Hockey Fans Are Hipsters
So the NHL playoffs has brought to light that fact that hockey fans are hands down the most irrational group of fans in existence. They have such a chip on their shoulder because their League sucked for so long and nobody respects them that they always, automatically get so fired up and so defensive anytime anything happens. They’re almost like Blackberry owners. Blackberry owners know their phones suck so anytime a person with an iPhone makes a comment its like they immediately take offense and get defensive. I could be like “I think I have that song on my iPhone, hang on” and a Blackberry person would be like “What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Blackberries can play music too. Just don’t even talk about phones if you’re not informed.” Ok, psycho. Same shit with hockey nuts. Like every single time I tweet something about hockey I immediately get “Bro you don’t know hockey so just shut the fuck up!” “Why are you even talking you’re not a real hockey fan!” “You are the worst person at Barstool I wish you would get fired and/or lose your life.” Same exact shit every time. Broken record from you hockey diehards like you’re the only ones on the planet earth allowed to discuss the sport.
And thats when I realized. Hockey fans are the ultimate hipsters. They love something that has been wildly unpopular for so long and they cannot STAND anybody enjoying the sport casually like it’s mainstream. Its exactly like the Brooklyn hipsters who are like “I liked the band before they got popular.” Now that the NHL has made a bit of a comeback and there’s some new viewers, or every time baseball/football/basketball fans pay attention for playoff hockey, they get so fucking angry and spiteful and they climb up on their High Horses. Its crazy. Easiest group of puppets to make dance. I could tweet “Man I really hope Lundqvist hits a home run tonight” and people would be like “YOU IDIOT THIS IS HOCKEY NOT BASEBALL THERE ARE NO HOME RUNS. JUST STICK TO GIRLY SPORTS YOU FAGGOT!” Ease up you fuckin nancies. The NHL is the 4th most popular league. It has been for a while, it probably will be forever. But the playoffs are exciting, and there are always gonna be casual fans watching come April. Not everyone is Barry Melrose. Now shut the fuck up and just be happy people like me are tuning in every now and then so you’re not on the goddam Versus Channel anymore.
Hey KFC, fuck you.
Looks like I need to start following pucks. If this guy is any indication pucks lead to pricks.
Kind of like how you and the rest of the Barstool writers approach Deadspin?
Note..this is a vancouver fan
actually its not that we don’t like other people jumping in as fans. its that we don’t like you Kevin.
Coming from a Mets fan and Jets fan. Probably the most defensive people on the earth. “Giants superbowl is last year, this is a new year. Go Jets! Were awesome! We make AFC Championships! Stop hating on us were relevant now!” Go fuck yourself.
KFC you are 100% right – Hockey fans have a huge chip on their shoulder… when it locked out, nobody gave a flying fuck. In fact most people forgot it existed. I fucking hate how they ram it down your throats too. They wear like 10 million pounds of pads, chill the fuck out they aren’t that fucking tough.
A+ blog.
And I went through the whole login rigmarole to post this. Can you freaking fix that?
Spot on, KFC. Hockey fans are the whiniest, hockey-er-than-thou fuckwits I’ve ever seen. Worse, as a group, than the fans of pretty much any other sport with the exception of Soccer. Just plain girls, most of them.
Absolute A+ blog
Only reason I root for the Rangers so I can get fucked up in June and go to a parade. Besides that hockey means so little to me its not even funny. It will always be in NY baseball>football>basketball>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>hockey
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>hockey
I’m trying to come up with an argument because hipsters are the worst thing in existence and I’m a hockey fan, but I’ve got nothing. Well done sir, well done
while i agree with most of this blog take it easy with the “most irrational group of fans in the world” crap. that title is held by the Jets and they need all the “titles” they can get
Absolutely loved how you told that BC hockey brah to “Dance puppet dance!” Worst of the worst.
Andddd the Jets are going to the superbowl right?
I just don’t get how you can actually watch basketball and find it entertaining? It’s a bunch of 6 foot 5 monkeys slamming the ball in a hole. That’s a stupid sport.. Plus we’re all white and basketball is all niggas so who gives a fuck about that sport..
hahaha NBA > anything is hilarious. last exciting thing that happened in basketball was Lebron telling Cleveland to suck it when he “took his talents to south beach”. anybody supporting a league where they want to be paid to play in the fucking olympics deserves to be playing butt darts in prison with charles manson
maybe because you and that joke over on the boston side constantly bashed the sport last year…then when your city’s team gets in the playoffs you become a fanatic and all knowledgeable nhl analyst. though i despise your face and overall view on life, portnoys definitely more guilty of this than you mr pimple eye
and the white people who suck basketballs dick are just trying to fill their subconscious needs to fit in with african american males and feel somewhat as physically dominant as a 6’5″ monkey who couldnt pass a standardized test to save his life. yea, hockey players wear pads, so do football players, and their pads are just as strong. id like to see any of you put yourself in front of a slap shot even with pads, or try to fight on skates, or take a hit from any defenseman. we can say whatever we want about those who talk shit about hockey because most hockey players have experience in all sports so we can compare. its people like you who cant say a damn thing. and fyi motherfuckers, we like the league as it was and as it is. the lockout had nothing to do with popularity and we sure as fuck dont want to get the attention the nba and nfl do because that would mean our players would have to fight dogs and have kids with 15 diff women or shoot themselves in the legs. viva la NHL faggots.
