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>In a way I almost kind of wish that no Boston team would have made it to
>the final four this year, as the house would have been filled only with
>solid hockey fans and not bandwagon jumpers. Now *that* would have been the
>best way to judge if Boston is "hockeytown" or not.
That's not necessary, I can tell you conclusively that Boston is not
hockeytown. I was at the Fleet last night for a Bruins game. After one of
the most impressive single-season turnarounds I've ever seen, the Bruins
are headed to the playoffs. You would think the Boston fans would be
excited -- instead the place was dead and empty. Now I'll grant that Bruin
ticket prices are absurd (cheapest seats in the place were $29 -- even in
New York you can get the cheap seats for under $20), but this was
ridiculous. (Of couerse, my perspective may have been a bit skewed -- I
had to have been the only Rangers fan at a Bruins-Islanders game).
Anyway, isn't it Detroit that calls itself "hockeytown"?
Carl Sussman
Carl Sussman Harvard Law School
[log in to unmask] Class of '99
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