "glow puck" was eventually discontinued. I've heard of different colors being used for pucks during experimental games but as far as I know, nothing has come out of that.
Finnegan Posted 5 December 2013 Posted 5 December 2013 I watch on Premier Sports and it's okay. Stream highlights on the internet? Forget about it.
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