Devils fans throw beer on ice, Leafs bench. Cause delay of game.

[daver]

What did you expect? It's Philly

 

[Blender]

I'd rather get hit by something I see coming or anticipate instead of being blindsided

has a full beer can being chugged at you ever? that shit hurts

You don't always see shots get taken and such on the ice. To be clear here, 90 MPH slap shot coming at you is not dangerous, but beer being thrown is a dangerous situation?

No one should ever be throwing stuff on the ice, those comments are just ridiculous and sounds like someone is talking about bricks being thrown at them.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Someone in Colorado threw a bag of candy on the ice aswell. Threw it at Pettersson actually

 

[Puckclektr]

Are you really trying to pat yourself on your back because your franchise that is located in the largest city in Canada will still draw crowds even when they put a dogshit team on the ice? Whereas the Devils have two other teams in their market and a 3rd just 90 minutes away. Maybe if some fans there didn't show up when your team is crap, there might be some more incentive to actually put a winning team on the ice.

Anyway, congrats on winning the attendance award. Devils fans will have to suffer through these types of insults and massively cheaper tickets. I don't condone anything being thrown on the ice, but I'm guessing The Rock was probably louder last night than a Maple Leaf home playoff game.

Devil fan living in Toronto.
When the leafs are doing good it is harder to get tickets and cost a weeks pay. When they are doing bad it is easier to get tickets and are generally bought up by non leaf fans and during those years when the leafs are not doing as good, non leaf fans pick up the slack becuse we can finally get tickets to games even if it’s not our team.
Probably a third of “true” hockey fans in the GTA are fans of “other” NHL teams.
Aside from being family friends with a Leaf in the 80s it has been extremely hard to get tickets and when you do you are paying a scalper and arm and a leg. I make good money and never Have I been able to to take my kids to a leaf game.
They have been to Buffalo numerous times. Tampa and Detroit because they are more affordable.
I can get cheaper tickets when the leafs sucked but my girls got the option. Leaf tickets and go home or Sabres tickets with shopping and hotel and we still end up not paying more.

 

[rubco55]

Honestly can't blame them those were some tacky ass calls except for the 2nd

Context for anyone: 3 disallowed goals for the Devs

Edit: Didn't realize the 3rd was a kick in, thought it was called GI

All 3 disallowed goals are good calls.

 

[PromisedLand]

Headline should read "Devils fans who don't know the rulebook are salty that their team got out played and lost so they throw beer and other things at the Leafs players and on the ice"

It's crazy because Devils fans were crying bloody murder when their goalie was taken down in almost the exact same play and Colorado scored and were whining for a call, disallowed goal. Now they commit the exact same infraction and they think it's not a penalty lmao.



More fans throwing shit at the Leafs AFTER the game is over, pathetic from the fans in the arena

thats reprehensive behavior

You don't always see shots get taken and such on the ice. To be clear here, 90 MPH slap shot coming at you is not dangerous, but beer being thrown is a dangerous situation?

No one should ever be throwing stuff on the ice, those comments are just ridiculous and sounds like someone is talking about bricks being thrown at them.

Cool. How about we meet and I throw full beer cans at you. Deal?

 

[Vipers31]

Any knucklehead that shows up to a game has the potential to get drunk and indignant even if they don't really follow the team that much.

Absolutely. But there’s better places to get drunk and start shit. I still think a crowd apathetic enough to not be intensely angry over three disallowed goals in the heat of the moment is more of a concern than one that features a few guys stepping over a line in throwing some beers.

 

[Rob Brown]

You don't always see shots get taken and such on the ice. To be clear here, 90 MPH slap shot coming at you is not dangerous, but beer being thrown is a dangerous situation?

No one should ever be throwing stuff on the ice, those comments are just ridiculous and sounds like someone is talking about bricks being thrown at them.

Again, why can Haula be concerned about the Devils staff getting hit but not Marner about the Leafs staff? You're fixating on the whole 'the players can't get hurt cause they have equipment on'.

 

[rubco55]

I mean, 2 of them were obvious no goals per the rules. First one could of went either way.

Exactly what I thought. You know your hockey.

 

[HBK27]

Marner - 'They're throwing it to try to hit us.'

I'm sure he's referring to the Leafs trainers, coaches etc. as well as the players. Why can Haula be concerned but not Marner? lol.

This whole thing is dumb. You have Devils fans celebrating it and saying it's fun when the refs, coaches, trainers, arena staff, fans etc. could have been hit with a full beer and actually got hurt. It's not strictly about the players. You're pissing in the wind if you think that Devils fans wouldn't be saying the same stuff if another fanbase was throwing shit at their players and coaches.

A vast majority of Devils fans do not condone what happened last night. You're also being naïve if you think the situation is somehow unique to the NJ fanbase, which has zero history of this ever happening before. If this exact situation played out in most other arenas you probably would have seen similar results.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

NJ Fans here: WHO CARES BEER CANS DON'T HURT YOU ARE ALL OVERREACTING

Chad Lindy Ruff: Inexcusable behaviour, doesn't belong in the game

 

[Rob Brown]

Devil fan living in Toronto.
When the leafs are doing good it is harder to get tickets and cost a weeks pay. When they are doing bad it is easier to get tickets and are generally bought up by non leaf fans and during those years when the leafs are not doing as good, non leaf fans pick up the slack becuse we can finally get tickets to games even if it’s not our team.
Probably a third of “true” hockey fans in the GTA are fans of “other” NHL teams.
Aside from being family friends with a Leaf in the 80s it has been extremely hard to get tickets and when you do you are paying a scalper and arm and a leg. I make good money and never Have I been able to to take my kids to a leaf game.
They have been to Buffalo numerous times. Tampa and Detroit because they are more affordable.
I can get cheaper tickets when the leafs sucked but my girls got the option. Leaf tickets and go home or Sabres tickets with shopping and hotel and we still end up not paying more.

