Pre-Game Talk: Dallas vs Vancouver 1pm start ??

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Why is it 1 pm start for a Home Game ?

This has to be the 1st one ever in franchise history?


Personally i hate it, i'll say that the ratings on this one will be low.

Saturday afternoon is primetime family time. Sure if youre going to the game thats great, but for the most of us, Saturday afternoon is one of the busiest in the week.

To bad too... Pettersson vs Heiskanen

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[M2Beezy]

That is super early, thats not eastern time tho is it?

 

[Cheeks Clapinski]

I've heard that the NHL has been scheduling more early games in recent years to make the league more accessible to markets in Europe and Asia.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

That is super early, thats not eastern time tho is it?

Nop. 1 pm PST tomorrow

 

[Fire Benning]

Lol, what an inane thing to be upset about.

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

how shameful to expose families and young people to this canucks team. All their games should be played under cover of darkness.

 

[Melvin]

There was a 1pm home game against the jackets in March. It was thatcher Demko's debut.

It happens every so often. When I was a kid, many games weren't even televised.

 

[Cheeks Clapinski]

I went to a 1PM sunday game against Columbus either last year or the year before. Boy that was a mistake. Due to tickets being cheap cause the team was trash and the early start, the arena was packed with families with a ton of young children. Nothing better than standing up every couple seconds to let kids go by for bathroom breaks, snack breaks, etc etc. Also got a bunch of dirty looks as I was trashed because I'm a degenerate.

Tickets cost me 11 USD each for section 111 tho so I can't complain.

 

[Peter10]

They do that every once in a while, I think thats even Canucks request. Reasoning was indeed to make it easier for families with little kids. If I remember correctly there was even a 11am start a few years ago.

 

[MS]

2-3 home afternoon games/year has always happened.

It's a cool change. Except when you forget it's an early game, which is how young me missed us beating Calgary 11-0 in 1992.

 

[just22]

I’ll probably be waking up around that time so it’s perfect for me.

 

[TJ21]

What exactly are people upset about?

This same thread pops up ever season a few times. Have no idea why people legitimately get upset over this . Its one game out of how many? And it's great for families and people in general to get out in the afternoons, enjoy a game, and then have the rest of the evening to do what they like.

A single game time being inconvenient for a small group of people on a couple occasions throughout an entire season doesn't make it a terrible thing, believe it or not.

 

[PM]

Is someone actually arguing that a 1pm start is bad for families with kids?

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

2-3 home afternoon games/year has always happened.

It's a cool change. Except when you forget it's an early game, which is how young me missed us beating Calgary 11-0 in 1992.

I got super nintendo for my birthday the month before, and I was playing simcity instead of watching. I remember my dad hollering at me from the living room

 

[MS]

I got super nintendo for my birthday the month before, and I was playing simcity instead of watching. I remember my dad hollering at me from the living room

I had a pee-wee hockey game that afternoon and when the other kids were telling me we beat Calgary 11-0 I thought they were just messing with me.

 

[coolboarder]

Not a big deal, I remember going to games at 2pm PST against Pittsburgh at Pacific Coliseum so it's not that big of a deal to host a Sunday matinee game.

 

[GetFocht]

It's 11am start time here in Hawaii. No problem with me, I love waki g up to early Canuck games.

 

[stampedingviking]

9 pm start here, what's not to like?

 

[member 290103]

Lol, what an inane thing to be upset about.

Not really....people often have things going on Saturday mid day.

 

[StreetHawk]

Not really....people often have things going on Saturday mid day.

The people who bought tickets know about the start time. It’s the people who would be watching the game on tv that it would impact now. If you miss this upcoming what’s the big deal?

 

[M2Beezy]

9 pm start here, what's not to like?

Where ya at Australia?

 

[DL44]

I love this.
I love when the Lions and and Whitecaps go to 1pm as well...

I seek those games out so I can take my boys.... They are 7 and 5, bedtime is 7:30ish. Have taken em to 3 Lions games over the last 2 yrs and a caps game... they manage to get through most of them.

I made the mistake 3 yrs ago of taking my then 4 yr old to a Canucks game... and he was begging to leave before the end of the first... I said "never" again.

This will be their 1st 'real' Canucks game..

 

[Zombotron]

What's the angle, though? Pettersson vs. Heiskanen?

 

[THE Green Man]

I hope Jake gets a hatty- I love a good day drunk

 

[Canucks LB]

I can finally watch a game live, that's nice.
Love the 1:00pm start

 

[thekernel]

Hockey night in Canada. I certainly have nothing to be upset about, I get to watch hockey all day.

But, in general early starts at home can be a bit annoying, since the only reason is so that other Canadian teams get the prime-time spotlight instead. It's always been the Canucks on the shaft end of the schedule spectrum. Ottawa too. They have a 1pm eastern game.

Let's not fool ourselves, they aren't doing it for international markets or for families. They're doing it because more people will watch Toronto or Edmcdavid (although, I'll admit Vegas probably factors in as well).