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Post by blackthorne on Nov 14, 2007 17:43:28 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNNsQEwx3gYouTube clip of Dale Hawerchuk night before a Coyotes game last year where they retired his number. Most of the fans sound like they don't even know he is. Little applause too. Pretty sickening.
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Post by mcguire4 on Nov 15, 2007 0:46:34 GMT -5
yeah, we saw all this last year.
it was a joke.
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Post by wagner3 on Nov 15, 2007 1:23:02 GMT -5
i was at the game and ceremony about 10 rows up between the blue lines facing Hawerchuk...rows of empty seats and my $15 dollar ticket in hand, purchase minutes before the game, it was, how can you say, surreal...the phoenix fans tried to be nice but, well you can see for yourself it was an awkward situation...
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Post by pbonomo on Nov 15, 2007 10:33:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I posted that.
Thanks again to "egg16" for supplying me with a DVD of this clip (and others).
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Post by joelzillmanwpg on Nov 15, 2007 19:48:05 GMT -5
Why don't the Moose honor him? I'm sure he would get a lot more respect at the MTS Centre.
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Post by pbonomo on Nov 16, 2007 10:28:20 GMT -5
The Moose did honour Dale on December 22, 2000. A banner was raised in honor of his accomplishments. I don't pretend to know what happened to the banner though...!!
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Post by Gordo34 on Nov 22, 2007 16:46:10 GMT -5
That was perhaps one of the saddest, most pathetic things I have ever seen.
I think one day, when our team returns, we'll set this right and honour Dale the way he should be honoured.
And there will be cheers raining down from all levels of the MTS Centre. And it will be a night that nobody will ever forget.
I'm surprised he even agreed to do this and he was very careful with his wording as he always referred to the organization rather than the Jets.
I'm going to get out my vomit bag now.
Wow! Do we ever need a team back. I can't wait.
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Post by joelzillmanwpg on Nov 22, 2007 19:46:29 GMT -5
The Moose did honour Dale on December 22, 2000. A banner was raised in honor of his accomplishments. I don't pretend to know what happened to the banner though...!! Does anyone have a video of this? |
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Post by pbonomo on Nov 23, 2007 9:53:35 GMT -5
I just found out that the Moose have the game tape archived, and it's just a matter of finding it...  |
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Post by jets4ever on Mar 10, 2008 21:56:06 GMT -5
That was perhaps one of the saddest, most pathetic things I have ever seen. I think one day, when our team returns, we'll set this right and honour Dale the way he should be honoured. And there will be cheers raining down from all levels of the MTS Centre. And it will be a night that nobody will ever forget. I'm surprised he even agreed to do this and he was very careful with his wording as he always referred to the organization rather than the Jets. I'm going to get out my vomit bag now. Wow! Do we ever need a team back. I can't wait. Yes. We need a team back. Yes. I can't wait until we get one back. But, as far as the night Dale was honored by the Moose being pathetic? I don't think so. Yes, I look forward to the day when a team returns to this city so the ceremony can be done in the manner it should have been in 1996. But, that couldn't happen when Dale was still active in the NHL. And, when the Moose honored him it wasn't the jets honoring him so they couldn't very well retire a number of a player who never played for them (though they have done it for two other players who have never played for them- Hull-9, Steen-25). But as for the ceremony itself? All things considered it was done quite nicely. But, next time, when they get it right by retiring the jersey number, the ceremony will be much better.  |
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