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Minor league hockey

Fman99 Jan 23 2010 08:53 PM

Took Fboy to see the Syracuse Crunch tonight, our local AHL team. Sat four rows up from the rink and had a great time.

Willets Point Jan 23 2010 09:04 PM Re: Minor league hockey

How many fights?

Fman99 Jan 24 2010 07:13 AM Re: Minor league hockey

Three or four fights... none prolonged though. Unlike the NHL, in this league the referees actually try to stop the fights as soon as they start.

Willets Point Jan 24 2010 08:03 AM Re: Minor league hockey

Really? The AHL used to be the fight league. They must have cracked down.

TheOldMole Jan 24 2010 11:17 AM Re: Minor league hockey

I gotta get up and see the River Rats this year.

Valadius Jan 24 2010 04:45 PM Re: Minor league hockey

Is this man their mascot?

seawolf17 Jan 24 2010 06:02 PM Re: Minor league hockey

I remember a phenomenal Rochester-Syracuse game several years ago where there were so many fights that the Crunch had only two or three guys left on the bench at the end of the game. Good times.

Frayed Knot Jan 24 2010 08:28 PM Re: Minor league hockey

I miss the Long Island Ducks - the hockey version. If Paul Newman's character in 'Slapshot' wasn't based on former Ducks player/coach John Brophy I'd be very surprised.

Fman99 Jan 25 2010 06:25 AM Re: Minor league hockey

[quote="Valadius"]Is this man their mascot?

That'd make more sense than "Al the Ice Gorilla." Not sure what it is that a gorilla crunches, exactly, but whatevs. They did their part to reach out and make it a fun for the whole family type experience. For Fboy, there was a giant gorilla mascot to high-five him, a dad who would buy him a souvenier hockey puck, and even seeing himself on the Jumbotron during the "Smile Cam." For Fman, we had hoochie mama style "Crunch girl" dancers and really tall cold beers. Win/win.

TheOldMole Jan 25 2010 06:31 AM Re: Minor league hockey

I understood it was based on former Ranger Reggie Fleming.