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On a scale of 1 to Canadian, how much do you like watching/playing hockey?

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  • M Max Methot

    Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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    Jorgen Andersson
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    Over here the scale goes from England to Finland. It's fun watching live, not very fun on the telly and I basically never get to watch it live due to the exorbitant prices on tickets.

    Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers. Buckminster Fuller

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    • M Max Methot

      Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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      Orcun Iyigun
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      Well I am born and raised in Turkey. I didnt't have interest in hockey since 2006. As you know Turkey is not a country where hockey is popular. People love soccer here a lot and they are so passionate about it like Canadians are for hockey. But I have met my best friend in 2006 and since then I am a Canucks fan.. Well you must have guessed he is from Vancouver :) Right now I cannot watch all the games since I am back from LA and the matches are like at 4-5 AM. I watch them from tape or the highlights. Tho, when I was living in LA, I tried going every single game of Canucks vs Sharks/ Skanks.., Kings or Ducks..

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      • M Max Methot

        Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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        phannon86
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        Though I am British, I thoroughly enjoy it - keeping up with an 80-odd game regular season is hard with the time difference is very difficult though so I'd place myself somewhere just beneath US-ian interest, as I understand it's not as popular there as the land of Canadia ;P There is an ok-ish semi-pro league in the UK that garners a surprising amount of interest, most people would be surprised to find.

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        • M Max Methot

          Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          Are you referring to Field Hockey or Girly Hurling on Ice?

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          • M Max Methot

            Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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            Maximilien
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            I'd rather be phishing!

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              Well, as a product of the Great State of Massachusetts with strong Canadian heritage I must say that I enjoy Hockey from a safe distance. Seriously, I can't even watch it, I can't tell what's going on. What's with having only three quarters?! :confused: It's just a ridiculous game. I played floor hockey in elementary school, back when Bobby Orr trod the boards. Go Bruins! P.S. I just remembered something else. One year at a Christmas party where my father worked I was given a hockey stick. A wrong-handed hockey stick. :doh: Later, my friends complimented me on my back-hand. :~ P.P.S. I'd rather watch Hockey than Curling. And why is there a Hockey team here in Phoenix? :confused:

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              Max Methot
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              I heard if you buy a hockey ticket in Phoenix, they give you a meal combo, some Coyotes props and a key to the city. All that for 19 dollars. :)

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              • V vonb

                One of my colleagues is a national referree for "women teams". Others play regularly.. I can't because of a broken knee (birth problem). I like watching it sometimes, prefer soccer (football) so..

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                Max Methot
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                Where are you from?

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                • J Jorgen Andersson

                  Over here the scale goes from England to Finland. It's fun watching live, not very fun on the telly and I basically never get to watch it live due to the exorbitant prices on tickets.

                  Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers. Buckminster Fuller

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                  I don't know how much it costs back where you are, but here the average price for a game ticket is around 75$. The games are always sold-out. ALWAYS.

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                    Well I am born and raised in Turkey. I didnt't have interest in hockey since 2006. As you know Turkey is not a country where hockey is popular. People love soccer here a lot and they are so passionate about it like Canadians are for hockey. But I have met my best friend in 2006 and since then I am a Canucks fan.. Well you must have guessed he is from Vancouver :) Right now I cannot watch all the games since I am back from LA and the matches are like at 4-5 AM. I watch them from tape or the highlights. Tho, when I was living in LA, I tried going every single game of Canucks vs Sharks/ Skanks.., Kings or Ducks..

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                    Max Methot
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                    Major props to you, sir!

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                    • P phannon86

                      Though I am British, I thoroughly enjoy it - keeping up with an 80-odd game regular season is hard with the time difference is very difficult though so I'd place myself somewhere just beneath US-ian interest, as I understand it's not as popular there as the land of Canadia ;P There is an ok-ish semi-pro league in the UK that garners a surprising amount of interest, most people would be surprised to find.

                      He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                      Max Methot
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                      I'd like to watch one of those, are they shown on TV or available on a webcast or something?

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                      • M Max Methot

                        I don't know how much it costs back where you are, but here the average price for a game ticket is around 75$. The games are always sold-out. ALWAYS.

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                        Jorgen Andersson
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                        About the same, so I guess I'm less Canadian then you are. :laugh:

                        Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers. Buckminster Fuller

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                        • M Max Methot

                          Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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                          Dan Neely
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                          2 - At least it's not Golf or Baseball. :zzz:

                          Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                          • M Max Methot

                            I heard if you buy a hockey ticket in Phoenix, they give you a meal combo, some Coyotes props and a key to the city. All that for 19 dollars. :)

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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            Maybe, but still not worth it. We do go to some Diamondbacks games with the meal combo though ($17?).

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                            • M Max Methot

                              Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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                              Marc A Brown
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                              Love watching the Blues play.

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                              • M Max Methot

                                Where are you from?

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                                I am from good old Switzerland (southern part, Italian speaking).. It's a tipicall mountain area, so hockey is quite popular here..

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                                • M Marc A Brown

                                  Love watching the Blues play.

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                                  Max Methot
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                                  Yeah they've got such a hockey machine this year. 2nd place overall in the NHL at the moment I think. Great team.

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                                  • M Max Methot

                                    Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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                                    Lost User
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                                    Never played but love watching the BlackHawks. Patrick Kane is freaking unbelievable - TV cannot do him justice.

                                    Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington

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                                    • M Max Methot

                                      I'd like to watch one of those, are they shown on TV or available on a webcast or something?

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                                      phannon86
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                                      Not that I know of no, it's not that big for anyone to care about covering it aside from the local paper :) My local is the Peterborough Phantoms.

                                      He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                                      • M Max Methot

                                        Being Canadian, it is clearly in my veins. I watch every single match of my beloved home team (Montreal) and I play at least once a week. How many of you out there like it as much (or not as much)? Any software dev who's also a hockey fan?

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                                        charlieg
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                                        When my older boys played baseball, I watched baseball. When the middle boys played ice hockey (insert sounds of money black hole sucking my wallet dry), I watched hockey. Now that most are older and no one is much playing anything, its hard for me to justify attending ANY professional sporting match - the prices are stupid silly, and I'd rather go sailing.

                                        Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                                          Never played but love watching the BlackHawks. Patrick Kane is freaking unbelievable - TV cannot do him justice.

                                          Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington

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                                          Max Methot
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                                          Agreed. He's a magician with the puck!

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