What's with the crowd?

Considering the home team won, that had to be the quietest, most boring playoff crowd I've ever seen in my life. Where was the enthusiasm? They should be going wild but they're being so passive. Even the celebrations after goals were pretty low-key. It's pretty sad really.

1) Traffic
2) We're not Canada

I thought the crowd sounded fine. Of course, it was a KDOC feed, so the sound isn't great.

Considering the home team won, that had to be the quietest, most boring playoff crowd I've ever seen in my life. Where was the enthusiasm? They should be going wild but they're being so passive. Even the celebrations after goals were pretty low-key. It's pretty sad really.

Its SoCal, not Canada. Having an audience like that is pretty good though, considering the location of the team.

Considering the home team won, that had to be the quietest, most boring playoff crowd I've ever seen in my life. Where was the enthusiasm? They should be going wild but they're being so passive. Even the celebrations after goals were pretty low-key. It's pretty sad really.

Look around the lower bowl, it's businessmen filling a lot of those seats and hockey is their 2nd or 3rd favorite sport. Yeah they are cheering for the goals and excited to be there but they aren't canadians who live and die with their team.

The Ducks do have some great fans though. A lot of the die hard fans are in the "nose bleeds". Though I'm sure there are some passionate season ticket holders in the lower bowl.

1) Traffic
2) We're not Canada

lol...er...neither. That's Duck fans man. Your team is amazing. Your fans are not...except for a few silicon enhanced ones.

...the Staples Center during a regulation season game is rocking compared to the Honda Center tonight. Unfortunately, that's all we've seen at the Staples Center for a while :)

Well I guess the team should be folded and the best players all absorbed into the Canucks then. It's obvious we don't deserve the team.

Though I'm sure there are some passionate season ticket holders in the lower bowl.

Mostly former Kings fans :D

Look around the lower bowl, it's businessmen filling a lot of those seats and hockey is their 2nd or 3rd favorite sport. Yeah they are cheering for the goals and excited to be there but they aren't canadians who live and die with their team.

The Ducks do have some great fans though. A lot of the die hard fans are in the "nose bleeds". Though I'm sure there are some passionate season ticket holders in the lower bowl.

Or like me who are broke and have to talk to upset Queen fans and Canuck fans all night.

Well I guess the team should be folded and the best players all absorbed into the Canucks then. It's obvious we don't deserve the team.

That's the spirit!!

...and before the rest of your team goes to Canada, the Kings will happily take Perry, Getzlaf, Penner & MacDonald off your hands...it may help with the rebuilding process...

Or like me who are broke and have to talk to upset Queen fans and Canuck fans all night.

tsk tsk...be nice.

Your such a slacker Zad. I saw some of those comments in the Canuck's GDT... :sarcasm:

I am not suprised that this topic was made. The attendance issue is always brought up as an excuse to make the other team's fans feel better about the loss. Whatevs. I'll take the win.

And we have some hard-core, crazy Duck fans here on this board. :teach:

lol...er...neither. That's Duck fans man. Your team is amazing. Your fans are not...except for a few silicon enhanced ones.

...the Staples Center during a regulation season game is rocking compared to the Honda Center tonight. Unfortunately, that's all we've seen at the Staples Center for a while :)

Ducks have a lot of families and businessmen to go with a few thousand hardcore fans.

Kings got all the transplanted fans who converted to Kings fans in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and they got the fans who grew up with the sport in the Gretzky era.

It takes time for a 2nd team in a market to catch up but the Ducks fan base is definetly growing with great ownership, great GM, and Stanley Cup contending team.

The Pond has never been one of the louder venues... just the way it is. It's pretty lame to call out another team's fans about crowd noise though.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty of passionate Duck fans out there... it's just that I couldn't see or hear too many at the game tonight! Business men taking up good seats is a problem here in Canada too!

Whatever though, that must be the reality of the situation there in Anaheim. It's too bad though because part of the fun of the playoffs is seeing the enthusiasm of the home crowd.

Your such a slacker Zad. I saw some of those comments in the Canuck's GDT... :sarcasm:

I am not suprised that this topic was made. The attendance issue is always brought up as an excuse to make the other team's fans feel better about the loss. Whatevs. I'll take the win.

And we have some hard-core, crazy Duck fans here on this board. :teach:

I only speak the truth...on any hockey board.

I only speak the truth...on any hockey board.

What if I said I speak the truth too? :D

Hah, this weaksauce ensues. Go cry about your team getting dick slapped instead.

Ducks have a lot of families and businessmen to go with a few thousand hardcore fans.

Kings got all the transplanted fans who converted to Kings fans in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and they got the fans who grew up with the sport in the Gretzky era.

It takes time for a 2nd team in a market to catch up but the Ducks fan base is definetly growing with great ownership, great GM, and Stanley Cup contending team.

All true except the transplanted fan part. Many, if not most, of the Kings fans have been following the team & have grown up with them well before 99 came aboard. Gretzky brought the casual fans and most of those are gone since we have managed to suck for many years since then.

