The Jerry Seinfeld Trophy:
awarded to the most obnoxious, asshole fans in the league.
The nominees are:
The Carolina Hurricanes
Hurricanes fans have made a name for themselves as some of the least well-informed yet most overly-opinionated fans in the league in recent years. A Stanley Cup championship spurred their fans to arrive at the conclusion that since the team is excellent, then they the fans must be in the right as well. Known for such gems as calling Montreal's logo a "Habitron," the inarticulate and ignorant chant of "Ref, you suck," and that annoying-as-fuck "Woo-hoo!" before EVERY SINGLE GODDAMNED FACEOFF.
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The Montreal Canadiens
Montreal fans are in a league of their own as far as assholishness is concerned. (Partly)responsible for sending Patrick Roy packing, they love to get on players who disappoint. The most egregious example came during Montreal's last game this season, when fans gave Carey Price a little taste of what Patrick Roy got in his last game in Montreal. To top it off, some of the "fans" continued to boo the team after the game was over and the players were at center ice saluting the crowd.
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The Philadelphia Flyers
What more needs to be said of a team whose fans boo opposition players who have been hurt? Flyers fans seem to think that dirty and tough are synonyms. If it results in the injury of an opponent, be it a high stick to the face (Eric Lindros ad nauseum), hits from behind, or slew-footing, it must qualify a Flyer as a throwback to the "Broad Street Bullies." Flyers fans would do well to remember that Daniel Briere plays for them.
2 comments:
Hmm... Red Wings' fans would take this one in my books. They've been particularily obnoxious/assholish latey. I found it particulariy disgusting how they stood and loudly jeered injured players (Selanne and Crosby). Also going the path of Canes fans and how they cry and call for penalties on every Wings' dive, and then calling conspiracies on what few penalties they receive while the refs allow their players to clutch/grab/interfere and slash at will for most of the game.
Flyers fans are just plain bonkers. Tossing a stink bomb on the ice?
I had not heard/noticed the bad behavior from those Wings fans, but duly noted. As an aside, we came through Detroit on Friday on our way to Massachusetts, and I was glad to see all the employees at the Detroit airport all wearing Wings stuff. On the way back on monday, it seemed there was none of the Wings merchandise we had seen in the stores earlier.
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