Great fans at KHL arenas

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

Of course Anton Fyodorov, a dentist by day and die-hard Ak Bars Kazan fan on nights:

This guy is often seen in Ufa Arena, he's not less awesome than Anton:

And of course Sergei Chumin, I don't think we have had a game of CSKA or team Russia in Moscow without him in the stands in the last 10 years. Unfortunately I couldn't find a pic with his legendary beard in full swing, though:

Click to read more...

 

[tsamolotoff]

Our infamous Bars Band (well, the most active part of it), Moscow-based Ak Bars fan group. When the playoffs were mixed between the East and the West, we had 500+ people rooting for the team on Moscow games, it was amazing.

 

[alko]

Our infamous Bars Band (well, the most active part of it), Moscow-based Ak Bars fan group. When the playoffs were mixed between the East and the West, we had 500+ people rooting for the team on Moscow games, it was amazing.

Why "infamous"?

 

[CPFC]

Riga has that guy with a witch mask and a trident, who also follows the national team.

 

[malkinfan]

Jurciks

 

[powerplaymaker]

Well Jokerit fans. No indiviual fans, but Jokerit fans in general.

More than a thousand Jokerit-fans in Riga on a Sunday. Almost everyone had to get a day off from work for Monday... Last year the away game was on Saturday and there where more than 2000 fans. KHL sources say it was the biggest away-trip in KHL history.

View media item 1749This one is from this years smaller away trip.


Or how about a tifo for 50 year old Jokerit?

View media item 1747
It was the single largest tifo from Jokerit fans in the KHL history. It took many days, many long nights to do, but it was worth it!

 

[penepi]

KHL sources say it was the biggest away-trip in KHL history.

Would be curious about those sources as Slovan had three trips in Prague (in 12/13 a 13/14 seasons) and the away fans number ranged from 7000 to 11000.



Anyways, these twins are sort of iconic Slovan fans. One always "wears" Slovan's beard, the other beard of opponent team.

 

[powerplaymaker]

Would be curious about those sources as Slovan had three trips in Prague (in 12/13 a 13/14 seasons) and the away fans number ranged from 7000 to 11000.



Anyways, these twins are sort of iconic Slovan fans. One always "wears" Slovan's beard, the other beard of opponent team.

Let's forget those sources, that's amazing!

 

[Jumptheshark]

Most fans I have dealt with in different KHL cities have been very nice--however some do not consider the NHL to be the top league in the world

 

[Atas2000]

Most fans I have dealt with in different KHL cities have been very nice--however some do not consider the NHL to be the top league in the world

What does your statement even mean?

You are being suggestiv thying to fabricate a contradiction in being nice and not caring about a foreign league much?

 

[Jumptheshark]

What does your statement even mean?

You are being suggestiv thying to fabricate a contradiction in being nice and not caring about a foreign league much?

I go to between 10 to 20 KHL games a year--mostly the fans are great and amused that I fly in from London to see games. But it gets amusing when the topic of NHL vs KHL comes up. Some are dead serious when they say the KHL is better then the NHL

 

[Atas2000]

I go to between 10 to 20 KHL games a year--mostly the fans are great and amused that I fly in from London to see games. But it gets amusing when the topic of NHL vs KHL comes up. Some are dead serious when they say the KHL is better then the NHL

Some people are dead serious when they claim Gretzky was the best player all time, or that the NHL always was the best league.

In many ways the NHL is not better than the KHL. And robbing other countries of talent will only work that long. People mostly think in the moment. Ceterum censeo NHL delendam esse. That is a normal attitude of a normal russian fan. You will have to live with it. I don't need the NHL. And the way it does things I am ready to pay for reducing it to whatever status by all available means.

 

[hansomreiste]

Some people are dead serious when they claim Gretzky was the best player all time, or that the NHL always was the best league.

In many ways the NHL is not better than the KHL. And robbing other countries of talent will only work that long. People mostly think in the moment. Ceterum censeo NHL delendam esse. That is a normal attitude of a normal russian fan. You will have to live with it. I don't need the NHL. And the way it does things I am ready to pay for reducing it to whatever status by all available means.

Not caring NHL at all and focusing on your favorite/national league is totally understandable but claiming that NHL is "not better than KHL in many ways" kind of delusional. Skill level, parity, consistency, management, financial power... NHL easily tops KHL in all of those. I'm fine with it personally; my expectation is only for KHL to get better, not compete with NHL. In a way this is "my" league and I'll prioritize it over NHL in most cases. But saying NHL is not better than KHL in many ways? Uh oh.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Some are dead serious when they say the KHL is better then the NHL

So you have met Atas on your journeys I see

 

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

So you have met Atas on your journeys I see

It depends on the definition of "better". I prefer KHL hockey, thus the KHL is "better" to me. It doesn't mean that KHL teams are better than NHL ones or that the KHL is better organized than the NHL.

 

[tsamolotoff]