What if I said I speak the truth too? :D

You'd be a liar I suppose.

*sigh*
all that matters is the Ducks were sold out
i wish i could ave gone to the game, but i'm stuck at work and i work in santa monica

You'd be a liar I suppose.

:biglaugh:

We agree to disagree then. :yo:

The fans were pretty animate the first period. However, as the Ducks took over, the fans settled down and it got quiet. Blame the Ducks for taking the lead or the Canucks for not putting up much of a fight. The Wild series was much louder.

The fans were pretty animate the first period. However, as the Ducks took over, the fans settled down and it got quiet. Blame the Ducks for taking the lead or the Canucks for not putting up much of a fight. The Wild series was much louder.

Yeah remember the crowd during the 5 on 3 in game 5?:amazed:

Crowd sounded plenty loud on the radio tonight, at least during the last half of the third period. I wish I could've at least seen the game on television tonight. Sigh.

Well, I was excited at the beginning of the game, but yeah, once the Ducks took control, I was kinda getting bored. LoL But this is a good kinda bored b/c the Ducks were ahead.

As for the types of fans, i know this is a small sample, but once I took the elevators with my friends up to the nose bleeds b/c my had injured her leg. Anyhow, there were three of us in our group and a group of 15 fit into the huge elevator. Six of the 15 wore jerseys. As the elevator closed after stopping at club level, there were six people left that were going to the nosebleeds. Surprisingly, we all were wearing jerseys. My friends and I commented on it, but laughed it off b/c we wished we could have been club seat season holders! LoL

What a shocker, a Canuck fan sees his team blown out and turns his frustrations towards action away from the ice the fans were into the game up until it was decided after the 4th goal.

I was at game 2 vs the Wild. I thought the crowd was fine. For some reason the TV doesn't do the fans 'loudness' any justice. Though comparing the HC to the Bell Center, I'd say it's a downgrade for sure, but I thought the fans were great from my experience.

Crowd sounded plenty loud on the radio tonight, at least during the last half of the third period. I wish I could've at least seen the game on television tonight. Sigh.

I had to listen to it too because I was working at the local rink checking in the beer leaguers, and the crowd sounded insane on my feed.

What a shocker, a Canuck fan sees his team blown out and turns his frustrations towards action away from the ice the fans were into the game up until it was decided after the 4th goal.

lol jeeze I just noticed it was nucks fan who started the tread. Classic! how exciting can a game be if its over in the first period.

I'll go ahead and say it first: The crowd sucked tonight. Half the place was empty with a few minutes to go. Who the hell leaves a playoff game early? Regardless of the score, you never leave early.

Fact is, half of Ducks fans are families with kids who were brought in during the Disney era, so they just want to sit back and enjoy the game with their children. Another large portion, as someone else spoke about, is a bunch of fake business people down in the lower-bowl who don't even know who is who. I was lucky enough to get down into the lower bowl during the season, and it disgusted me how many "fans" left after the second period, didn't understand the rules, the team, etc. But hey, they're there, I suppose that's better than empty seats, heh.

Everyone rags on "bandwagoners" but I must say, sometimes, they are the best people as far as cheering goes. They aren't afraid to have a few drinks and enjoy a hockey game.

My comments about the lower bowl are only from my one experience down there, and I'm sure there are plenty of true fans down there, but let's face the facts, a lot of people, I think, buy tickets just to show to their buddy Jim that they can afford it.

I know I come off as rude in this, but it's the truth. Sorry if I offended anyone, which I doubt I did. The people I spoke of would never visit this site, haha.

haha i smell sour grapes. "well you won BUT WE'RE LOUDER"

a win is a win granted but factor this in before you shoot your mouths off.

1. we are missing two of our best defencemen both will be back for game 3 salo may be back for game 2.

2. we are missing two key energy guys in kesler and cooke both most likely won't be back.

3.you guys didnt "dominate" as much as the score indicated and you only schooled our ****** players like the sopel's and fitzpatricks of the world.

4. canucks had way more chances and space than the dallas series and i think they were so used to a tight checking game they didn't know what to do with all the free ice seeing as they had no time to adjust there game thanks to the geniouses at the nhl head office.


bottom line is buckle up this one could go the distance.

and yes the atmosphere is horrible in the honda center. When you can buy ducks tickets at a carl's junior for 10 bucks you know your in some trouble.

I'll go ahead and say it first: The crowd sucked tonight. Half the place was empty with a few minutes to go. Who the hell leaves a playoff game early? Regardless of the score, you never leave early.


I admit, I left early but it was because I had my own hockey game at 10 to which me and my friend arrived to two other players and our goalie.

Damn good thing it was roller hockey where we only needed 4 players. Just so you all know, we tied when the other team scored with 4.7 seconds left to make it 4-4.

a win is a win granted but factor this in before you shoot your mouths off.

1. we are missing two of our best defencemen both will be back for game 3 salo may be back for game 2.

2. we are missing two key energy guys in kesler and cooke both most likely won't be back.

