This Season is Over, but Thank You to Everyone
by Travis Hair on Apr 28, 2010 1:31 AM MST
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I'm at a loss of what to say from the hockey side of things right now. We had a crap game and it ended our run in this year's playoffs. We might break that down a little better in the morning, but at his point all I have is thanks to a whole litany of people, communities and just assorted hooligans who have made this site simply just explode over the past couple months. So here's my pixilated stick lift (twss) to you all.
First the guys here that help out with the site. Moridin417 or Jordan or whatever you want to call him for keeping up the links and doing all kinds of other stuff to keep the site running on days when I'm running on fumes. We'll even forgive his Flyers fandom ;) GhostofLinkGaetz for being a hooligan of the first order and also for allegedly having thrown a snake that one time.
Thanks to all those bloggers from other sites on the network that have helped out with the site, directed people here, or helped in any way they could. PPP from Pension Plan Puppets for running the show when I was watching my first playoff series in person. He's crazy compatriot Chemmy that pushed the "Throw the Snake" frenzy to the point it got. Got me mentioned on CBC and TSN, it was crazy. Brad Lee for his posts yesterday too. Great job by all.
To all those fans of other teams that stopped by to show support for the team, there are too many to name, but I don't know that there's a team not named the Red Wings that didn't have someone stop by to cheer us on. Just of those that I remember I know we had fans of the Maple Leafs, Blues, Canucks, Sharks, Blackhawks, Bruins, Predators, Ducks, Stars, Wild, Capitals, Penguins, Rangers, Canes, and I know there are other teams, but I can't remember if they found their way here.
I'll even thank those Wing fans that came by and managed not to go all crazy. Discussions are fun even if I can't stand your team for whatever reason, never have. I still respect those fans that had fun and didn't act like jerks. Maybe someday you'll convince me not to hate you guys, but not right now.
Thanks to everyone with the team that mentioned the site, or was just a good guy. I suppose that's pretty much everyone, but hey. Todd Walsh for responding to fans on twitter with a frequency. Dave Strader and Even Tyson Nash for stopping by the site and at least mentioning us here and there. Even former Color man Darren Pang pugged us on Twitter.
Thanks to all the Coyote fans, From those that stuck with the team through the brutal summer that was and to those that jumped on the bandwagon. Hey, I know bandwagoners aren't ideal, but i'm not going to be choosey. I hope that the bandwagon people got a taste of what being in love with this game is like. Not just watching on TV, but actually going to games and feeling the game.
I'm sure I'm forgetting large swaths of people, but that's all I have at 1am. I'm sure there will be more in the links and we'll get up some sort of a recap later (Maybe). Until then I'm just going to be thankful for what we had this year. And for all of you.
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Sucks that the season had to end this way. Phoenix proved alot of haters/skeptics wrong, and obviously they won’t be taken lightly. Best of luck to the Coyotes next year Travis!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 28, 2010 3:36 AM MST reply actions
Very apparent
that you are laying it all down here at 1 AM. As a man who fiercely battled with you in a 7 game duel in NHL 09 (tournament failed miserably), I have since found myself compelled to skip over here regularly. Don’t expect that to change. The drama of relocation is not going to die down once the summer starts. Even when ice edge buys the team, nothing but questions from men with keyboards in Canada will remain. Stay strong Yotes….
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
Classy post Travis. Can’t wait for some big time battles in the Pacific next season.
As I said on gchat, a couple weeks from now will be a good time to reflect on what a mind-blowing season the Coyotes had. For now, hate everything. It’s healthy.
Congrats to Phoenix, and the fanbase, on a great year.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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"MAY" have thrown a snake? Are you kidding me?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQJj9ONpeFk&playnext_from=TL&videos=6cDq-Sniww8
Look when he zooms in on the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo inside the Detroit zone. That black spot is a four-foot-long rubba mothatrucka. WOOO!
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 28, 2010 7:17 AM MST reply actions
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It was a good run and if that goon howard hadn’t broken doan I bet things would have been different.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 28, 2010 7:54 AM MST reply actions
One name got left off the thanks. So I'll add it.
Congrats and I’m sure a big thank you to the guy who started it all…Odin Mercer. When the game seven sting fades and he’s sober again, I hope he smiles at what he’s built around these parts.
Wherever he may be…
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Ditto
Miss that Odin Mercer cat. He hustled hard to get it this far.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 28, 2010 3:36 PM MST up reply actions
Travis, as a hockey lover Phoenix transplant from Chicago, it was so awesome to experience the playoffs in person for the first time in my adult life with the Coyotes! The way the fans got into it with the whiteout and throwing the snake was inspiring and makes me proud to have been a part of it. I’ll be wearing my Throw the Snake t-shirt for years to come. Thanks for all your hard work keeping us informed. And never forget… Even if they win, Detroit sill sucks!
There was nothing wrong with that hit... What is is illegal to hit an old guy?
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Hey Travis
As a Red Wing fan I understand your dislike for our team. But, understand this, your Team is held in high regard around this city. You have a overall young an upcoming team and maybe some day other fans will dislike you as you now dislike us. Great run and I hope to see the Coyotes in the playoffs again next week year. Your article was a class act.
Joe
Shelby Twp., MI
God bless y'all
Yotes fans.
Though I may long for a return of the Winnipeg Jets, you guys were awesome all season long. Good luck, to the Yotes and fans. :D
A big thanks to everyone at FFH is in order for hosting all of us “other fans” here for your games. Yes, maybe most of us were here to cheer against the Coyotes more than anything else. But these GDTs I jumped into, with all these fans, just here talking hockey and enjoying the Coyotes, they were some of the most fun I’ve been a part of. And we all have you guys to thank for that. It would have been easy to just say “hey, talk about the Coyotes or get out.” But you didn’t, and I think we all had a great time. It really is too bad your team didn’t pull it out last night. I would have loved to face you guys next round.
And a big thank you to the Coyotes for being a part of the most entertaining series of the first round. From throw the snake, to DoanFace, to the Whiteouts, and then trouncing Detroit in Detroit (hey, can you teach us how to do that?)…well, this series had plenty to be proud of from a Phoenix fan standpoint. Hopefully this will be the start of a resurgence of hockey down there, and your fanbase returns in full force next season.
Tip o the cap. Our Pacific Division battles shall continue to be epic. Of that, I am sure.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 28, 2010 10:28 AM MST reply actions
I meant to say “cheer against the Red Wings”…I got a little ahead of myself. Hopefully the point still comes across alright.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 28, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
Tough loss.
I think they could have won too if Doan was healthy for the entire series.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
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by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 28, 2010 5:47 PM MST up reply actions
No,
I was just rambling since it was early. You’re all awesome.
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by Travis Hair on Apr 28, 2010 11:59 PM MST up reply actions
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