DaneykoIsGod Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 We should really have a thread about the craziest/funniest/or worst times during a Devils game or any hockey game. Would be a fun read. Great idea for a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can start with one lol. This was back somewhere between 1996 and 1998 I would say. Cannot remember the exact season but remember the incident well. My family used to have season tickets at CAA in section 101, row 17, seats 7 and 8. This means we were behind Marty through 2 periods and in the same end where the Devils warmed up. This was also before they put up nets over the glass, so during warmups pucks going into the crowd was very common, especially in the corners. Well one day we were watching the warmups and suddenly we say a puck hit the crossbar/post joint of the goal and went up into the corner pretty fast and hit a woman standing to the left of me in the corner in the aisle right on her cheek. She was probably in her late 50's and was hit really good across the face so she held her face in pain and turned around. The guy next to her saw her in pain and started to help her up the steps to the concourse (they were standing roughly 8-10 rows from the ice). Well as she was slowly walking up the steps, another puck shot from the ice came up and hit her squarely on her back! This too was a hard shot to the point where she fell over on her stomach/face. A crowd gathered and the usher saw what happened and a bunch of people helped her up finally to the concourse to get medical attention. My dad and I to this day still remember that very clearly, but cannot remember for the life of us who we played that game or what exact date it happened lol. I also have other stories as well but I figured this was a good start lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie B Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can start with one lol. This was back somewhere between 1996 and 1998 I would say. Cannot remember the exact season but remember the incident well. My family used to have season tickets at CAA in section 101, row 17, seats 7 and 8. This means we were behind Marty through 2 periods and in the same end where the Devils warmed up. This was also before they put up nets over the glass, so during warmups pucks going into the crowd was very common, especially in the corners. Well one day we were watching the warmups and suddenly we say a puck hit the crossbar/post joint of the goal and went up into the corner pretty fast and hit a woman standing to the left of me in the corner in the aisle right on her cheek. She was probably in her late 50's and was hit really good across the face so she held her face in pain and turned around. The guy next to her saw her in pain and started to help her up the steps to the concourse (they were standing roughly 8-10 rows from the ice). Well as she was slowly walking up the steps, another puck shot from the ice came up and hit her squarely on her back! This too was a hard shot to the point where she fell over on her stomach/face. A crowd gathered and the usher saw what happened and a bunch of people helped her up finally to the concourse to get medical attention. My dad and I to this day still remember that very clearly, but cannot remember for the life of us who we played that game or what exact date it happened lol. I also have other stories as well but I figured this was a good start lol. Sounds like she has terrific positioning. We could have used her as Marty's backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Sounds like she has terrific positioning. We could have used her as Marty's backup. Haha if she had pads on I bet her save % would be up there. Also, does anyone remember the guy who did the handstand on the railing on the upper level at CAA and then fell over to the seats on the lower level and got injured pretty badly? I want to say that happened either in the 95-96 season or 96-97 season. Could have possibly been in the 97-98 but leaning towards one of the other two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck the Duck Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) Not really a crazy story, but a funny one from my perspective at least. During the 2004 playoffs (the season before the lockout), I went to game 5 of the first round vs. the Flyers with a friend of mine who is a Flyer's fan. I wore a Niedermayer jersey and got the typical heckling (Devils suck ... Niedermayer - DEAD!) from those bunch of white trash rednecks walking through the concourse, at the bar on the lower level and, apparently, on the radio because one of the local stations was broadcasting from the bar area inside the arena. Our seats were 3 rows from the top of the upper tier. Sitting a few rows directly behind us was this 4 year old kid with his grandparents. A few second after we got to our seats, the 4 year old starts yelling "Devils suck" as his grandfather is wispering in his ear. I took the high rode with the kid (obviously) and simply responded by asking the kid if he could count to 3. When he asked me why, I told him to ask him grandpa, as he would know the answer. A few minutes later, the grandfather comes back with beers and hotdogs for me and my friend and thanks me for not cursing at the kid. We got a good laugh out of it, and anytime I got heckled that night I held up the 3 finger salute, told them Claude Lemieux said hi, and asked them how Eric Lindros was doing...that shut those morons up pretty quickly. Edited September 30, 2011 by Chuck the Duck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoArmySports Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 This one time at Prudential Center.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 the carolina hurricanes winning the cup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion15 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 The Rangers winning the cup... hey $h!t happens every 54 years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxm262 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Back in my post college days, my first job was in Philadelphia. Lived on a budget and found myself at many Phantoms games. It was cheap and entertaining, and let me tell you hockey was maybe 10% of the reason why. Yeah a good portion of fans were families and kid’s birthday parties, but the Flyers’ new building was only a couple of years old at that point, and the Phantoms were the exclusive home for those newly priced out. So take whatever Flyer fan behavior you’ve experienced and take it down the evolutionary scale a few additional notches. One time we were just a couple of rows behind the visitor’s bench (P-Bruins), and the entire game a guy looking to be in his 40s was on his feet the entire game screaming at the top of his lungs at the opposing team/coaches. I mean he never let up, and the team wasn’t letting on they could hear him. After the second period, the team is heading to the locker room, the coach looks him right in the eye, cups his hand to pretend he is holding a bottle, and motions to pretend he is taking a few swigs. It did nothing but enraged the guy further, I was laughing over it for days. Why the rage you ask? I'd know, a regular season AHL game does have the feel and implications of a SCF game 7 I