as a die hard blackhawks fan i’m pumped people who don’t know shit or don’t give a shit about hockey are starting to watch the game. people care enough that i get to see about 90 seconds of NHL coverage on sportscenter. still beats having to watch fucking bass fishing and motocross highlights between hockey glimpses on shitty versus the past couple years.
You’re just butt hurt that hockey fans were ripping you apart on twitter. fag.
Hockey is so, so, so gay. It is not the 4th of the “big four” it is probably the 30th behind all college sports, UFC, tennis, etc.
oh, look, another blog about hockey by people who don’t know the sport.
People who couldn’t make the baseball team living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, laxbrah.
Hockey being called gay by a guy named “laxbrah”. Seriously? Funniest joke on the stool all day.
The NHL has higher attendance than the NBA.
Hahahahahaha LAX player calling hockey gay…. That’s funny
http://knockedthefuckout.com/
Solid logic buy nukid3030. Especially that last part. Fucking hockey fans..
i think it’s more of a charlie brown kicking the football deal than a hipster thing. people generally shit on hockey so much that hockey fans are waiting for every casual comment to end with a kick in the balls
i hope the sport gets more popular, but as a diehard hockey fan, i don’t give a shit if it does or what the casual fan like kfc thinks. I love hockey because of the competitive ferocity of each game and the passion of its players. I love watching kids like parise, callahan, and tavares pour their hearts and souls into the game. They’re guys i can relate to and identify with and i like rooting for them. Sorry if i can’t say the same thing about guys like artest, kobe, carmelo etc. I’m not really interested in what the summer soldier or sunshine fan thinks.
and hockey hipsters are the worst. any pure hockey fan wants other people to enjoy the game too because we know how sweet and exciting it could be, and even more so during the playoffs.
As a big fan of the sport, that is pretty fucken hilarious. A+ blog for sure. Its funny watching the puckheads get wound up with your blogs. I thought your intention was to get the idiots all wound up. Hockey is fantastc in april and may and pretty medicore during the year. Obviously, the NHL is getting more attention and picking up more casual fans but its still #4. NBA is junk and nobody gives a shit. Baseball is Baseball and the NFL is the man and everyone knows it. Even the hockey hipsters. Thats funny shit KFC, i read your hockey blogs just to read the comments from the hipsters. Makes my fucken day
EXACTLY
relax clancy. you root for the jets and mets- your opinions are completely irrelevant. most people only come on here for strasser’s blogs anyway
thisisjoelrobinson, game 7 of last year’s Stanley Cup finals drew 8.5 million viewers; game 6 of last year’s NBA finals drew 23.9 million viewers. Also, the NBA has 12.8 million likes on Facebook to the NHL’s 2.2 million … so I think the NHL’s solid attendance numbers aren’t an indication of how popular the game is, it’s more of a testament of how loyal hockey fanbases are in general. Anyway, I like basketball more, but playoff hockey’s entertaining as shit.
KFC we dont want you watching Ranger games because everyone knows what giant jinx you are to any team that you ‘root’ for…watch all the playoff hockey you want, just not the Rangers
Hockey fans like other fans. As long as you don’t act like Maurice.
http://philly.barstoolsports.com/around-barstool/stop-scoring-first/
The whole PS section is a joke. Don’t act like you know what you’re talking about after watching 3 games.
its fun watching people get mad at each other on facebook over hockey playoffs. OMG YOUR SUCH A BANDWAGONER CAUSE YOU THOUGHT GREG ZANON WAS JORDAN CARON was a legit comment i saw yesterday on FB. fuck
i thought the nhl has been doing better lately in tv and ticket sales than the nba? could be wrong. that being said basketball is a ghetto sport and too boring. baseball i watch but id have more fun watching paint dry, in fact fantasy baseball is the only thing that keeps it relevant to me. football and hockey are on another level, but i guess some people arent meant for it. whatever, no harm done.
A+ blog. I love some of the “real” hockey fans that still can’t resist commenting here and making your point for you. So proud of the fact that they follow an unpopular sport/team they just can’t help but tell everyone about it at every opportunity.
the difference is that the “casual” baseball, basketball or football fan knows 10x more about the sport than the casual hockey fan. hockey is never on ESPN and it gets about 10 seconds on sportscenter, so naturally the casual fan knows nothing. the casual football fan still knows the majority of QB’s in the NFL. the average hockey fan can name you maybe 5 goalies in the NHL.