3.you guys didnt "dominate" as much as the score indicated and you only schooled our ****** players like the sopel's and fitzpatricks of the world.

4. canucks had way more chances and space than the dallas series and i think they were so used to a tight checking game they didn't know what to do with all the free ice seeing as they had no time to adjust there game thanks to the geniouses at the nhl head office.


bottom line is buckle up this one could go the distance.

and yes the atmosphere is horrible in the honda center. When you can buy ducks tickets at a carl's junior for 10 bucks you know your in some trouble.

Dick. Slapped. Go rub that mushroom bruise off your forehead.

this thread is a joke... bashing the crowd is such a cop out. Anaheim was better in every single aspect of the game tonight. I don't even think the Canucks played bad, which is the scary thing considering the score. The injuries on defense were huge, and I hope we can make a series out of this. I didn't think the crowd was overly quiet.. not that it matters its not like cheering = wins or better hockey fans. 20,000 people screaming "Turco sucks" does not always make for a better game, ya know.

this thread is a joke... bashing the crowd is such a cop out. Anaheim was better in every single aspect of the game tonight. I don't even think the Canucks played bad, which is the scary thing considering the score. The injuries on defense were huge, and I hope we can make a series out of this. I didn't think the crowd was overly quiet.. not that it matters its not like cheering = wins or better hockey fans. 20,000 people screaming "Turco sucks" does not always make for a better game, ya know.

Dont worry. You wernt dick slapped, only the others. ;)

Im glad we are clear on this.

Dont worry. You wernt dick slapped, only the others. ;)

Im glad we are clear on this.

wasn't responding to your post, actually. Just figured I'd contribute my two cents to this waste of a thread. :)

The crowd was fine. Plenty loud. Nothing to see here.

Considering the home team won, that had to be the quietest, most boring playoff crowd I've ever seen in my life. Where was the enthusiasm? They should be going wild but they're being so passive. Even the celebrations after goals were pretty low-key. It's pretty sad really.

Obviously you didn't see the pathetic display the Red Wings considered a home crowd in Round 1.....

Not that crowd noise has anything to do with the game anyhow, but our lower bowl is filled with suits who barely muster a whimper most of the time too.

I don't know what the original poster was trying to prove.

Crowds typically aren't their loudest at the end of a boring blowout.

I figured television wasn't doing the crowd justice. I've been in there during the playoffs and it's been pretty rocking. According to some friends who were there, it was lively during round one.

If it was really quiet tonight, that's unusual.

Crowds typically aren't their loudest at the end of a boring blowout.

This is the truth.

Crowds typically aren't their loudest at the end of a boring blowout.

Especially on a weeknight in Southern California.

But ey.. A new tradition was born. MacDonald had the first towel trick ever!
:D

Great job on game 1.

Now lets hope Nucks can get their D healthy and make a series out of this.
I realy enjoyed the space that our offense had. No more smothering Dallas system.

It's Orange County people, they will only get loud if the game is tight, there's lots of fights, if there's a lot of rival fans in the building or if we are close to winning something big. Plus people don't "love" hockey down there like they do in Canada, it's not part of our culture the way it is in Canada. Most people I know who even like hockey don't really know anything about it, they just remember playing it on Sega.

But who cares? Where does it state a crowd is only worthy of having a great team if they are loud and boisterous? There are a ****load of people in that building that love this team, myself included. Hell, my father's friend who came to the game last night love the Ducks, each bought brand-new jerseys, stayed 'til the end of the game but weren't hollering the whole damn time. They left that for me to do :D.

Face it, hockey will never matter here as much as it does in Canada and it never has to. Southern Californians have a hell of a lot other things they could do on a Wednesday night (including the other sporting event on the other side of the freeway) but those who do choose to come see the Ducks are just as much fans as anyone.

a win is a win granted but factor this in before you shoot your mouths off.

1. we are missing two of our best defencemen both will be back for game 3 salo may be back for game 2.

2. we are missing two key energy guys in kesler and cooke both most likely won't be back.

3.you guys didnt "dominate" as much as the score indicated and you only schooled our ****** players like the sopel's and fitzpatricks of the world.

4. canucks had way more chances and space than the dallas series and i think they were so used to a tight checking game they didn't know what to do with all the free ice seeing as they had no time to adjust there game thanks to the geniouses at the nhl head office.


bottom line is buckle up this one could go the distance.

and yes the atmosphere is horrible in the honda center. When you can buy ducks tickets at a carl's junior for 10 bucks you know your in some trouble.

LAME

a win is a win granted but factor this in before you shoot your mouths off.

1. we are missing two of our best defencemen both will be back for game 3 salo may be back for game 2.

2. we are missing two key energy guys in kesler and cooke both most likely won't be back.

3.you guys didnt "dominate" as much as the score indicated and you only schooled our ****** players like the sopel's and fitzpatricks of the world.

