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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Biggest problem with going to the Blazers games has typically been the atmosphere. The crowd is literally 50% fifty years or older. They clap in between whistles to songs. No weird of a lie: The buses from the seniors homes all bring people down. There is Seniors days at the ISC. I here "Oh the music is too loud!" Hopefully this momentum changes
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My seats are right at centre ice, between the two benches...pretty much every STH around they all know each other and yap about nothing during intermissions or the game, and during the regular season barely anyone even stands up for a goal.
Quite a few empty seats in the corners...it's all the old people (who make up the majority of the STH's) and high school kids. Could never understand it coming from an organization with such a rich history...
...but that's what made last night so crazy. So unexpected...crowd was so loud Winterhawks coaching staff were trying to gather the team around during the mid-period timeout and go over strategy...one coach put his mouth right up to a player's ear trying to give the instructions and the player (didn't catch who) still couldn't understand them.
To see a crowd refuse to leave...and chant "Let's go blazers" long after the team left the ice, making them come back on again...was incredible.
Saw old people jumping up and down like little kids, people hugging...it was incredible coming from a crowd that usually discusses the latest bridge club results, listens to the radio broadcast with earbuds like they aren't capable of watching the game themselves, claps half-heartedly for Blazers goals and gives people weird looks if they cheer too loudly.
Left the building...and cars were honking all over downtown (cops standing right there letting it go).
Way to go Kamloops. And way to go Blazers.