You've got a good point there, it can get ugly too.
But during a match it certainly gives a boost to the players if they can feel the crowd authentically support them. And keep in mind that those who think fighting with the other team's fans are a very small minority.

But being accustomed to the fanatism of european crowds, you Canadian spectators seem a bit.. lame. No offence.

Maybe Canadians don't have the same passion for the game as us Europeans...

I think they do have a GREAT passion for the game. Well, for this game atleast
But it only shows on the ice.


And to add to my previous post, cultures do differ, and that's only a good thing.

Actually.................they have way more.

on average.

You can't tell passion just by a game crowd.

when you do that( and even in doing that i've seen plenty of Canadian club nhl games where the noise blows away anything i've seen at the worlds in Europe) you miss how much the game means to fans in Canada.

I understand this remark was made simply to stir the pot.
Really though, in the cultural context, modes of fan behaviour do not indicate the 'passion' fans have for the game. These modes of fan behaviour just indicate how people behave during an event.
Saying that Canadians have no passion for hockey because they tend to watch the game instead of themselves is rather silly.
You could say that Canadians are not passionate about singing songs and frolicking about in the stands during hockey games, because of their passion for actual hockey. which is played on the ice.

Where do these guys get their material ?? Seriously. If Euros were so passioniate about the game...how come there are hardly any fans when they host the World Juniors?? Why does Canada host every two or three years?? Hmmm. I think it's already sold out for Ottawa....

Didn't you guys here about one of the Team Canada players who played at the World Jrs in Halifax in '04 ?? It was so loud, that cups in the dressing room were bouncing off the tables....

Did anybody in Canada watch the '72 series? didn't think so...what about '02 in Salt Lake? Nah....only 10 million viewers out of 30 million.

No....we Canadians have no passion for the game...

During the Torino Olympics finals 5 million out of 5 million people in finland watched the game....See a difference in the ratios??

Oh....I understand ratios alright....and percentages.

Olympic Hockey Gold Medals:

Canada 9

Finland 0 = 00000000%

Maybe...but there still more finns watching even if we have not won it yet.
We still have more passion to watch it. Trust me we will win it.

And by the way....

The world standings :

1) Sweden
2)Finland
.......
3)canada

lol

http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-ch...mp-ranking.html

Because junior hockey isn't such a big deal in Europe, we like to watch the real men battle it out

Kinda sad though, that people here don't really appreciate junior tournaments, the matches only attract parents and girlfriends.

you can see its Canadian idiots in the crowd too!!!!!!!!! throuing in coins is so stupid

Canadian fans.................best in the world!!

Hands down.......no con-*test*-('"),let's wrap this silly argument up now.

I don't want it distracting from your bronze medal game.

Let's see the passion!!

LMAO!!!


Trust dryden to come up with something like this

Well, i want them to leave it all on the ice in that bronze game lucy...............i know how important it is to them.

Those bronze games..........................they're heavy duty shit!!

They must be ....we lose those

Ya know the worst medal has to be the Silver....you never WIN that one!!