4. canucks had way more chances and space than the dallas series and i think they were so used to a tight checking game they didn't know what to do with all the free ice seeing as they had no time to adjust there game thanks to the geniouses at the nhl head office.


bottom line is buckle up this one could go the distance.

and yes the atmosphere is horrible in the honda center. When you can buy ducks tickets at a carl's junior for 10 bucks you know your in some trouble.

Bolded part here is the only one worth mentioning here I'd say. (imho)

Loosing a couple of energy guys is what happens in playoffs.
We brought the game 7 on us on our own.
Could have punched in the ticket to Round 2 on game 5 or 6.

Loosing Salo & Bieksa is big tho. There is no arguing we would be a different team with them.
AVs system doesnt realy work at all with the AHL defence we are icing with out these two.

But lets hope for a good series!

Love Selänne and Getzlaf.
Neiderger and Prongermayer scares me ****less.
I hope the winner of this series wins the cup. :)

Only one worth mentioning here I'd say. Loosing a couple of energy guys is what happens in playoffs.

I'd gladly give the Canucks Cooke and Kesler healthy to have Marchant and May in the Ducks line up.

Hah, this weaksauce ensues. Go cry about your team getting dick slapped instead.

What a shocker, a Canuck fan sees his team blown out and turns his frustrations towards action away from the ice the fans were into the game up until it was decided after the 4th goal.

this thread is a joke... bashing the crowd is such a cop out. Anaheim was better in every single aspect of the game tonight. I don't even think the Canucks played bad, which is the scary thing considering the score. The injuries on defense were huge, and I hope we can make a series out of this. I didn't think the crowd was overly quiet.. not that it matters its not like cheering = wins or better hockey fans. 20,000 people screaming "Turco sucks" does not always make for a better game, ya know.


The thread was started simply as an observation about the crowd. I didn't realize there would be so many sensitive people out there. Even fans not at the game are taking it pretty personally.

The thread had nothing to do with sour grapes. Yeah, the Canucks were smoked. Sure, Canuck fans could make excuses but bottom line is Anaheim is up 1 game to none- end of story. Yes, it is possible that the Canucks are going to be swept... personally I highly doubt it, but it's a possibility.

The thing is, the only relation the actual game play has to this thread is that I found it surprising that the crowd wasn't more excited by the fact that they were pounding the living daylights out of the opposition.
The thread was only relevant to start in this context. Had I, or someone else, started a thread about the lame Anaheim crowd after a Canuck win then there would have been the obvious answer that the crowd sucked because they were losing.

I think Duck fans should just suck it up and admit that the crowd was pretty brutal last night and not take it so personally. I admit that the Canucks had their ***** handed to them last night. Hey, I can even admit that on occasion the playoff crowd in Vancouver sucks (but never, ever, when their team is winning).

and if Duck fans actually believe that crowd was pretty good last night, then you are in for a treat when you watch the games in Vancouver (especially if they are winning)... because it will be loud and having a crowd that is in to it does make the viewing experience that much better. Just think back to what it was like to watch Edmonton games last year... it was totally electric.

LOL.

Complain about other team's fans on tv - Check

Complain about other team's tv announcers - check

Hm, good things come in 3s. What's the over/under on how long it takes before the "your team is so cheap" *****ing to start.

:biglaugh:

Canadian inferiority complex never ceases to amaze me.

a win is a win granted but factor this in before you shoot your mouths off.

1. we are missing two of our best defencemen both will be back for game 3 salo may be back for game 2.

2. we are missing two key energy guys in kesler and cooke both most likely won't be back.

3.you guys didnt "dominate" as much as the score indicated and you only schooled our ****** players like the sopel's and fitzpatricks of the world.

4. canucks had way more chances and space than the dallas series and i think they were so used to a tight checking game they didn't know what to do with all the free ice seeing as they had no time to adjust there game thanks to the geniouses at the nhl head office.


bottom line is buckle up this one could go the distance.

and yes the atmosphere is horrible in the honda center. When you can buy ducks tickets at a carl's junior for 10 bucks you know your in some trouble.


Holy christ, thats the worst list of excuses I've seen on HF. Just how deep in the sand is your head?

The Canucks could very well make it a seven game series, but there's no denying that outside of the first ten minutes or so, they looked terrible.

As for the atmosphere, the idea of knocking a team's fans based on tv coverage is ridiculous. I've been in the Pond for a playoff game, and it was loony. Its not the loudest building or the loudest bunch of fans, but its more than fine. But hey, whatever helps you sleep in your Tony Tanti pj's.

a win is a win granted but factor this in before you shoot your mouths off.

1. we are missing two of our best defencemen both will be back for game 3 salo may be back for game 2.

2. we are missing two key energy guys in kesler and cooke both most likely won't be back.

3.you guys didnt "dominate" as much as the score indicated and you only schooled our ****** players like the sopel's and fitzpatricks of the world.

4. canucks had way more chances and space than the dallas series and i think they were so used to a tight checking game they didn't know what to do with all the free ice seeing as they had no time to adjust there game thanks to the geniouses at the nhl head office.


bottom line is buckle up this one could go the distance.

and yes the atmosphere is horrible in the honda center. When you can buy ducks tickets at a carl's junior for 10 bucks you know your in some trouble.

