# HOCKEY!! YAY HOORAY!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009 "2000-10-15T16:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/21 "2000-10-20T19:35:58Z")
Hey, gotta love minor league hockey. Good seat for little money and great action. I love my Long Beach Ice Dogs. But I will admit if the Kings of Ducks do well this year I will be a fair weather fan. Well, I am planning to save the pennies and go to a game this year to see the Staples Center. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/22 "2000-10-20T20:58:19Z")
We may be stinking up the league so far this season, but we did the same last year and still won the top seed in the Wales Conference. So, laugh all you want now, but we’ll have the last laugh… ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/23 "2000-10-20T21:45:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spider Woman \* > \*\*Minnesota, after a long hiatus, has a team this year: the Wild. Ought to be interesting. My favorite part has always been the Zamboni. \*\* If expansion teams hold true this year as always, the most interesting part might just _be_ the Zamboni 😃 …although I have already seen Gaborik play…this guy is gonna set the hockey world on its head someday…probably soon. As for me… ::looks around warily for traditionalists:: “Go Ducks!” …yeah, yeah, I know: “…and take the Angels with you.” Heard that one already. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/24 "2000-10-20T21:49:34Z")
I’m just putting everyone on notice that arrangements to bring the cup back to Denver have already been made. Anyone who missed the memo has also missed their chance to object. You may file objections now the 2001-2002 season. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/25 "2000-10-20T21:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kinoons \* > \*\*I’m just putting everyone on notice that arrangements to bring the cup back to Denver have already been made. Anyone who missed the memo has also missed their chance to object. You may file objections now the 2001-2002 season. \*\* Sorry to burst your bubble, but wanting to win one for Bourque doesn’t gurantee an Avs victory. Roy has to play better than Belfour (in the playoffs) to advance, and that didn’t happen in the last 2 years. Frankly, if I had to pick a team other than the Stars, I think that the Blues may just be the Western Conference team in the Cup finals. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/26 "2000-10-20T22:05:43Z")
I believe that St Patrick’s 448 wins and multiple Stanley Cups are proof enough that the Avs have the goaltending to go all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/27 "2000-10-20T22:10:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kinoons \* > \*\*I believe that St Patrick’s 448 wins and multiple Stanley Cups are proof enough that the Avs have the goaltending to go all the way. > \*\* The fact that Roy has lost in a game 7 in each of the last 3 seasons indicates to me that he has lost his “money goalie” status. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/28 "2000-10-20T23:20:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aglarond \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by corvus \* > > \*\*IMHO, hockey gets better the farther you go down the ladder. \*\* > > Continuing slight hijack. I agree. I have season tickets to our WPHL team down here and it’s always good hockey. They haven’t won yet this year, but hey, it’s still entertaining. > \*\* Oh mais oui. My town finally got a minor team, and it’s great! You can heckle the goalie! Great cheap date (if she likes), and the beer specials aren’t that bad. Also not bad for an inexpensive outing if yer broke (like me). . . Tripler Go Muskies!! ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/29 "2000-10-21T03:02:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kinoons \* > \*\*I believe that St Patrick’s 448 wins and multiple Stanley Cups are proof enough that the Avs have the goaltending to go all the way. > \*\* Who in the hell let this Avs fan in? Come over here so I can kick your ass 🙂 Just kidding. Just a slight hijack, but the best hockey fight I have ever witnessed is when Roy and Osgood (both goalies) met at center ice and proceeded to pound each other silly a couple of years back. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/30 "2000-10-21T03:50:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kinoons \* > \*\*I believe that St Patrick’s 448 wins and multiple Stanley Cups are proof enough that the Avs have the goaltending to go all the way. > \*\* Didn’t he have about 440 wins and the same number of Cups at the start of the playoffs last year? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/31 "2000-10-21T04:01:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shadowfox \* > **Just kidding. Just a slight hijack, but the best hockey fight I have ever witnessed is when Roy and Osgood (both goalies) met at center ice and proceeded to pound each other silly a couple of years back.** Actually, didn’t Osgood pound Patty into doing a turtle impression? Or, was that Vernon the year before…? I think it was both. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/32 "2000-10-21T04:07:54Z")
Shadowfox – yes that was a damn good fight – those two did hockey proud that night lurkernomore – St partick did have 440 wins and the same # of cups last year, and I feel just as confident now as I did then ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/33 "2000-10-21T04:08:02Z")
The Rangers will have a return to respectability this year, led by the return of the best leader in all of sports, Mark Messier. He is head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to leadership ability. It’s great to have him back. As for the best fight I ever saw: In 1997, I think, Continental Arena, East Rutherford, NJ . . . This big Polish guy Oliwa (like 6’5") beats up the Maple Leafs’ Kris King. Later in the game 5’8" Tie Domi skates over to Oliwa before the faceoff and says something to him. Oliwa comes over and stands next to Domi, as soon as the puck drops Domi and Oliwa throw down and go at it. It was a great fight, and Domi cut Oliwa, it required stitches! If you need any more proof that Tie Domi is the baddest mutha in all of hockey, when he was a little kid he busted his front teeth out on the handlebars of his bike, so that he could look like Bobby Clarke. Worrell is pretty nasty too, but pound for pound, no one is better than Domi. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/34 "2000-10-21T04:09:15Z")
speaking of – Avs 4 Panthers 0, 5 min left in the 3rd looks like Patty Roy was up to the task tonight ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009/35 "2000-10-21T04:29:31Z")
Dignan, Mess doesn’t have the horses to lead. The D is porous, #1 goalie is still out (may play the w/e) and they have trouble scoring . Fleury couldn’t hit a net the size they drag behind fishing trawlers. Wish it was different, it isn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-yay-hooray/37009.md?page=1)