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band77one · 12-24-2011, 10:57 AM

yeabuddddyy im going yeaaabudddy

JL8Jeff · 12-24-2011, 11:09 AM

Sweet, how did you get tickets? My brother splits a Flyers season ticket with someone, he has 3 separate Phillies 17 game packages and ended up with no tickets to the Winter Classic! Hopefully the weather is cold enough to keep the ice in good shape.

band77one · 12-24-2011, 12:28 PM

stubhub has like 3000 somethin tickets for sale lol

band77one · 12-24-2011, 12:29 PM

for 3 tickets, shipping and the ticket fees or whatever its called was 1040, im not complaining, not for going to a winter classic, in philly, with the flyers in it, i dont care how much they cost!

BonzoHansen · 12-24-2011, 12:31 PM

Go rangers

WayFast84 · 12-24-2011, 12:35 PM

I'm going to the AHL game and rider game.

band77one · 12-24-2011, 12:39 PM

yea i got free tix to the phantoms outdoor game as well and bonzo, bleh you like the rangers i cant even be mean to you, god bless your soul.

BonzoHansen · 12-31-2011, 03:52 PM

Big props to bernie parent lacing them up! Holy crap nick fotiu! This is great. I think I need to go pull on my gartner or vanbiesbrouck jersey lol

deadtrend1 · 12-31-2011, 04:08 PM

Yea, this alumni game is good to watch. Half these guys retired before i was born or understood the game of hockey ...

BigAls87Z28 · 12-31-2011, 04:11 PM

Is this like a figure skating competition?

JL8Jeff · 12-31-2011, 05:43 PM

That was pretty cool to watch some of the older guys get out there. My brother did end up getting the ticket to today's game, the Classic and I think their is a game Friday as well. He got them for the season ticketholder price so it wasn't that bad at all.

band77one · 12-31-2011, 08:23 PM

yea the phantoms and hershey play friday night at CBP too

Slow-V6 · 12-31-2011, 11:06 PM

Lindros and Leclair looked pretty good out there..

Frosty · 01-01-2012, 09:05 AM

The alumni game was fun to watch...it was awesome to see the old greats from both teams out there playing....definitely awesome.

It sucks I'm working tomorrow....I'll DVR the game.

88WS-6 · 01-02-2012, 11:25 AM

I went to the past two winter classics, Boston and then Pittsburgh. Both were fun, but the novelty wore off for me. It's always freezing cold and you can't see the puck unless you are in the nosebleed seats with binoculars.

If the devils were playing, I would consider going though so I hope you have fun watching your team.

Frosty · 01-02-2012, 09:07 PM

What a great game. It sucks the scumbag Rangers scored two cheese goals but that's the way it goes. Awesome game.

Now back to my fantasy hockey domination.

JL8Jeff · 01-02-2012, 09:59 PM

Flyers got sloppy once again and it cost them the game. The refs tried to bail them out, but they couldn't even take advantage of that. It was a good game and probably one of the more "normal" games compared to the other einter classics considering it was outside. Last year the rain slowed it down and in Boston the ice was slow. In Buffalo the snow slowed it down, but I guess that's the interesting part of playing the game outside.

WayFast84 · 01-03-2012, 03:40 AM

The refs called a fair game. I thought the camera angle was horrible. For the fans sake they need to have clear boards and digitizedl the sponsors like the rangers do behind the net at msg.

WildBillyT · 01-03-2012, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WayFast84

The refs called a fair game. I thought the camera angle was horrible. For the fans sake they need to have clear boards and digitizedl the sponsors like the rangers do behind the net at msg.

What?

band77one · 01-03-2012, 09:56 AM

the flyers also do digitized advertising, when they play indoors. you know the other 81 games during the season plus playoffs lol.

WayFast84 · 01-03-2012, 01:31 PM

I don't know about them I live in north/central and only get msg network. Bill, they pretty much put a subway logo behind The net on the glass.

Frosty · 01-03-2012, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WayFast84

The refs called a fair game.

No they didn't

They tried handing the Flyers the 3rd goal so the game would go into OT...and yes I'm a die hard Flyers fan saying this. I'm really disappointed in the NHL for doing that.

WayFast84 · 01-03-2012, 10:12 PM

Are you serious? The call for a penalty shot is clear cut. You also can't hold a players stick(when a ranger went around a flyer center ice for the empty netter). I said it before, the flyers did nothing by signing a 31 year old goalie for 9 years. Goaltending won the game for the rangers(like it always has) and lost it for the flyers.

Any other "bad" calls I missed?

Frosty · 01-04-2012, 05:25 AM

I've seen the Callahan/Timonen scenario a hundred times and it's RARELY called for hooking and diving...especially in that situation. I guarantee you had that been a regular run of the mill game it would have been a hooking call only.

It was clear cut that the puck was covered up by a glove? I watched the video a bunch of times and didn't see any clear cut evidence that he clearly put his glove over the puck.

How about the blatant hook on Gaborik on the break away...again that's been called for the last 3+ years but was let go. He clearly had his stick in Gaborik's midsection.

Remember, I'm a die hard Flyers fan...it kills me to even side with the douche bag Rangers...but it was pretty obvious what the NHL was trying to do.

As far as signing Bryz...you do realize Bob was in net right?

WayFast84 · 01-04-2012, 08:59 AM

You can't cover the puck up like that in an oh **** situation, I've been playing for years and have even been called for it and had to watch my goalie get absolutely wrecked because of it.

Gaborik also got the shot off pretty cleanly.

Bob was in net? I had no idea captain obvious. Obviously Bob is a back up to your newly acquired supershakey goalie and they started bob because bryz is a mental case and has no confidence. Oh well have fun with his cap hit for 9 years!!