How is that pronounced? Sore-a$$?

LOL.

Complain about other team's fans on tv - Check

Complain about other team's tv announcers - check

Hm, good things come in 3s. What's the over/under on how long it takes before the "your team is so cheap" *****ing to start.

:biglaugh:

Canadian inferiority complex never ceases to amaze me.

Your last comment really annoys me. Quite inflamatory and very childish. The vast majority of Canadians believe that we live in the best country on the planet. We don't try to be in your face about it or anything but I can assure you that inferior is not how we feel to you, especially in the realm of hockey.

lol...er...neither. That's Duck fans man. Your team is amazing. Your fans are not...except for a few silicon enhanced ones.

...the Staples Center during a regulation season game is rocking compared to the Honda Center tonight. Unfortunately, that's all we've seen at the Staples Center for a while :)

Aren't you a father? Dispicable!

First id just like to say great post joeman. i think you really hit the nail on the head so that our canadian friends understand what the hockey culture is like in so cal. there is a great small hardcore fan base here. there are people who dont care. i have quite a bit of canadian friends, maybe because i am originally from victoria, or that canadians just kind of seem to find each other.

my dad translanted the family when i was 10. i have been to canucks games, but ive been to alot more ducks games. we moved and i didnt care about hockey. then when i was 17 the ducks were new. it was cool to follow a team that was mine. i got really into hockey, i even started skating, started learning every thing there was to know. i played in rec leagues, i knew i was too late for me to get anywhere it was just alot of fun for me. i learned to coach, picked up some reffing skills. and now i volunteer coach.

there is an obsession i have noticed with my canadian friends that because a team is not in canada, then there has to be a hardline reason why. So they look at attendance figures and try to figure that a building that doesnt sell out every game, must not have very good fan support, and in turn use this to bash thier fans. They cant understand why were not screaming at the top of our lungs all game long. They figure hey its the playoffs dont they love hockey like we do? well we do too. its just not the only thing in the world for most people. There are us hockey obsessed souls down here too. just try to remember that this is not canada. I cant fault other people for getting into other things that im not.

lets keep it on the ice. fan bashing is really childish.

What I love about Zad is him saying in the Canucks GDT that Honda Center is overrun by Kings fans when the Ducks play the Kings which might have been true in previous seasons but not this year.

Infact I went to Staples this year for a Ducks-Kings game and there were almost as many Duck fans at Staples as there are Kings fans at the Pond and Staples is not nearly as rocking as Zad likes to think.

I'm sure if there was a playoff game at Staples that Kings fans would be going nuts but who knows? We haven't seen a hockey playoff game at Staples for 5 years.

I love the Pond/Honda Center. I love the fans. I love the fact children are able to see some great hockey. I also love that we are up 1-0 versus the Canucks.

Why are people so sensitive about their fans? The crowd sucked last night. I am sure the Ducks fans can be louder. I am sure if it was game 7 they would be loud, or if this series gets personal they will get louder. But in game one, the atmosphere sucked. Hell, Vancouver doesn't always have the loudest fans either, it's not the end of the world when someone points it out.

Why are people so sensitive about their fans? The crowd sucked last night. I am sure the Ducks fans can be louder. I am sure if it was game 7 they would be loud, or if this series gets personal they will get louder. But in game one, the atmosphere sucked. Hell, Vancouver doesn't always have the loudest fans either, it's not the end of the world when someone points it out.

It's not the end of the world when it happens. Which is why we don't need threads like this in our forum.

Your fans are not...except for a few silicon enhanced ones.

Ha, the LA fan talks about silicone? Last I checked Beverly Hills and Hollywood defined silicone, and are part of LA.

Why are people so sensitive about their fans? The crowd sucked last night. I am sure the Ducks fans can be louder. I am sure if it was game 7 they would be loud, or if this series gets personal they will get louder. But in game one, the atmosphere sucked. Hell, Vancouver doesn't always have the loudest fans either, it's not the end of the world when someone points it out.

Well said, thank you!

Now, can we stop the silly bickering?

I'll go ahead and say it first: The crowd sucked tonight. Half the place was empty with a few minutes to go. Who the hell leaves a playoff game early? Regardless of the score, you never leave early.

Fact is, half of Ducks fans are families with kids who were brought in during the Disney era, so they just want to sit back and enjoy the game with their children. Another large portion, as someone else spoke about, is a bunch of fake business people down in the lower-bowl who don't even know who is who. I was lucky enough to get down into the lower bowl during the season, and it disgusted me how many "fans" left after the second period, didn't understand the rules, the team, etc. But hey, they're there, I suppose that's better than empty seats, heh.
...


Lol. I'm one of those except I don't have any children and my family's not into hockey.

Why are people so sensitive about their fans? The crowd sucked last night. I am sure the Ducks fans can be louder. I am sure if it was game 7 they would be loud, or if this series gets personal they will get louder. But in game one, the atmosphere sucked. Hell, Vancouver doesn't always have the loudest fans either, it's not the end of the world when someone points it out.