Not to disagree with you too much but you can get upper bowl seats in Toronto for $100 to $150. I frequently buy tickets in standing room - I paid under $150 face value for the home opener this year. I went to all 4 games vs. Tampa in the playoffs and paid around $200 per ticket.

Of course tickets in other cities are more affordable, but you can get into a game in Toronto for a lot less than people claim. A lot of people say you can fly to Florida, get a hotel for a few nights and a ticket to a game there for less than one ticket in Toronto and that's just not true.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

A vast majority of Devils fans do not condone what happened last night. You're also being naïve if you think the situation is somehow unique to the NJ fanbase, which has zero history of this ever happening before. If this exact situation played out in most other arenas you probably would have seen similar results.

Philly/NJ definitely have this repuation. I've seen the odd can of beer or trash thrown, I don't think I've ever seen piles and piles of beer cans like that (outside of Philly/NJ).

The dumbest part is throwing it at the players. You are so mad at the refs you throw it at the players who just beat you? Straight up cro-magnon behaviour.

 

[Rob Brown]

A vast majority of Devils fans do not condone what happened last night. You're also being naïve if you think the situation is somehow unique to the NJ fanbase, which has zero history of this ever happening before. If this exact situation played out in most other arenas you probably would have seen similar results.

If you go to my post history in this thread over the last 12 hours you'll see that I never said it was all Devils fans or that the majority condones it. I also said I understand that Jays fans did this in the playoffs almost 10 years ago. I also do recall Islanders fans throwing shit on the ice when they played Tampa in the playoffs a few years ago, and I'm sure I said the same stuff then.

 

[PromisedLand]

btw does anyone have problems loading HFboards on google chrome? I am having serious issues

 

[HBK27]

Philly/NJ definitely have this repuation. I've seen the odd can of beer or trash thrown, I don't think I've ever seen piles and piles of beer cans like that (outside of Philly/NJ).

The dumbest part is throwing it at the players. You are so mad at the refs you throw it at the players who just beat you? Straight up cro-magnon behaviour.

Philly has that reputation.

Most Devils fans are from Northern New Jersey, which has nothing to do with Philly or Southern Jersey so don't try lumping us in with them.

Yes, it is not only dumb to throw stuff on the ice to begin with but particularly dumb to throw at players.

Give me a break the overly dramatic "piles and piles of beer cans" though.

 

[BigEezyE22]

Process these days at Prudential, I'd throw my kid before I threw a beer.

 

[Lavar Ball]

Shitty look for the Devils fans no doubt, and the calls were all legit, but I bet any fanbase would have some fans do that if they had 2 disallowed goals against the most hated team in the league while also on a 13 game win streak. Still very scummy to throw beers and shit on the ice during a game

 

[Satans Hockey]

To each their own, I don't think we will agree on this. All teams go through cyclical ups and downs, the fans should stick around either way.

People can be fans from home and not spend money on going to games, doesn't make them any less of a fan.

Can't blame anyone for not spending money on a shit team when going to games is expensive as it is. Not everyone has the luxury to have expendable income to piss away on trash hockey for a decade. Especially in the current state of our economy and the cost of living.

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

I've been to a few Flyers games and never seen anything like this. Its too bad the coward refs didn't call the deserved delay of game on the fans, I wanted to see a literal barn burner.

It doesn't help that whoever is in charge of replays at Prudential mysteriously cut out the parts where Murray was interfered with. Like they showed Murray falling down but not being tripped and fans were screaming "BUT HE DIDN'T TOUCH HIM", lol.

 

[BigEezyE22]

Shitty look for the Devils fans no doubt, and the calls were all legit, but I bet any fanbase would have some fans do that if they had 2 disallowed goals against the most hated team in the league while also on a 13 game win streak. Still very scummy to throw beers and shit on the ice during a game

Yeah the most hated thing is more of a Canada deal. In the states they're treated with relative indifference.

 

[TaLoN]

Who can afford to throw full beers? Those arena beers are expensive as shit!

 

[leafsfan5]

You don't always see shots get taken and such on the ice. To be clear here, 90 MPH slap shot coming at you is not dangerous, but beer being thrown is a dangerous situation?

No one should ever be throwing stuff on the ice, those comments are just ridiculous and sounds like someone is talking about bricks being thrown at them.

Hockey player's sign up for the possibility of being hit with a slap shot, that is a potential outcome that can occur while playing the game

They don't sign up for being hit with cans full of beer from height

 

[Satans Hockey]

Philly/NJ definitely have this repuation. I've seen the odd can of beer or trash thrown, I don't think I've ever seen piles and piles of beer cans like that (outside of Philly/NJ).

Last season...

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Last season...

Less embarrassing then throwing them directly at opposing players (who did not make any of the calls) as they leave the ice.