Abbotsford Heat Turtle Club Award

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Alright, this may not be very interesting to those of you who live in Calgary or attend lots of Flames games, but this is a pretty interesting new tradition in Abbotsford.

A few of the fans here in Abbotsford have started a new tradition called the Turtle Club Award. The way it works is that every time an opposing player "turtles" in a fight against one of our players (which seems to happen a lot), he will be forever called a turtle. So, whenever he touches the puck we chant "TURTLE!!"

The Turtle Club Award website has been started here: http://abbyheat.blogspot.com/p/turtle-page.html

I know this isn't huge news, but for a new team trying to build a fan base, this is a good start for developing some kind of tradition (i.e. The C of Red).

edit: Just so everyone knows, I DID NOT create this site.

[icarus]

Is that the inspiration for your avatar then?

[Radio]

I was reading the article on your site about fan support and how the Canucks fans won't support the Heat because they're affiliated with the Flames. I wonder though do they come to the games when the Heat play the Moose, to support the Moose?

I also wonder how the Moose's attendance would be affected by NHL hockey returning to Winnepeg? Simply from the stand point that old school Jets fans wouldn't support a Canucks affiliate..

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Radio

I was reading the article on your site about fan support and how the Canucks fans won't support the Heat because they're affiliated with the Flames. I wonder though do they come to the games when the Heat play the Moose, to support the Moose?

I also wonder how the Moose's attendance would be affected by NHL hockey returning to Winnepeg? Simply from the stand point that old school Jets fans wouldn't support a Canucks affiliate..

NHL hockey returns to Winnipeg the Moose are extinct.

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by Radio

I was reading the article on your site about fan support and how the Canucks fans won't support the Heat because they're affiliated with the Flames. I wonder though do they come to the games when the Heat play the Moose, to support the Moose?

I also wonder how the Moose's attendance would be affected by NHL hockey returning to Winnepeg? Simply from the stand point that old school Jets fans wouldn't support a Canucks affiliate..

With all the Junior hockey in the area, and being the Flames farm team, and the team drawing horribly, the taxpayers should be fed up with paying for a team that has no following.

This isn't a jab from a former QC fan at all, but I think this experiment was a bad idea. Not from the attendance but the travel involved with them.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by PIMking

With all the Junior hockey in the area, and being the Flames farm team, and the team drawing horribly, the taxpayers should be fed up with paying for a team that has no following.

This isn't a jab from a former QC fan at all, but I think this experiment was a bad idea. Not from the attendance but the travel involved with them.

They've signed a ten year deal with Abby, so even if they got rid of the team before the contract was up (which isn't likely), they would still be on the hook for 7 more years.

I'm a hardcore Flames fan living in Abbotsford (about 3 blocks from the arena) so I'm juicing the fact that they are here in Abby for all its worth because I know, unless they win a Calder Cup, they will likely be gone after the contract is up.

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

They've signed a ten year deal with Abby, so even if they got rid of the team before the contract was up (which isn't likely), they would still be on the hook for 7 more years.

I'm a hardcore Flames fan living in Abbotsford (about 3 blocks from the arena) so I'm juicing the fact that they are here in Abby for all its worth because I know, unless they win a Calder Cup, they will likely be gone after the contract is up.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a shot across the bow at all. I wished like hell that we had better attendance to keep the team and I hope that Abby does too.

But don't forget contracts are made to be broken, QC and Omaha had contracts that were broken.

[Ducay]

Like the idea, but the website reads like a bad Google translate job of a russian website

For new turtles to be added the crowd at a HEAT home game must recognize the turtle.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I had no part in creating this site. I don't know who did, but I know it is pretty badly put together.

[Torture]

Good God that site is hard on the eyes. Probably doesn't help that he's trying to host a website on blogspot.

Looks like HeatFan63 from HF put the site together.
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=824625

Despite the website somebody should coax him over here so that he can share his Heat knowledge with the rest of us in the prospects forum.