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The everyfan’s guide to the Sens in the playoffs.
In our Game 1 outrage following P.K. Subban’s Lizzie Borden routine, and our continuing dismay over Erik Karlsson’s inability to slap one past Carey “Impenetrable” Price, we might have forgotten something important.
These are two of the most remarkable players in hockey today, and we’re lucky indeed to be able to see their dazzling skills in this first-round series.
A reminder of this comes from the Montreal Gazette’s Jack Todd, who this week heralded the two young defencemen for their abilities and passion. Sens fans will call Subban overrated and Habs fans will say the same of Karlsson, but in truth, says Todd, both are underrated.
“They both exude the same raw joy, the same eagerness to be out there at crucial moments, the same boyish enthusiasm,” he writes. “If you can remove the partisan filter and watch them play from a neutral perspective, it’s exhilarating to see them in action, especially with so much on the line.”
Colin Geitzler, aka Snidely Mansfield, is president of the Ottawa Facial Hair Club. (Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen)
Not by the hair of our chinny chin chins
In the last three decades, the playoff beard has become as necessary to players as gloves and shin pads. But now, when young men everywhere have rejected the razor, does the post-season foliage convey the same “I am a warrior” message? In a report here, Bruce Deachman examines that question even as he gets to the, er, roots of the tradition. And in the video below, he enlists Ottawa Facial Hair Club president Colin Geitzler, aka Snidely Mansfield, to rate the playoff beards of players, fans and Lord Stanley.
Let he who is without sin cast the first punch
Recent scuffles aside, hockey has always had an air of violence, and fans have long participated in it. As Michael McKinley, author of the recent Our Game: Celebrating 100 years of Hockey, told Jonathan Duncan, the very first indoor game in Montreal resulted in a fight between players and a group of spectators waiting to use the rink.
Today, however, cellphone cameras and social media mean we are aware of every incident, sometimes even as it happens. And videos get played over and over and over. A fight in the stands at the end of Game 3 in Ottawa wouldn’t have been that big of a deal if it hadn’t been recorded, and the complaints of two Sens fans about their treatment at a Montreal game only became after they were widely circulated on Facebook.
Such events seem to get forgotten just as quickly, overtaken by whatever new thing has captured attention. Still, we can bet that security staff will be on high alert during subsequent games (and no, we won’t use the singular) in this hard-fought series.
Spotted on Twitter
To all those jumping off the bandwagon take note there are still many #Sens fans with positivity and wanting to fly the Heritage car flag.
— Canada's Flag King (@Flag_King) April 21, 2015
Clarification
Contrary to a widespread perception among viewers, Hotels.com spokesman Captain Obvious is NOT a member of the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team.
The good captain: That isn’t him you’ve been hearing.
Got a photo, tip or other tidbit for the Bandwagon? Write to bandwagon@ottawacitizen.com
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In our Game 1 outrage following P.K. Subban’s Lizzie Borden routine, and our continuing dismay over Erik Karlsson’s inability to slap one past Carey “Impenetrable” Price, we might have forgotten something important.
These are two of the most remarkable players in hockey today, and we’re lucky indeed to be able to see their dazzling skills in this first-round series.
A reminder of this comes from the Montreal Gazette’s Jack Todd, who this week heralded the two young defencemen for their abilities and passion. Sens fans will call Subban overrated and Habs fans will say the same of Karlsson, but in truth, says Todd, both are underrated.
“They both exude the same raw joy, the same eagerness to be out there at crucial moments, the same boyish enthusiasm,” he writes. “If you can remove the partisan filter and watch them play from a neutral perspective, it’s exhilarating to see them in action, especially with so much on the line.”
Colin Geitzler, aka Snidely Mansfield, is president of the Ottawa Facial Hair Club. (Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen)
Not by the hair of our chinny chin chins
In the last three decades, the playoff beard has become as necessary to players as gloves and shin pads. But now, when young men everywhere have rejected the razor, does the post-season foliage convey the same “I am a warrior” message? In a report here, Bruce Deachman examines that question even as he gets to the, er, roots of the tradition. And in the video below, he enlists Ottawa Facial Hair Club president Colin Geitzler, aka Snidely Mansfield, to rate the playoff beards of players, fans and Lord Stanley.
Let he who is without sin cast the first punch
Recent scuffles aside, hockey has always had an air of violence, and fans have long participated in it. As Michael McKinley, author of the recent Our Game: Celebrating 100 years of Hockey, told Jonathan Duncan, the very first indoor game in Montreal resulted in a fight between players and a group of spectators waiting to use the rink.
Today, however, cellphone cameras and social media mean we are aware of every incident, sometimes even as it happens. And videos get played over and over and over. A fight in the stands at the end of Game 3 in Ottawa wouldn’t have been that big of a deal if it hadn’t been recorded, and the complaints of two Sens fans about their treatment at a Montreal game only became after they were widely circulated on Facebook.
Such events seem to get forgotten just as quickly, overtaken by whatever new thing has captured attention. Still, we can bet that security staff will be on high alert during subsequent games (and no, we won’t use the singular) in this hard-fought series.
Spotted on Twitter
To all those jumping off the bandwagon take note there are still many #Sens fans with positivity and wanting to fly the Heritage car flag.
— Canada's Flag King (@Flag_King) April 21, 2015
Clarification
Contrary to a widespread perception among viewers, Hotels.com spokesman Captain Obvious is NOT a member of the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team.
The good captain: That isn’t him you’ve been hearing.
Got a photo, tip or other tidbit for the Bandwagon? Write to bandwagon@ottawacitizen.com
查看原文...
