Gagne wins game 6 in ot

gagne scores in ot of the eastern conference finals of the 2004 stanley cup playoffs

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[spazzjam669]

All I want is Gary thorne to commentate. He's the best

[Letsgoflyerzzzz]

wish he could have done this last wednesday in that game 6!

[kuvaajapoika]

We are tired that Gary is in NHL 12 etc. but we want him to commentate real games right?

[wahrheitverdad]

@SYLFan2008 It is a great sport. We're proud of it in Canada, and we enjoy having the rivalry between American cities about Hockey. We do like sharing it; the NHL would be incredibly boring if it were only Canadian teams.

[wahrheitverdad]

@SYLFan2008 It did show up, I just had to do the ... to indicate continuation.

[SYLFan2008]

@wahrheitverdad: Lastly the sport has existed in the south since the 1940's. Other sports will take precedence, sure, but there'll always be loyal hockey fans. 15000 sat and watched Stars vs Sharks go to 4OT till 2 AM on a weeknight in 2008. That's not passion? Then there's the rapid growth of minor-league hockey in the south due to which a Stefan Noesen (Plano born and raised) gets into hockey and gets drafted 21st overall, BY A CANADIAN TEAM. It's a great sport- share it, don't hoard it.

[SYLFan2008]

@wahrheitverdad: It's also asinine to measure a fan-base's passion based on crowd strength at a parade. 2 mill showed up for Chicago's parade and half of that showed up for Bruins' parade. It'd be stupid to ascertain Bruins' fanbase passion = 1/2 of Chicago's. Get what I'm saying?

There'll always be passionate fans of TB, Pho, NSH, Dal, etc., who don't need certification from you. You need to look beyond this jingoistic dick-measuring contest you set as a benchmark. Cheers.

[SYLFan2008]

@wahrheitverdad: Yes, there will always be other sports that will take precedence over others. Dallas will always be a Cowboys town and Toronto, a hockey town. However, good on-ice product will bring fans in a transplanted world we live in...period. Even a O6 team like Chicago barely filled 1/3rd of UC back in 2002-03- barely one year removed from a raucous sold-out UC in 2001-02 (I sat in UC both times)- because the team went from a playoff team in 2001-02 to a bottom feeder within one year.

[SYLFan2008]

@wahrheitverdad: I guess your previous post didn't show up since your response begins with "...Annaheim [sic]." FTR, diff. teams have diff. levels of passion based on how their teams do. A Sunbelt city like Dallas sold out 238 games straight when they were good, but not anymore since they've been average to poor. OTOH, a team like SJ is able to keep that passion going cos of their team still being considered favorites. That's how it works (contd.)

[wahrheitverdad]

@SYLFan2008 ...Annaheim,. I've seen the difference in regards to passion about hockey. While in the cities I've mentioned, most people are passionate about basketball, baseball, and the NFL.

There are hockey fans, but not as much as in Canada, or cities like Philadelphia or Detroit, Speaking of small market teams, I mentioned Detroit, and while they're a big city, the economic crash decimated the city. It costed more for season tickets than for a house. Yet they still have passionate fans

[wahrheitverdad]

@SYLFan2008 Small market teams in the US? Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg are the smallest markets in the NHL. It's not just based on city size, it's based on surrounding areas as well. Tampa Bay has the whole lower east of Florida. Atlanta definitely had enough people in the area, they can get 72,000 at a football game. Dallas can fill more than 80,000 for football. Most southern americans just don't seem to like hockey. What is so hard to understand about that? I've been to Dallas, Tampa...

[SYLFan2008]

@wahrheitverdad: "and it was tough for any small market team." "It was the economy"- Boy, you're pathetic, aren't you? You make the same excuses YOU DON'T WISH TO EXTEND towards small-market teams in US, just so you have a boorish and jingoistic platform to spew bile from. Guess what mate...it IS the economy.

"More people showed up to the post-loss rally "- And you were there keeping count? A sporting person would accept defeat rather than stoop to juvenile retorts. You lost. Get over it.