Leafs Fans Invading Other Arenas

[Iapyi]

there is a huge contingent in calgary, usually about 50-50 except for a couple games when we were doing very poorly and there was more red.

bit off topic but when the saskatchewan roughriders play in calgary it is at least 52-48 green and sometimes more. by the end of the playoff games it's usually only green.

 

[Pickle Juice]

calgary is pretty lit

 

[cgarn]

I remember that 2004 game. I could not get tickets from scalpers so I went to the casino. Was playing blackjack and knew the Leafs were down. Heard someone say the Leafs came back and won in OT. I said damn and the dealer (who is a Sabres fan) said damn too.

Leaf games in Buffalo are fun. Went to both last year but the best one was when Frattin scored in OT with 1 second left:

 

[MapleLeafistan]

Its at each moment a pleasure watching ice rock game in Buffalo upon Niagara.

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

Saw Matthews score 4 goals in his debut in Ottawa. There was a horde of Leaf fans.

 

[Cams]

Columbus too. It's only a 3hr drive from Windsor, not sure how far from Toronto, but tickets are cheap and easy to be had.

Mind you - I went to Game 5 of 2002 Conf finals in Raleigh, NC, and it was easily 1/2 Leafs fans. They were not allowing people with Ontario driver licenses to purchase tickets at the box office.

 

[Iapyi]

Columbus too. It's only a 3hr drive from Windsor, not sure how far from Toronto, but tickets are cheap and easy to be had.

Mind you - I went to Game 5 of 2002 Conf finals in Raleigh, NC, and it was easily 1/2 Leafs fans. They were not allowing people with Ontario driver licenses to purchase tickets at the box office.

this kind of stuff is so LAME when teams do it. what a cop out and admittance of weakness.

 

[MapleLeafistan]

Didn't Ottawa threaten to do the same?

 

[MapleLeafistan]

Calgary was blue last night

 

[Ratboy]

We are legion, and we are hated for it.

 

[Drytoast]

We are legion, and we are hated for it.

I don't blame them. I'd be annoyed with visiting team's chant in my home building.

 

[wingman75]

Didn't Ottawa threaten to do the same?

They have tried a few things in Ottawa like blocking IP addresses from buying tickets online for the playoffs, and some other things on site (box office). I believe they tried to ban Leafs fans from wearing their jerseys to the game one time as well... didn't go over well.

Sens fans (and media) get so salty when the Leafs are in town, it's beyond amusing.

I was there when we clinched that playoff berth in 2013... amazing night.

 

[Cams]

I think the Senators threatened their own season ticket holders if they sold their tickets to Leafs fans.

The Carolina thing for me was kind of funny. It was morning of game day when people from Ontario were being turned away for the box office, so obviously tickets were available. Wouldn't you rather have the seats full?

 

[beamer67]

I think the Senators threatened their own season ticket holders if they sold their tickets to Leafs fans.

The Carolina thing for me was kind of funny. It was morning of game day when people from Ontario were being turned away for the box office, so obviously tickets were available. Wouldn't you rather have the seats full?

I think the league should fine teams that do that. It doesn't just affect team revenues.

 

[Tak7]

I've been to away games in Buffalo, Montreal, and Ottawa.. as well as the Big House in Michigan that one year. Holy shit that was something special.

The one I remember was in Ottawa a few years ago - Leafs beat up the Sens, but there was a goal under review (I think Mason Raymond?). They reviewed it, eventually called it a good goal, and the goal announcement send shivers down my spine.

I remember watching the game when I got home and Glenn Healy, who was still at HNIC at that time, made a comment about how awesome the Leafs fans were, as they worked through that review.

 

[Dog]

I been twice in D.C. and was probably 30% leaf fans. In San Jose was about 15%.

 

[hd1344]

Looking forward to adding DET to the list this winter, though its become a bit more expensive with the new arena.

Part of the Leafs nation invasion (also wih the Jays) is the value relative to a comparable cost. People are more apt to treat these games as an event (spend the night/weekend/etc), that they will book off, save up, etc. Vs an ACC home game, especially if they don't get down to Toronto often. Contrasting the ACC prices and atmosphere, and gameday (Go, subway, usual routine) vs. Having a roadtrip feel to it and being with a few thousand like-minded and loud leaf fans, makes it alot more worth it in some fans minds, where they would maybe pass up a home game for a mini road trip.

 

[Clark4Ever]

That was probably one of the most intense Leafs regular season games...it was high octane from start to finish.

I miss Mogilny. Maybe the most purely skilled player we've ever had.

 

[Clark4Ever]

I think we probably have the best fan support on the road in the league, despite what Montreal fans like to think.

 

[Pookie]

Tampa is great

Spring training baseball and then a hockey game.

Great food and atmosphere.

 

[MapleLeafistan]

I think we probably have the best fan support on the road in the league, despite what Montreal fans like to think.

Toronto has authentic support...meaning local Leafs fans outnumber those who moved out of Toronto.

Montreal doesn't have authentic support, especially out west. In Western Canada, most Habs fans are actually Anglo-Quebecers who moved to Alberta and BC when PQ took control of Quebec and began imposing French language laws. Never met a local Habs fan in BC...there's a few, but they're rare. Leafs fans on the other hand are everywhere...most of them have never been farther east of Kelowna!

 

[MapleLeafistan]

Edmonton

 

[indigobuffalo]

Now that fan excitement has dwindled down a bit there are lots of Leafs fans at the Jets games.

55/45 split roughly.

When the Jets left in 1996 a lot of Winnipeggers had to choose between the Leafs and the Oilers. But since the Oilers were such a bitter rivalry most chose the Leafs.

Reimer was a great example, as he was only 8 when the Jets left and said he grew up a Leafs fan as a result.

I'm a season ticket holder after all. Although I was born in Toronto and only moved to Winnipeg in my teens.

 

[Pyrophorus]

I'm interested to see how many went to see the Marlies @ Belleville.
Much closer for us.

 

[BayStreetBully]

I’m thinking of taking a road trip to watch the Leafs. All things considered, what’s the best fan experience for a Leafs fan: Leafs game in Montreal, Ottawa or Buffalo?