It sucked because after the 1st period there was no suspense in the game.

Considering the home team won, that had to be the quietest, most boring playoff crowd I've ever seen in my life. Where was the enthusiasm? They should be going wild but they're being so passive. Even the celebrations after goals were pretty low-key. It's pretty sad really.


If you don't like our fans then don't come to our house in our town.

I figured television wasn't doing the crowd justice. I've been in there during the playoffs and it's been pretty rocking. According to some friends who were there, it was lively during round one.

If it was really quiet tonight, that's unusual.

Was there in round 1. I can easily say that 80% of the time, I had trouble talking to my friend sitting next to me because it was constantly loud, and this was in the lower bowl.

In fact, I don't think I heard a whistle all game (Game 2 vs Wild). I thought maybe the refs were using those dog whistles that humans can't hear.

What I love about Zad is him saying in the Canucks GDT that Honda Center is overrun by Kings fans when the Ducks play the Kings which might have been true in previous seasons but not this year.

Infact I went to Staples this year for a Ducks-Kings game and there were almost as many Duck fans at Staples as there are Kings fans at the Pond and Staples is not nearly as rocking as Zad likes to think.

I'm sure if there was a playoff game at Staples that Kings fans would be going nuts but who knows? We haven't seen a hockey playoff game at Staples for 5 years.
Kings fans barely overrun the Staples Center anymore, much much less the Pond.

Anaheim won the game 5-1 and sold every seat(and have also booted the goal judges to sell more seats, although this probably has happened elsewhere, too). There is not one person from an Anaheim standpoint that should/does feel shame over this, and in no way was the crowd's volume a detriment to the team.

But, this should be a good series. Boo Radley should be back tomorrow, so we'll definetely have a better take on how this series will go. Hopefully the Ducks can continue to light the lamp(they got me 9 points in my draft last night, vaulting my 7 places!).

okay people, what i think you dont understand is that the ducks play in ORANGE COUNTY not Vancouver, where theres nothing else to do but be obsessed with your hockey team. The only thing people get upset and or loud about is getting cut off in your car or stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for the 4th day in a row. fans are just as in to the game, and relatively nice laid back people. so if that makes them crappy fans... well be it. oh by the way, nucks will win one game at best, i mean come on, cowon scored your only goal, and good for him, he looks to be one of the few guys on the team that actually tries night in and night out.

Ha, the LA fan talks about silicone? Last I checked Beverly Hills and Hollywood defined silicone, and are part of LA.
so true.

If you don't like our fans then don't come to our house in our town.
welcome. great name BTW.

why to cheer for the 5th win in the playoffs? 16 is the magic number...we can cheer 15 times and still end up like this -> :cry:

Was at the game. the 1st half of the game, the crowed was good. the 2nd half was awful.

the end of the game was pathetic... i agree who leaves a playoff game early... garbage.

And yes I'm die hard ducks fan.

I get no consolation from the fans being loud when my team loses, why should I care if they weren't all that loud when they win?

Kings fans barely overrun the Staples Center anymore, much much less the Pond.

And the sad thing is the Kings still had better attendance in 06-07 then the ducks. :(

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007041127&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main

It's pretty sad when your Stanley Cup contending team can't even out draw one of the worse teams in the NHL.

It's pretty sad when your Stanley Cup contending team can't even out draw one of the worse teams in the NHL.

You know, I just can't get to upset about such trivialities when we've got such a good team.

But you go on ahead and keep rooting for your team to win that Attendance Cup thing.

And the sad thing is the Kings still had better attendance in 06-07 then the ducks. :(

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007041127&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main

It's pretty sad when your Stanley Cup contending team can't even out draw one of the worse teams in the NHL.

I don't have access to that site, but I looked on ESPN.com to find this out...

% of Capacity
Los Angeles - 91.1% (18,500 max)
Anaheim - 95.3% (17,174 max)

Oh no! Your lame attempt at ripping on our team fails because your team has a bigger arena (and a 26 year headstart, and a larger population near the arena, and I could go on for awhile with other reasons)!

And the sad thing is the Kings still had better attendance in 06-07 then the ducks. :(

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007041127&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main

It's pretty sad when your Stanley Cup contending team can't even out draw one of the worse teams in the NHL.

you know that somebodys team really sucked when they start to argue about attendance :)

Your last comment really annoys me. Quite inflamatory and very childish. The vast majority of Canadians believe that we live in the best country on the planet. We don't try to be in your face about it or anything but I can assure you that inferior is not how we feel to you, especially in the realm of hockey.
Thx for proving my point.

lol

I don't have access to that site, but I looked on ESPN.com to find this out...

% of Capacity
Los Angeles - 91.1% (18,500 max)
Anaheim - 95.3% (17,174 max)

Oh no! Your lame attempt at ripping on our team fails because your team has a bigger arena (and a 26 year headstart, and a larger population near the arena, and I could go on for awhile with other reasons)!

