Freddie P's Blog

April 22, 2008 @ 08:25

Over the past few weeks me and good guy Freeway Frank, a former prisoner of the MIX, have had an ongoing verbal battle over the Habs and Leafs.

He quickly sent me this today.

"Fred, before you comment on the riot..let me say, this was started by a few yahoos who are not fans of the game. The celebration was a reason to go downtown and start a riot.
Secondly, I'd laugh my ass off when I lived in T.O and Leaf fans would celebrate after one win in the first round. I attribute this behaviour to fans wanting a reason to celebrate (41 YEARS FOR THE LEAFS AND 15 FOR THE HABS) especially after seeing soccer fans in their respective cities showing up in large numbers and celebrating during the last World Cup. I never recall anyone celebrating after any playoff round..unless it was the Stanley Cup. The World Cup would see celebrations after every win (a-it's a shorter competition. b-fans from different cultures would also come out to celebrate their nationality.)
There is no doubt this is the reason why fans have started to celebrate earlier in recent years. They have seen how soccer fans do it and they like it."

Freeway

Just you know, Freeway is now the morning man at Energy Radio in Calgary.