The sport of hockey is used to crazy things being thrown on the ice… hats, octopus, plastic rats, but eyebrows were raised on Dec. 20 when a Toronto Maple Leafs fan threw waffles on the ice after the Leafs lost to the defending Eastern conference champions the Philadelphia Flyers. The man in question was 25-year old John Robb who faced legal action from the Original 6 origination. Robb was charged with criminal mischief and faced 30-hours of community service and probation, but according to the Toronto Star the charges has been dropped and Robb is a free man:
“I said, let’s keep ’er going. We pay the same money. Why can’t we throw waffles because we think they’re playing bad,” he said. “People throw hats when they think they’re playing good. Why can’t we do something to show disapproval for what’s happened over the past 44 years — especially in my lifetime, 25 years of robbing us and lies?”
The Leafs have not won a Stanley Cup since 1967. Unfortently for Robb, while charges were dropped he still faces a lifetime ban from the Air Canada Centre. Looks like someone Leggoed his Ego.
When you think of hockey players you think tough, manly and rouged… everything American Idol runner up Clay Aiken epitomizes, so much so that it has been announced Aiken will sing the National Anthem at this year’s NHL All-Star game. The NHL is honoring the host city with not only having the Raleigh native sing but by naming Carolina Hurricanes
Nick Lidstrom and Eric Staal have been voted by the players selected to be captains of the 2010 All-Star game.
I normally don’t root against the Detroit Red Wings, but a Columbus Blue Jacket’s fan started a Twitter revolution during the Blue Jackets game on Friday against the Wings. In an effort to beat their division rival, Jackets fan Tyler Schweinfurth tweeted he would donate $20 to the player who scored the game winning goal to the “money on the board.” “Money on the board” is a tradition in hockey where players right down a money sum on a whiteboard before a big game. The money is only collected if the team wins and is normally donated to a charity.