suppose. Oh and I almost forgeot.......there was an usher nearby the entire time and guy had his 2 kids with him, boy and a girl who looked to be approaching 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim777 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Oh and I almost forgeot.......there was an usher nearby the entire time and guy had his 2 kids with him, boy and a girl who looked to be approaching 10. You see a lot of that down here - one generation teaching ignorance on purpose to the next. Very odd if you live here but aren't from here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj96 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 One nondescript early-winter game in 2003, my girlfriend-at-the-time and I were sitting in our normal seats in the upper deck of Continental Arena just minding out business, watching the game. Somewhere around the end of the first period, a completely wasted, pretty rotund facepainter and his girlfriend sit directly behind us. There's literally no one else within 5-10 seats since it was an off game so we take notice (we saw them wondering around beforehand so we figured these weren't their actual seats) and continue watching the game, cheering, etc. About a minute or two after they sit down, he starts making grunting noises whenever we cheer or whatnot. For the next couple minutes it's like that which was starting to bug me. Then... The noises changed... What was a grunt became a gurgle. Without much warning, my entire back and right side were covered in a pink, foamy vomit that, to this day, I can't begin to fathom what he drank to create. I'm shocked - completely at a loss for words or actions... I stood up and looked at the guy. He was sitting back, almost passed out, with his girlfriend looking at me like, "What?" The usher came up with security and escorted us all down to the office. They got the boot, after much arguing by the facepainter, as we tried to get ourselves cleaned up. We got sent up to the ticket office to get our seats moved for the rest of the game (which was in about the middle of the second period at the time) where we were told that we could only get moved to seats within our ticket bracket, meaning we couldn't move up at all... So, we ended up sitting 5 rows forward in the same section. Pretty lame, Devils Front Office... To this day it's still a sore spot... We ended up having to get her leather jacket dry-cleaned and I (stubbornly) resurrected my jersey with Fast Orange to return it to its original white color... We never did get a call from the guy, either. My number was on the little security report just as his was but never got a "Hey, sorry I threw up on you" call... I see the guy around at games every now and again, usually drunk as ever, greasily fumbling his chubby, drunken ass through life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I was once at a game where Daneyko had a goal AND an assist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie B Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) I was once at a game where Daneyko had a goal AND an assist liar Edited September 30, 2011 by Biggie B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I was once at a game where Daneyko had a goal AND an assist Holy sh!t! haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 ha, I swear. It was against the Flyers, around 02 or 03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 ha, I swear. It was against the Flyers, around 02 or 03 http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200301300NJD.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I was once at a game where Daneyko had a goal AND an assist That's just as rare as this...(which I was also there for and still don't believe it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 That's just as rare as this...(which I was also there for and still don't believe it) I was there too, that whole game sucked and suddenly became worth it. Janssen scoring right after leaving the penalty box haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCroMag Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I was once at a game where Daneyko had a goal AND an assist This is the only response in this thread that I don't believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 nj96 -- that is so gross. My daughter who normally thinks burps are the funniest things on earth FREAKS when there's a pack of belching hockey fans behind her. She is convinced they are about to throw up on her. What I really love about our drunken Devils fans is that these kids are always extra nice when she turns around with utter fear on her face. They all try to keep the language clean they apologize to her and to me which freaks her out more because they lean over to speak -- not to barf... just speak - and she's sure a shower of vomit is forthcoming. I have no idea where she got this idea from - we've never had a drunken party at our house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Went to a Devils vs. Senators playoff game in '07 and there were a bunch of Sens fans in the row in front of us with their faces painted and all dressed up as centurions, capes and everything. One turns around and looks at us, a group half wearing jerseys and half wearing whatever we wore to work, and asks "It's the playoffs, why aren't you guys more dressed up, eh?" My buddy replies "Because we're from New Jersey. We have better things to do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 During the '95 playoffs against Pittsburgh (Game 3, won by the Devils 5-1), some Pittsburgh fan in the row behind me kept saying over and over again "No fvcking talent...devils have no fvcking talent"...even more so as the game went on and his alcohol consumption went up. Finally a Devils fan behind him tapped him on the shoulder and asked very politely "What did you say?" The Pittsburgh fan replied "You heard me...no fvcking talent." The Devils fan said, "Dude, seriously, lean in and speak up, I can't hear you." The Pittsburgh fans leaned in, started to say ,"No fu..." and proceeded to get pummeled severely by the Devils fan. I'm not usually a big fan of fighting in the stands, but the way the Devils fan asked his questions so nicely and the way everything took place...there was just something very slapstick about it that was kind of funny at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Back in the late 90's when the Rangers got Wayne Gretzky, there was a loud Rag fan behind me who wouldn't shut up all game at Continental. (Shocking). Wayne comes into the zone at one point, and throws a no-look pass behind the back right onto Kovalev's stick, who shoots wide. Everyone oooohs and aaaahhs including the guy behind me . Later in the game, Gretzky does a very similar pass to which bounces off of Kovalev's stick and into the corner. The talent scout behind me yells: "UGGGH Gretzky what are you doing? Trade the bastard!!!" Now, that would just seem sad in itself except during Gretzky's last season, I was at the Garden watching a game when I hear from behind me: "Trade Gretzky!! He sucks! I could score his 8 crappy goals!!" Now I'm not 100% sure it was the same guy, but if it was, atleast he was consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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