Silver Nuggets: Scotiabank Place gets busier
by Peter Raaymakers on Feb 9, 2012 1:00 PM EST
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You'll be reading a lot about Chris Phillips' 1000th NHL game with the Ottawa Senators and Mike Fisher's return to this town over the course of the day, so I'll steer clear of those stories and talk about something else that could be pretty cool: The Ottawa 67s joining the Senators at Scotiabank Place for the next two seasons, while Lansdowne Park (and the Civic Centre) undergo some pretty major renovations.
For 67s fans, this might not be the best news, because these games are usually a cheaper option than Senators games, and an easier one to get to. Hopefully, with parking lot improvements aimed at improving OC Transpo service to SBP, it will be easier for 67s fans to get there.
As a Senators fan, though, I'm just hoping we get to see some double-headers. That would be awesome.
Links after the jump...
Senators headlines:
- Tonight's prediction panel: Pretty well split. (Senators Extra)
- Bobby Butler draws back into the lineup tonight, and steps right onto the top line. (Senators)
- Brian Lee will also play tonight. (@NHL_Sens)
- Alex Auld gets the start. (@NHL_Sens)
- Mike Fisher (and Carrie Underwood) is back in town. (Sun, Citizen, Globe and Mail)
- With his team in the midst of a seven-game losing streak, Paul MacLean's patience is running short. (Sun)
- This article about Chris Phillips' 1000th game is worth reading, if just for the photo. (Citizen)
- A rundown of the Senators at the trade deadline. Looks familiar. (CBC)
Other headlines:
- The Binghamton Mets might be coming to Ottawa after all! (OpenFile Ottawa)
- Does the NHL need coaching challenges? (Puck Daddy)
- Tim Thomas complaining about stuff. (Puck Daddy)
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Game day prediction:
Mike Fisher gets a standing ‘o’ & a nice video board tribute during a tv timeout in the game.
Carrie Underwood is shown on the new Bell HD screen & gets booed.
Chris Phillips scores the game winning goal as Sens win 3-2.
Common sense is the most evenly distributed quality in all the world.
Everyone thinks they have enough.
by havey03 on Feb 9, 2012 1:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Mike Fisher gets a standing ‘o’ & a nice video board tribute during a tv timeout in the game.
I hope so!
Carrie Underwood is shown on the new Bell HD screen & gets booed.
I hope not.
Chris Phillips scores the game winning goal as Sens win 3-2.
I hope so!
by B_T on Feb 9, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
Mixed feelings on the video tribute for Fish
I mean, sure, but it’s Philly’s 1000th game. Seems disrespectful to me.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
I definitely wish they were on different days
But really, Big Game Chris’s 1000th game doesn’t change the fact that Mike Fisher was a beloved member of the team for a long time.
I mean, if Kovalev had scored a hat trick at Alfie’s 1000th, you’d still have thrown a hat, right?
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Tribute is also taking place on Sat. for many other reasons, like family, an Alberta team, and so on....
Plus, he should play the 1000th game before the celebration. What if he got noggin-knocked by a puck in warmup?
A Goal Horn Haiku
Hoooonk hoooonk honk honk hooooonk
That's the sound the train horn makes
Suck it, Toronto
He should be forced to wear a helmet in warmups tonight!
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No
But that’s because I never wear hats to a hockey game so I wouldn’t have had one to thow.
Point taken, and I’ll certainly be applauding Fisher – after all, he’s the reason I got tickets for tonight. But I still have mixed feelings about a video tribute. Fan love when Fish takes the ice is a given, but it just doesn’t seem right to have a planned tribute to one guy on another guy’s 1000th game.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
Yes.
Clearly they should have celebrated Phillips’ 1000th game tonight, and had the video tribute to Mike Fisher on Saturday.
Or next time he's in town
Or Philly could have played through the flu and the Philly celebration could have been on Tuesday.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
The next time he's in town...
Could be two years from now. It just makes sense to have the damn thing tonight.
I doubt the Mrs will get booed.
She already scowls enough whenever I see her on TV or on the jumbo at the game. Do we even know for sure that she’s coming?
Oh Captain, my Captain!
I'm sure she'd pick up some boos
There are some morons out there who think she forced a Fisher trade out of Ottawa.
