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November 24, 2014
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CRAZED OVER WILD
WHEN WE WERE BUILDING the formula for our NHL fan rating, the notion of noise was tabled. Should we try to concoct a volume measurement and weave that into the calculations? The suggestion fell on deaf ears, for a couple reasons. For starters, we couldn’t think of an objective methodology. There is no decibel-per-game average available anywhere. Secondly, and more to the point, loudness doesn’t necessarily equal good fandom. Some of the noisiest partiers at NHL arenas are just that: dudes who’ve made a bunch of visits to the beer line. Or they’re revelers, more in it for a good time than the appreciation of what’s unfolding before them. I’ve been to contests with people who couldn’t name the home team’s starting goalie, but they yelled lustily to be part of the…
PLUS MINUS
+PLUS FREDDY LIVES Ducks’ Frederik Andersen becomes the second goalie in NHL history to win 25 of his first 30 games, tying 1970s Boston keeper Ross Brooks. –MINUS ROAD SICK Players from Minnesota and St. Louis are felled by a bacterial infection most likely contracted while playing road games in L.A. or Anaheim. +PLUS GOD OF GOALS Bowling Green fans celebrate the NCAA squad’s hot start by creating a Twitter religion on scoring sophomore Kevin Dufour (#ChurchofDufour). –MINUS BURIED IN DENVER In a surprising reversal of last season’s start, the Colorado Avalanche win just two of their first 10 games, going from first to worst in the Central.…
DANCIN' GABE
A SIDE FROM THE ODD PLAYER on the opposition bench and a few on the home side, Gabe Langlois is the bestknown person at every Winnipeg Jets home game. Known simply as ‘Dancing Gabe,’ the 51-year-old has ingrained himself in Winnipeg’s sporting culture over the past quarter century for his unparalleled fandom and his unmatched dancing skills. Whether it’s the Jets, the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers, baseball’s Winnipeg Goldeyes or high school sporting events around town, Langlois is there, showing off a soft sneaker whenever the music plays. You want popularity? Cults would kill to have the following he has. Consider the fans who gathered at the intersection of Portage and Main in Winnipeg to celebrate the return of the NHL in May 2011. When Langlois joined the throng, the chants…
FANS GONE WILD
CHRIS FALCONE, A THEN-36-YEAR-OLD PHILLY fan, got his 15 minutes of fame in March 2001 when he tumbled into the penalty box during a Maple Leafs-Flyers game in Philadelphia, trying to get at Toronto’s Tie Domi. Fans behind the box were throwing beer and other projectiles at Domi, something not unheard of in Philly. So Domi returned fire. Armed with a water bottle, he squirted it over the low glass. Falcone lunged at Domi from two rows back, but he lurched too far. The glass gave way, gravity took over, and he spilled head first to the floor. The two went at each other, but linesman Kevin Collins jumped in before things got worse. The wild scene was replayed on sportscasts all over North America and has since been viewed…
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