Quote Originally Posted by moosmom View Post
It only takes one or two bad apples to ruin things. I have a feeling the majority of people who did the damage were a bunch of drunken morons. I've been to hockey games before. Hockey fans like the "blood" of the sport. They drool over fights that erupt.
I also have a feeling that Vancouver is embarassed the whole thing.
I think the bolded part may be what LH was referring to. No you never said the rioters were fans but you did basically say that everyone who is a hockey fan just a violent moron.

I am a hockey fan. I don't like the BLOOD of the sport. I do like they physical aspect but it's not THE reason I like hockey... nor is it the only reason any other hockey fan I know likes hockey.

We don't drool over fights that erupt. We do cheer for fights but if you don't really understand the sport then you don't really understand why people are cheering. i can tell you it's NOT because of a simple fight... it's usually about what that fight represents. Usually fights represent momentum changers for a struggling team, being a team player and defending your brothers etc etc. We don't cheer because there may be blood (and there RARELY is blood from a fight) but I don't expect non hockey fans to understand. Now of course there ARE people who just like watching fights but thats not the average hockey FAN.

But we aren't all blood thirsty knuckle draggers.