Hey rod beck, didn’t I punch you in the face and tit fuck your girlfriend in your car 2 years ago?
@ nyrrichter35: what’s your point? So if you can’t name five goalies in the NHL you can’t enjoy watching the playoffs or root for the home team?
I could say hockey is just a bunch of ugly canadians shooting a tiny black puck into a net and it would sound boring too. Fucking retard. basketball has its merits just like hockey.
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Only reason hockey isn’t popular is because of ESPN. Hockey highlights amount for about 30 seconds on sportscenter. But they have no problem showing a mediocre dunk for about 2 minutes. Or the same exact diving catch done by 5 different players. If ESPN would get off the NBA’s dick then hockey could become more popular.
The fact that you just tried to use Barry Melrose as an example of the NHL confirms that you are a person who lets ESPN tell them everything they need to know about everything. You’re a rook
@ dalesturtevent, pure unintelligence
KFC loved the blackberry comment thing, spot on, i still have a bb, my company pays for it, so its whatever, but i know what you mean, that was a gem you little faggot
PS regular season hockey is for the degenerates, real talk
100% correct blog. Hockey fans are such sensitive fags and should be happy the rest of the sports world tune in during playoffs
Remember growing up the kids that played hockey, absoultly sucked at every other sport ( and have zero sports knowledge)
About time someone said it. I’m sick and tired of all the game sevens and upsets and huge hits. Is much ratter see buster olney argue about players WAR for two hours. And a bunch of Mexicans slap a stick at a ball for 5 hours. its about time we took physical contact out of sports!
About time someone said it. I’m sick and tired of all the game sevens and upsets and huge hits. Is much ratter see buster olney argue about players WAR for two hours. And a bunch of Mexicans slap a stick at a ball for 5 hours. its about time we took physical contact out of sports!
The people who watch hockey are the degenerate white pieces of trash that grow beards, work mundane jobs, drink beer out of a can and pretend that their sport is interesting when in fact the NHL is just some stupid league filled with foreign guys with no teeth and assholes with long hair who think their the shit because they can run on ice. Its stupid. No, its intolerable. Its disgusting to turn on the TV and find some idiots run around seeing a bunch of Canadian drunkards screaming about a tiny ass puck in a net. And plus the junior hockey system is a piece of crap. God damn prep school hockey assholes running around like their the shit even though they’ll only end up at some shitty d3 school and wind up working at some stupid job coaching youth hockey. Viva the NFL, NBA and MLB. Fuck it: Viva NASCAR. the NHL sucks. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to get tested for pussyitis ASAP.
So wildly unpopular, in fact, that it’s been popular for a mere century. PS – birdfor3 once got raped by a hockey stick.
So I’ve got $100 that says one or more of birdfor3′s prep school GF’s got railroaded by his prep school hockey team. This is the ranting of a bitter little dweeb.
And as far as your characterization of hockey players, I played at my prep school, then in college, and now I’m an MD. And once in a while i will drink beer out of a can b/c i’m not a metrosexual elitist douche like yourself.
Hockey players are the most down-to-earth of the all the major sports. And anyone who thinks the NBA or MLB is more exciting than the NHL needs a psychiatric evaluation.
Gaystoolie got overlooked here. Great comment my man, still the funniest person the the stool
I mean whatever, I just played prep school hockey so what would i know, right? And being in the Navy is also apparently a metro-sexual douchey elitist thing so sorry for serving I guess. But I digress. The main point here is the NHL. Not prep school – My fault for bringing that apparently touchy subject up. Look the NHL is just the worst league there is. I play hockey and I just can’t stand that the league thinks its big shit even though, compared to the NFL and MLB, its not nearly as enjoyable. Playing hockey and watching it are two different things.
fresh610, it takes a completely different, and arguably more tuned, set of skills to play hockey than, for instance, football. But the fact is that your typical hockey player is much, much, much better at football than your typical football player is at hockey. Your cross-sports analysis is thus defunct. And birdfor3, the NHL functions exactly like any other league in the world, except at a much higher level. Not sure if you’re just bitter about not getting a D1 scholarship or something, but your comment makes no sense.
birdfor3, No one gives a fuck in the comments section of barstool if you serve in the Navy.
People just tweet you that stuff cause you’re actually fucking retarded. Fuck the Jets, Fuck the Knicks
so first its calling fans of other teams fags, now its calling fans of other sports fags? not to sound like a pussy, but to each his own right? Why all the hate here? especially hockey, a fucking badass sport, where guys get slammed into walls and are allowed to fist fight. whoever commented here saying hockey players arent that tough…. what are you talking about ? …what sport has tougher players?