From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:   
      
   > On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:02:45 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hockey is hideously boring to me, almost as boring as soccer (football   
   >> in Europe). Every time it starts to get interesting, somebody knocks   
   >> somebody down and everything clogs up again. I would rather there was   
   >> more skill and less brawling. (But this comes from someone who can enjoy   
   >> a baseball pitcher's duel, which I'm sure is boring as hell to a   
   >> European.)   
   >   
   > One college hockey game, RPI vs. McGill iirc, degenerated into a brawl   
   > with the fans going out on the ice to join in. The Kampus Kops also went   
   > out to try to break it up. Some genius had the idea to play the national   
   > anthem. The Kops came to attention and the brawl went on.   
      
       :-D   
      
   I went to the South Carolina Stingrays hockey games a few times   
   when they first started. It was fun.   
      
   However, the goddam music was incredibly loud, and not enjoyable   
   at all. Painful actually.   
      
   When I was a kid I used to watch the Black Hawks a lot (on TV).   
      
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