Jeff Marek of Sportsnet is always going on about how sports are never better than when you’re 12. And I agree.

That said, Hockey (at least for me) was never better than in 2012, when I was absolutely not 12 years old.

The Capitals went into Boston with their third string goalie and won with an OT G7 goal. We had that insane Philly v Pittsburgh series that had everything from line brawls to blow outs and even Phoenix went on a run and knocked off the Hawks and Predators, it was so much fun.

So, when did Hockey peak for you?

  • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    8 months ago

    That Pens Flyers series was peak frustration for me as a Pens fan. Maybe it would have been more fun to watch if I didn’t have big expectations for that team.

    • SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      I was a neutral in that fight… although as a Capitals fan I did take a fair bit of pleasure in watching two of my most hated teams spend two weeks tearing each other apart.

      I don’t remember the hockey being all that good, it was just an absolute spectacle of drama and anger and pettiness.

      Iirc Claude Giroux knocked Crosby’s glove away after an altercation and it resulted in another fight, a game misconduct to someone and the rest of that game was an absolute shit-show.

          • asymmetric
            2·
            8 months ago

            Lol I remember that too. Hello, fellow anime/hockey fan.

            • SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
              2·
              8 months ago

              There are dozens of us! Btw, here’s hoping Noda Satoru’s Dogsred gets an anime. I’d be thrilled. Question is…who’s your team?

              • asymmetric
                2·
                8 months ago

                Yes, it would be great if some production committee took a swing on making a traditional sports shounen. As long as it isn’t some bottom budget afterthought it could be legitimately good.

                As for my team, I’m a Flyers fan. How about yourself?

                • SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  8 months ago

                  Rangers fan, albeit very much displaced from NYC. Question, though…would I make it out alive if I went to a game at Wells Fargo next season? That’s one of the cities I’ve yet to visit for a game (or any other reason, really).

                  • asymmetric
                    2·
                    8 months ago

                    I am far from Philly and have not been there in a long, long time, so I can’t give you firsthand info what conditions are like. But the Flyers are also years removed from being a packed house sellout crowd. Also, one of the last home games before Chuck Fletcher got fired last year, the WFC was full of Rangers fans. They turned it into their barn for that game and beat us lol. You might go there and meet more Rangers fans than Flyers fans.