Originally Posted by lmartin999 (Post 9436917)

http://thestar.blogs.com/thespin/201...f-this-go.html

"The temptation will be to say this was a small group of people causing trouble, and that it had nothing to do with hockey. Well, yes and no. First, it wasn't a small group. We're talking hundreds, probably thousands, of citizens involved in the ugliness that erupted even as Gary Bettman was handing the Stanley Cup to Bruins captain Zdeno Chara. Having been around other sport "riots," I can tell you this was a whole other level.""

"But more important will be what this, the riots and the ugliness, says not just about Vancouver, but about the Canucks' place in it. You can hardly blame the hockey team for what happened, yet at the same time its the Canucks who seem to be the match that lights the civic lawlessness in this city. There's a strange mentality here that the NHL is out to get the Canucks, to deny them their rightful victories, and it's propagated by some very prominent media voices. There's always booing when Bettman tries to present the Cup, but it was deafening at Rogers Arena last night, an apparent expression of a belief that the NHL screwed the Canucks, that suspending defenceman Aaron Rome, for example, was unfair and unjust and part of some grand conspiracy."

"Idiots and criminals created last night's ugliness. But hockey and this town's hockey atmosphere were part of it as well. You cannot pretend otherwise."

On another note, despite the crap weather all seems to be calm on the first day of the Third Test :thumbup:

Originally Posted by CANADIAN CARPERS (Post 9437011)

Just seen it on BBC 1, they seem to suggest it was because the result was a 'trouncing' so would everything have been fine had they only lost 1-0? They never actually mentioned the result, which was anybody?

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9437019)

Boston 4 Vancouver 0

There have been some comments made that this may have happened even if Vancouver had won.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9437019)

Boston 4 Vancouver 0

There have been some comments made that this may have happened even if Vancouver had won.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9437019)

Boston 4 Vancouver 0

There have been some comments made that this may have happened even if Vancouver had won.

Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437057)

Yeah, it's senseless and stupid... but it was probably a hell of a lot of fun and a great release for most of them involved. Obviously, not for the people injured, the property and businesses and the horsies but I suspect the majority of "the idiots" are probably otherwise decent people.

Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437057)

Yeah, it's senseless and stupid... but it was probably a hell of a lot of fun and a great release for most of them involved. Obviously, not for the people injured, the property and businesses and the horsies but I suspect the majority of "the idiots" are probably otherwise decent people.

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9437106)

Sorry but people who think it's fun to injure people, damage and burn cars, smash up businesses, steal, and cause such mayhem are NOT decent people.

If you need a release, have a wank.

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9437106)

Sorry but people who think it's fun to injure people, damage and burn cars, smash up businesses, steal, and cause such mayhem are NOT decent people.

Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437136)

That's not really what I'm saying.

I'm saying that people can get caught up in 'the madness of crowds' and do things that they otherwise wouldn't do.

Adding... I'm not saying that this makes this behaviour OK. I'm saying I can see why it happened/happens and why that's not related to the final score of a hockey game.