Scrappy Canuck Fans
Fighting in the stands at the Canucks game
Apr, 01 2006 - 11:40 AMThe fists were flying at last night's hockey game at GM place-- only the brawl was in the stands, not on the ice.Vancouver police inspector Eric Grummish says a fan with a bit too much booze in his system got unruly with the wrong people.
"The party was being ejected for being drunk and disorderly inside the arena, and he resisted staff's attempts to remove him, and when he was approached by an off-duty RCMP member who identified himself, he punched that member in the face and he subsequently assaulted the Vancouver police members who were attempting to arrest him."
Charges are being recommended against the man.
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It's all fun and games until you punch some cops at a hockey game. I'm surprised we haven't heard how this gentleman "accidentally fell down" on the concrete numerous times head first while being taken into custody.
Being someone who can only afford nosebleed seats at GM Place I have run into these beer-filled hockey hooligan types before. They're always so nice an polite... NOT! Such is the life of the joe-shmoe hockey fan. It's all part of the NHL experience. I love it when the novice hockey fans bitch about these folks standing up during the game.
It can get irritating when trying to watch the game on TV. Just the other night, during the PPV broadcast of the Canucks vs Wild at GM Place we had to contend with neanderthals and their fingers every time the camera would swing past them up in the very top row. Bastards! I wanted to drive to "The Garage" and thump them for my $10.95 plus taxes. I didn't pay to look at their fingers, whereas, at the game I could have just stood up and looked around them (or joined in).