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Ugh
Lansdowne was (and still is) a traffic disaster. Bank Street snarled with traffic, parking difficult to find, limited bus routes… The 67’s don’t have the attendance that the Sens had there, but at a 7k average this season it’s likely enough to cause many of the same problems.
I suspect the 67s will lose some of the downtown crowd but gain a significant following in Kanata as there are so many kids out there. Attendance could go up for the 67s and I can actually see the Senators suffering as a result – more entertaining hockey (in general) and much cheaper tickets.
by StraightFromTHM on Feb 9, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
That's a lot of hockey over the course of a year. Now we'll know how arenas like the Staples Center and Verizon Centre feel.
A Goal Horn Haiku
Hoooonk hoooonk honk honk hooooonk
That's the sound the train horn makes
Suck it, Toronto
I think there might be a halo effect for the 67s
The regular fans will still go as long as parking stays cheap, and those in the West end who wouldn’t normally go might decide to – I know I would love to take my dad to a game.
Might lose some students though
It was an easy walk down the canal from Carleton to the Civic Centre (then up Bank to Patty’s after the game).
by B_T on Feb 9, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
It's been rough this season actually and they're really struggling with it.
Some games have been as low as 1200.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
They're down, but only about 1000 per game average compared to last year (so far)
Average for 2010-2011: 8,093
Average for 2011-2012 through Jan 26: “about 7,000”
by B_T on Feb 9, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Correction
Last year was 7,341 average. The 8,093 was only for the first 10 games. So they’re only down “about 350”.
by B_T on Feb 9, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Chris Phillips
He don’t get no respect. Regardless of what anyone thinks about Phillips’ play right now, it’s a goddamned shame that Alfie got chanted out of the building for it and Phillips won’t.
Playing 1000 games for a franchise is a huge deal. There’s not a lot of guys who have done it: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/illustrated-guide-nhl-players-logged-1-000-more-191707255.html
He was once called the worst participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.
by RogerTheShrubber on Feb 9, 2012 1:47 PM EST reply actions
You don't think he'll get a hell of an ovation tonight?
Alfredsson is a different specimen than any other player in Senators history. Phillips may not get the Alfie treatment, but he’ll still be treated well.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Feb 9, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
I think he’ll get a standing ovation. But I think Fisher will too.
I just think that Phillips’ career is underappreciated in Ottawa, mostly due to a combination of: 1) being a stay-at-home defenceman; and, 2) tailing off a bit now.
Chris Phillips has been a tremendous servant of the franchise. He’s always been classy, put in a lot of good years, and has been a great leader in Alfie’s shadow for most of it. So I find it a bit disappointing that his celebration may be a bit quiet.
He was once called the worst participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.
by RogerTheShrubber on Feb 9, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair
He is a fucking liability on the ice most nights
1. That’s not true.
2. Even if he was, he sure wasn’t for the first 900 games.
He was once called the worst participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.
by RogerTheShrubber on Feb 9, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Is that true?
I don’t think of him as having tailed off before last season.
He was once called the worst participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.
by RogerTheShrubber on Feb 10, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
I think he will
The fans love him. The people who critique his play are not that huge a proportion of the people at the games. Philly’s been a huge part of the community and people here love him for it. He’ll totally get some fan love tonight.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
I would expect Phillips to be properly acknowledged by the crowd
Maybe it won’t reach Alfie levels, but I would expect that he would get a pretty great ovation.
I think part of the problem is that they're doing the big tribute Saturday
I know his family couldn’t make it today, but having him at home on his 1000th and not actually celebrating until his 1001st is gonna take a lot away from the celebration.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
I predict that if Fisher scores tonight and I'm in the GDT I will still post "MIKE FISHER!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!"
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Butler, Lee and Auld?
This sounds like the plot to a Disney sports movie. The scrubs come in and kick ass in the last game of the season, winning their team the Stanley Cup and the Superbowl in one go!
67s at the Palladium is cool and all
But what has me psyched is that they’re widening the 417 to four lanes all the way. 150% of that game day traffic jam (okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration but definitely like 75% of it) is the two lanes you lose when you get to Kanata. Wooooooo!
Oh Captain, my Captain!
On the way in, for sure
Although the size of Palladium Drive is also an issue.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Feb 9, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I've always found that the stretch from Terry Fox to SBP is an issue.
Feeding people into and out of the parking lots is brutal. Even if they had a shuttle that went to the Campeau Park and Ride that would alleviate a lot of traffic.
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