Habs Fans: Disgusting Beyond Measure
I’d like to take this moment to note that Montreal Canadiens fans are absolutely disgusting specimens of the human race, for booing and whistling throughout the Star-Spangled Banner before tonight’s Game 3 between the Habs and the Tampa Bay Lightning (the Lightning lead the series 2-0).
This isn’t even the first time this playoff season that they’ve done it — it was a key feature of the Montreal-Boston series. In Boston during Game 7, Bruins fans retaliated by cheering their team on during the third period with “U-S-A! U-S-A!” chants. The only thing disappointing about the Chowds’ reponse is that it didn’t work, and that these clowns weren’t thereby removed from the playoffs for the year.
The Canadiens are probably the closest thing this continent has to a European soccer club, in terms of their fan support being mere inches from religious status. Before the advent of the late, lamented Quebec Nordiques, you simply weren’t French-Canadian if you didn’t love the Habs. Now that the Nords are nearly 10 years gone to Colorado, things are back to that status, complete with near-sycophantic adoration among sportswriters both French and English (the francophones refer to the club as la Sainte Flannelle — the Holy Sweater (jersey)). I’ve rarely seen more transparently-biased coverage, even from Tennessee Volunteers and Miami Hurricanes beat writers. Tonight, the CBC broadcasters are so bad, I’m switching to the less-knowledgeable, but not maple-leaf-flavored Kool-Aid influenced, ESPN2 coverage.
The Habs have started two brawls in the first 13 minutes of the game, but the Lightning has weathered the storm (heh) so far. Go Bolts!
27 April 2004 / 1 Comment / Tags: hockey