The Pond won't make much money due the size, or lack of size, of the population admitted inside. Even though Staples looks great and is enormous, I love the Pond because of its intimacy and comfortness. The nosebleeds aren't the same nosebleeds at the Staples center, in fact, you're much closer at the Pond. Sometimes, bigger isn't all that better. Just right fits me.

lol...er...neither. That's Duck fans man. Your team is amazing. Your fans are not...except for a few silicon enhanced ones.

...the Staples Center during a regulation season game is rocking compared to the Honda Center tonight. Unfortunately, that's all we've seen at the Staples Center for a while :)

I don't think this is true. The puddle rocks during Duck Roasts.

And the sad thing is the Kings still had better attendance in 06-07 then the ducks. :(

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007041127&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main (http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007041127&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main)

It's pretty sad when your Stanley Cup contending team can't even out draw one of the worse teams in the NHL.

I won't follow your link because it requires registration. Here's another report "obtained" by the Globe and Mail which purports to be official NHL numbers through January 2007, prepared to support a study on the revenue sharing given to the Thrashers. It shows the Ducks outdrawing the Kings YTD. It also shows that the Kings give away tickets more than double what the Ducks do. This, of course, excludes those all-event tickets which owe their sales largely to the Lakers following.

The Pond won't make much money due the size, or lack of size, of the population admitted inside. Even though Staples looks great and is enormous, I love the Pond because of its intimacy and comfortness. The nosebleeds aren't the same nosebleeds at the Staples center, in fact, you're much closer at the Pond. Sometimes, bigger isn't all that better. Just right fits me.

Yeah, I've sat in the "worst" seats in both arenas (top row on the ends). The view is much better at the Honda Center. That's what 1300 less seats will do for you.

[QUOTE=halfofwhat;9079970]haha i smell sour grapes. "well you won BUT WE'RE LOUDER Yeah, louder at whinning too.

well, I have to say that the crowd was a bit better for game 2. of course it didn't hurt to hear all the Canuck fans chant "looouuu" after some of his better saves!

It's one thing for Quacks fans to brag about consecutive "sell outs", but it's another thing when only around 85 percent of the people actually show up. You could sell out every game of the season but if the fans don't actually show up to the games then the stat is useless. But none the less Hayward keeps marveling at the sell outs, and then a wide shot shows a lot of empty seats.

It's one thing for Quacks fans to brag about consecutive "sell outs", but it's another thing when only around 85 percent of the people actually show up. You could sell out every game of the season but if the fans don't actually show up to the games then the stat is useless. But none the less Hayward keeps marveling at the sell outs, and then a wide shot shows a lot of empty seats.

Every seat is sold, that's ALL that matters. Every team has empty seats despite a SRO crowd.

well, I have to say that the crowd was a bit better for game 2. of course it didn't hurt to hear all the Canuck fans chant "looouuu" after some of his better saves!

Bit better because your team won right?

What a pointless, dumb topic this is.

It's one thing for Quacks fans to brag about consecutive "sell outs", but it's another thing when only around 85 percent of the people actually show up. You could sell out every game of the season but if the fans don't actually show up to the games then the stat is useless. But none the less Hayward keeps marveling at the sell outs, and then a wide shot shows a lot of empty seats.

It's not our fault that the ticket brokers are buying up hundreds if not thousands of seats. The only fans that are willing to pay 2 or 3 times face value or the ones coming down from Canada. Thats why there are empty seats despite the sell out.

Bit better because your team won right?

What a pointless, dumb topic this is.

Better because they were louder - especially for the start of the first period of overtime.

If it's a pointless, dumb topic why do you respond? If you look there is a group of people who agree with the statment that the crowd was quiet (including some duck fans in California), there's a group of people who disagree, and then there is a group of people who don't actually respond to the topic but say things like you do.

I suppose crowd support is all relative. To the people who think that the crowd was great... maybe it truly is when you compare it to the regular season. From my perspecitve the crowd seemed rather dull. And yes, there are cultural differences. If a European was watching a soccer game here they would laugh because over there they light fires in the stands and go insane. My point is, and this is something that I hope you can appreciate, is that having a good crowd adds a little something to the overall experience. Part of the fun of watching a soccer (or rather football) game telecast from Europe is hearing the crowd. Maybe that is just me though. I hope the crowd in Vancouver will be as good as what I think it will be, and then perhaps you will see what I am talking about.

Better because they were louder - especially for the start of the first period of overtime.

If it's a pointless, dumb topic why do you respond? If you look there is a group of people who agree with the statment that the crowd was quiet (including some duck fans in California), there's a group of people who disagree, and then there is a group of people who don't actually respond to the topic but say things like you do.

I suppose crowd support is all relative. To the people who think that the crowd was great... maybe it truly is when you compare it to the regular season. From my perspecitve the crowd seemed rather dull. And yes, there are cultural differences. If a European was watching a soccer game here they would laugh because over there they light fires in the stands and go insane. My point is, and this is something that I hope you can appreciate, is that having a good crowd adds a little something to the overall experience. Part of the fun of watching a soccer (or rather football) game telecast from Europe is hearing the crowd. Maybe that is just me though. I hope the crowd in Vancouver will be as good as what I think it will be, and then perhaps you will see what I am talking about.

