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Promoters who bring over the likes of Elton John are not doing it because they love Elton or they want to grow an appreciation of his music or encourage the acceptance of gay entertainers , They do it to make money, money, money, no other reason. Thats why they are called promoters, so its a rather empty argument you use re the good of hockey. If it makes you feel better he will be losing lots of money in Christchurch apparently. Something to do with earthquake syndome rather than indignation its not good for hockey though
No one is saying they shouldn’t make money, just that claiming they are attempting to promote the local game is clearly bollocks; they really don’t give a shit about hockey or the NZ public.
the promoters who brought in elton john aren’t standing in front of the camera saying they are the champions of gay rights. These promoters however are claiming to everyone that they are trying to grow the game and promote it.
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy he isn’t as successful taking money of Cantabrians as he is elsewhere.
According to one of the captains talking on Close Up last night, all the profits are going to charity. I look forward to following that one up!
"Active":15rcx6y1 wrote:Promoters who bring over the likes of Elton John are not doing it because they love Elton or they want to grow an appreciation of his music or encourage the acceptance of gay entertainers , They do it to make money, money, money, no other reason. Thats why they are called promoters, so its a rather empty argument you use re the good of hockey.
[/quote:15rcx6y1]If you buy a ticket very expensive ticket to what you think is Elton John and an impersonator turns up, would you go to Elton John again? That’s my concern, there was talk of NHL megastars, multiple Olympians and Stanley Cup champions when the tickets first went on sale, and that clearly isn’t the case for who’s shown up.
"GP":1l3c7jfk wrote:If you buy a ticket very expensive ticket to what you think is Elton John and an impersonator turns up, would you go to Elton John again? That’s my concern, there was talk of NHL megastars, multiple Olympians and Stanley Cup champions when the tickets first went on sale, and that clearly isn’t the case for who’s shown up.
[/quote:1l3c7jfk]This is exactly it.
Slapshot productions have posted some photos of the two teams practicing tonight:
http://yfrog.com/user/slapshotprods/photos
Says the shooting is really accurate.
Valid point.
Its happening now and Ice hockey has already gotten a higher profile so it will be interesting to see what becomesLast night’s game was tied 3-3, Canada won it in a shoot out.
Check out the excited crowd: http://yfrog.com/h8pf9lej
Not a foam finger in sight!
The arena does look pretty amazing: http://yfrog.com/gz2xrroj
Herald article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar … d=10740496
“In the first five minutes the opposing captains Derek Armstrong and Aaron Miller downed sticks and dropped their gloves to line each other up. It seemed a little contrived – as if they were trying to prove they were fair dinkum – as they slugged awkward punches at each other while their team mates stood around watching. “
"Kyle":2zdasnqj wrote:The arena does look pretty amazing: http://yfrog.com/gz2xrroj
[/quote:2zdasnqj]Is that an NHL logo on the big screen? Somewhat out of place I would’ve thought…
Sounds like the event was pretty well received by most, plenty of entertainment but lacking in proper competition and intensity, not helped by a couple of staged fights early on. Those who didn’t know too much about hockey were happy and said they got what they paid for. Some who did have a bit of hockey knowledge said they expected better quality of players and it didn’t live up to the price they paid, and felt a little like hockey on ice thanks to the contrived fights. Some of them said they’d been to hockey in Canada and US and couldn’t understand the price of the tickets for what they actually got.
It’s good the audience that didn’t know much about hockey have been exposed to it and had a positive experience. Hopefully it means they might go along and see some local games if they get the chance.
Not that the result really matters, but someone said as they left “$50 says the US win the next game in a shootout”
"GP":n1j950e1 wrote:Is that an NHL logo on the big screen? Somewhat out of place I would’ve thought…
[/quote:n1j950e1]Yeah. I believe they’ve been asked not to use that.
Next game to go to USA. Decider in Dunedin. Woo.
"Kyle":1fxqe7jn wrote:"GP":1fxqe7jn wrote:Is that an NHL logo on the big screen? Somewhat out of place I would’ve thought…
[/quote:1fxqe7jn]Yeah. I believe they’ve been asked not to use that.
Next game to go to USA. Decider in Dunedin. Woo.
[/quote:1fxqe7jn]Not that they needed to know since the teams are nothing to do with them (invitational and unsanctioned) but the first Hockey Canada heard about this series was seeing shots of Team Canada in some promo stuff. And you wonder why people thought they were getting the real thing?
and the constant reference to a rematch from the Olympic final? Forget the fact that both teams met in the World Championships afterwards anyways. If you are going to misrepresent, one should do it accurately.
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