Hockey Fight

I have been an avid hockey fan since I was little, thanks to my Mom. Hockey is a great sport, with great fans. We folks north of the border LOVE hockey!

I am fortunate to have seen NHL games in Calgary (my hometown), NYC, Toronto and Vancouver.

Although Toronto has the best "barn" I've been to, with Vancouver a close 2nd, and with my limited exposure to other team's fans, my opinion is that no-one can outshine the pride that my hometown has for it's team. When you walk in, sit down and see that almost everyone is wearing red, it is quite impressive. Gone are the days when the seats were all corporate...people wore suits....when they bothered showing up at all. Now...it's a full house almost every night. You will see, mixed among the red jerseys, shirts, coats, hats, scarves etc.....a (small) smattering of rival jerseys and the like. It's cool....we welcome it. We have fun with our rival fans.

I got called out tonight from a fellow "Twitter-er" when I made mention of the fact that I was pretty sure we had the best fans in the NHL. This is because in my Twitter Avatar, I am wearing a Canucks shirt. *GASP* Because I didn't have a previous Twitter "relationship" with him, I was ticked and responded to him like this....."....so many comebacks to that, yet so few characters". If I had enough room, this is what I might have said....

"It's a canucks shirt? Oh, I just thought it was pretty...that's why I was wearing it!"

"It's the only shirt I could find that matched my shoes, handbag and the colors on the thermal setting in my iMac Photobooth"

"Um, I'm a Canadian. Doesn't that make ME a Canuck?"

"My favorite color is Black. Do you think Black gets it's jockstrap in a knot when I wear Purple?"

"I'm wearing Flames gear to the game tonight....and,well, I admit it..... Canucks panties"

"So, I like 2 teams.....wanna meet me out by the bike racks?"

"So, what?"

"You must be a jealous fan of a different, crappier team"

"Ya, I like 2 teams. That's ok. I like to think of the the Flames as my "husband" and the Canucks as my "boyfriend".

Or....

"At least it's not an Oiler's jersey"

And then, after unravelling my panties and yanking them out of my ass....I saw that he had added a :) after his comment.....and had started following my tweets.

And so.....

I followed him back. :)