I'm sorry if you were being sincere, but this all seems like sour grapes, especially since you posted this right after the Canucks got beat in game 1.

Yes, I know, we don't have the most vocal crowds. No, we're not Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, or any other team with a strong hockey tradition. I know, I've seen my fair share of Habs games this season. And yes, there have been many times when I've gone to the Pond and got into arguments with people who get offended when I made "too much noise". So yeah, I know that our crowd gets too quiet at times.

There's been numerous posts in the past by people who have come in here or elsewhere who have said our crowd sucks, we're too quiet, there's nothing but empty seats, etc. The same has been said about other teams in non-traditional markets. You think the fans of those teams don't notice that their crowds aren't as loud or rabid as they are in places where hockey is much bigger? We're well aware of it. Most of us get real tired of hearing about it from other team's fans. Myself included.

Let's just focus on what's happening on the ice, because that's all that really matters.

It's one thing for Quacks fans to brag about consecutive "sell outs", but it's another thing when only around 85 percent of the people actually show up. You could sell out every game of the season but if the fans don't actually show up to the games then the stat is useless. But none the less Hayward keeps marveling at the sell outs, and then a wide shot shows a lot of empty seats.
I hope it keeps bothering you. That's pretty great.

Or like me who are broke and have to talk to upset Queen fans and Canuck fans all night.

My brother was up in 2nd level/nose bleeds for 5-10 games this season.Diehard Ducks Fan from Western Canada.

It's one thing for Quacks fans to brag about consecutive "sell outs", but it's another thing when only around 85 percent of the people actually show up. You could sell out every game of the season but if the fans don't actually show up to the games then the stat is useless. But none the less Hayward keeps marveling at the sell outs, and then a wide shot shows a lot of empty seats.

How does it not matter? If every ticket is sold, then every ticket is sold. That's just how it is. The fans don't decide games, so, the more money for the Ducks, the better.

I imagine that if it wasn't for corporations buying many lower bowl seats(which are the ones being shown empty), the Ducks would have that many fans in attendence. But, again, it doesn't matter, as the crowd hasn't cost the Ducks a game yet, and never will.

For all the complaining about the Anaheim crowd the Vancouver crowd wasn't anything spectacular, with the exception of their constant booing of everything. Granted that was the most boring game I have seen all season.

For all the complaining about the Anaheim crowd the Vancouver crowd wasn't anything spectacular, with the exception of their constant booing of everything. Granted that was the most boring game I have seen all season.
Nothing is boring when you have the PPG line!

To anyone who says Anaheim doesn't have the best crowds, I congratulate you because you are right, however I do not have a reward. Sorry. :(

For all the complaining about the Anaheim crowd the Vancouver crowd wasn't anything spectacular, with the exception of their constant booing of everything. Granted that was the most boring game I have seen all season.

Exactly. Vancouver's crowd was supposed to be a "difference-maker", but was arguably quieter than Anaheim's crowd, other than cheering whenever Luongo made any regular save or screaming for a call every time one of their players got hit.

Exactly. Vancouver's crowd was supposed to be a "difference-maker", but was arguably quieter than Anaheim's crowd, other than cheering whenever Luongo made any regular save or screaming for a call every time one of their players got hit.

The only noise I heard from them all game long was "LOU" and "BOO". Every now and again I would hear a faint "lets go Ducks" chant, at least I heard Ducks :D .

Exactly. Vancouver's crowd was supposed to be a "difference-maker", but was arguably quieter than Anaheim's crowd, other than cheering whenever Luongo made any regular save or screaming for a call every time one of their players got hit.

And you could pretty much hear a pin drop every time we got the lead... Pretty easy to be loud when your team is ahead. Too bad thats when they need it least. And I'm not saying we have a booming crowd because its far from it. But when this thread was started *by Canucks fans* I was expecting to at least hear the announcers having to raise their voices for games 3 and 4 due to your *amazing* crowd. Let the whining begin (for the eighth time).

And furthermore let me just point out that none of us decided to go to your board and start a "Well more celebrities attend our games" thread.

At this point in the thread we might as well fight over who had the worst third jersey between the two teams, your Duck guy or our red skate jersies.





Which is an easy one of course, it was your horrible jersey with the Giant Duck guy on it. ;)

At this point in the thread we might as well fight over who had the worst third jersey between the two teams, your Duck guy or our red skate jersies.





Which is an easy one of course, it was your horrible jersey with the Giant Duck guy on it. ;)


HA! Says the guy whose team wore the flying V! Our original thirds were...were...

okay, yeah, they were pretty bad. ;)

Just reposting the pic from the "Taylor Pyatt's eyes" thread:
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/c4/fullj.getty-73977369jv016_ducks_canucks_12_02_54_am.jpg

And Nucks fans have the audacity to bash our fanbase?! :biglaugh: