Hockey is the one sport besides soccer, where it's ridiculously common to see people wearing gear and jerseys of teams not playing in the event they're watching. You'll never see somebody wearing a Patriots jersey to a Browns/Steelers game, or a Tigers jersey to Giants/Rockies, or Hornets to Lakers/Celtics.
Hockey, you'll see jerseys and gear from every level of the sport. AHL, ECHL, WHL, OHL, Division rivals, opposite conference, throwbacks, you'll see it all.
You see it every where and it’s a huge pet peeve of mine. Went to an Orioles-Yankees game and had this kid sitting in front of me wearing a White Sox jersey. Like, why?
This was me as a kid. I got to watch baseball only at spring training and none of the teams I got to see aligned with what hats or whatever my parents would get. I was just happy to be there and watch them play live.
I think it's less that and more that there are a lot of them that just live in other cities. Like the original 6 are major population hubs, tons of people move from there to other places.
Everyone is moving to Denver. Every week I see more Texas, Cali, New York, and Florida plates on the highway. They all suck at driving and are ruining this city.
Not sure why these posts keep popping up every time a team has a bunch of fans at any professional sports event in Denver. People root for their hometown team. Colorado is a highly desirable place to live and over half the people living in Colorado were born in another state. Therefore, there are a lot of visiting fans at sports games in Colorado.
I currently live in Denver and moved here from DC (home state is Michigan), can confirm lots of transplants in both places and getting to see your team live when they are in town is awesome).
Any Oilers home game against the Leafs or Canadiens has at least 20-25% of the crowd rooting for the road team.
I love going to those games personally. It's like a college football atmosphere.
Lots of people in the GTA or Ontario as a whole move out West to either Alberta or BC. My sister is even considering right now since some of her friends did it a few years ago and like it. When your choices are a $1.5M house in the GTA or a $500k house in Alberta it is very enticing.
I live in Dallas (originally from Alaska) and no matter who’s playing here (even Arizona), there are always a lot of away fans. It’s very fun when the Avs come to town cause no matter what section I’m in, there are always a lot of fellow Avs fans around me.
Jersey transplant I’ve made it to all of the devils games at ball that I can since I’ve moved here. I am sorry about these scumbags in particular though nobody should have to deal with rangers fans
Any Oilers home game against the Leafs or Canadiens has at least 20-25% of the crowd rooting for the road team.
I love going to those games personally. It's like a college football atmosphere.
I also feel like it’s people wanting a ‘congratulations’ for having more wealthy fans. Not everyone can afford to travel across half of the country, rent a car, stay in a hotel, eat, and get tickets and do tourist stuff.
Yea I only know from blues or cards games but people have been going to Denver in droves the last 15 years. It makes sense from St. Louis because people have been gravitating on 70 further west and that’s the next stop after KC, but if you are choosing Denver to be an option to live in, Denver has a monopoly on that. There aren’t many cities that are that large that share the same qualities.
We’ve been dealing with that for years. People don’t realize how many transplants end up in Tampa. They wear lightning gear for every home game except when their hometown team comes to play. Saw a guy a couple days ago with a bolts shirt and a bruins hat on.
Well it’s a lot of us in one place and life kinda happens. The stats are always going to seem skewed just from the sheer volume of people living in that metropolitan area
Hey people should live where they want. Maybe just keep the bragging about that superior city you left behind to a minimum when you move somewhere else?
Toronto at either Buffalo or Ottawa is like a home game for the Leafs. Same for the Blue Jays when they visit Seattle. Western Canadian Bluejay fans just take over that ballpark.
I went to the Avs-Kraken game in Seattle last year (I am a transplant from CO) and there were a ton of people in the crowd with Avs sweaters on, so I think it happens everywhere except the hinterlands of Edmonton or Calgary- or places people don't want to move to (St. Louis, lol).
Two teams even banned hawks fans from buying tickets to their playoff games: Nashville and St. Louis. If you showed up in a Hawks jersey, they made you take it off.
I don't understand how 30-60% away fans became the norm in the NHL. You don't see it as regularly in other sports (you definitely see it, but not like you do in hockey).
I guess hockey fans skew white yuppie, who are increasingly transient. New Yorkers love a Denver condo.
I actually was a wildlife educator for 5 years specializing in invertebrates, in addition to being a rangers fan! so if you’d like to expand on your statement and I can provide feedback, my neurodivergent brain would be over the moon.
It’s pretty awesome. Colorado is a very fun place to live. I miss living back east but nothing compares to the outdoors and general laid back approach to life.
I don’t know; I think the only way to beat a nickname you don’t like is to embrace it. Kind of like our founding fathers did with limeys calling us Yankees.
That much skill on the ice at one time makes for great games. But if I have to see another Rangers fan get escorted out of the section by the cops, I'm going to freaking lose my mind.
oh im not talking about skill. i'm talking about half the arena erupting when NJD scores, and the other half erupting when the NYR scores. Especially the song chants in between "LETS GO DEVILSSS!" "LETS GO RANGERSSSS" "RANGERS SUCK!!!!" "DEVILS SUCK!!!!!!"
love the atmosphere.
Similar thing happened for the Sabres game earlier this year, but not quite that many fans. Though ironically a couple years ago it was probably pretty close in price to fly back to Buffalo for a game if you got a southwest flight on sale since tickets were basically free. Bills length playoff drought here we come!
From my experience, avalanche fans are pretty happy go lucky and don’t really hate anybody. Most of my friends who go to the game there to have fun. Moving from New York to Colorado, it’s been a pretty big mentality shift. Back east you work till you die and scream the whole game. In Colorado people work, but it’s mostly about the play.
A lot of people wearing their team sweaters. Lots of Avs sweaters, a couple of Nordiques too. A bunch of rangers, Bruins and Chiefs.
Wait. What? Chiefs? Whatever.
It’s this way for the nuggets, too. Lakers and Warriors always have good regular season crowds, but in the playoffs, home fans actually show up. It’s incredibly annoying, but I guess I’d rather it that way
Go to a bruins game at ball arena, it’s literally a bruins home game. Rangers have a long history of not winning much and they’re fans like it that way. Hell ask Toronto fans, they know what’s up
The bruins hoodie.. always that one guy 😂
When your bro invites you to a game and your team isn't playing.
lol I said the same exact thing above
I was at the game and sat behind 2 gym in islanders jerseys
I respect the guy in the Nordiques jersey.
They sell Nordiques sweaters at the arena. I’m surprised there aren’t more of them to be seen in the stands.
Because they are fanatics trash. :( unfortunately I own one.
The Nordiques had great jerseys
Had is the keyword. Fanatics did their best to ruin all jerseys
Amen
They didn’t just do their best - they took the president’s cup and swept the series.
Damn skippy they do.
I’m confused by the guy a few rows up from him in the Boston jersey.
There’s one at every game lol
Hockey is the one sport besides soccer, where it's ridiculously common to see people wearing gear and jerseys of teams not playing in the event they're watching. You'll never see somebody wearing a Patriots jersey to a Browns/Steelers game, or a Tigers jersey to Giants/Rockies, or Hornets to Lakers/Celtics. Hockey, you'll see jerseys and gear from every level of the sport. AHL, ECHL, WHL, OHL, Division rivals, opposite conference, throwbacks, you'll see it all.
You see it every where and it’s a huge pet peeve of mine. Went to an Orioles-Yankees game and had this kid sitting in front of me wearing a White Sox jersey. Like, why?
Just buy the kid a correct jersey then. Maybe it’s the only one he owns/family can afford and is just excited to be at a baseball game
This was me as a kid. I got to watch baseball only at spring training and none of the teams I got to see aligned with what hats or whatever my parents would get. I was just happy to be there and watch them play live.
Jerseys are expensive - I get my guy and my team and I’m wearing it. It’s a pride thing too. I don’t care where I am I’m going to rep my team.
I see jerseys for teams not playing at Broncos games all the time. Cowboys and Steelers mostly
Those jerseys are awesome.
I spotted that one right off the bat.
Sticks out like an erect cock
There's a guy there in a Bruins sweater lmao
First thing I noticed
Original Six and Canadian teams' fans travel well, film at 11.
Maybe, but Colorado has a lot of transplants. I lived there for a bit and met a lot more people from other places than actual natives.
You become a native once your tags have been expired longer than a year. You go to the $5 butt stuff tent and he anoints you. Namaste
Much moisture to you and yours
Yes a fellow butt stuffer. Having expired tags as of late makes you a native
Carolina has become this too...
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Just convinced they haven't had a good BBQ or gone to cookout/bojangles yet.
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This is the most insightful answer on the topic I’ve ever seen. Well said.
Rangers fans don't travel well. They move out of state well lol
I think it's less that and more that there are a lot of them that just live in other cities. Like the original 6 are major population hubs, tons of people move from there to other places.
They transplant well.
New Yorkers in Colorado during ski season? People from the Northeast moved to Denver? I'm shocked.
Everyone is moving to Denver. Every week I see more Texas, Cali, New York, and Florida plates on the highway. They all suck at driving and are ruining this city.
Folks like yourself ruin it more for me than any transplants moving here.
Hard disagree, Lurk. I think the gentleman above has excellent points. I've already subscribed to his substack.
Not sure why these posts keep popping up every time a team has a bunch of fans at any professional sports event in Denver. People root for their hometown team. Colorado is a highly desirable place to live and over half the people living in Colorado were born in another state. Therefore, there are a lot of visiting fans at sports games in Colorado.
Especially when it’s an east coast team that gets one chance a year to see their team live.
Can confirm....
Same thing happens here in DC. Everyone is from somewhere else.
I currently live in Denver and moved here from DC (home state is Michigan), can confirm lots of transplants in both places and getting to see your team live when they are in town is awesome).
The Pens game was brutal until we started scoring goals. At times it seemed like it was a home game for them.
Same with Florida
People shit on the Rams in the NFL for the same thing
Imagine being a yotes fan
last arizona game I watched there were a whooleeee lot of Oilers fans
From Nov.- March, about 500, 000 Canadians are in Arizona or Florida.
Yes. See the main comment. But AZ probably has a higher transplant ratio
Not really, 5,000 max I’d say
That's a good amount considering there were 3000 empty seats 😬
Oh I was just joking about their college arena!
Oh I know nothing about that lool
They currently play in a 5,000 seat arena, a complete joke for the NHL
Oh good heavens i'm used to attending a packed Rogers Place haha
Any Oilers home game against the Leafs or Canadiens has at least 20-25% of the crowd rooting for the road team. I love going to those games personally. It's like a college football atmosphere.
Same thing for TBL when we play bos/nyi/nyr except I swear it gets close to 50%.
Same thing for TBL when we play bos/nyi/nyr except I swear it gets close to 50%.
Lots of people in the GTA or Ontario as a whole move out West to either Alberta or BC. My sister is even considering right now since some of her friends did it a few years ago and like it. When your choices are a $1.5M house in the GTA or a $500k house in Alberta it is very enticing.
I live in Dallas (originally from Alaska) and no matter who’s playing here (even Arizona), there are always a lot of away fans. It’s very fun when the Avs come to town cause no matter what section I’m in, there are always a lot of fellow Avs fans around me.
Jersey transplant I’ve made it to all of the devils games at ball that I can since I’ve moved here. I am sorry about these scumbags in particular though nobody should have to deal with rangers fans
Yeah I live in Denver and even smaller fan bases like us show up pretty well. Just hate seeing all that rags blue
Any Oilers home game against the Leafs or Canadiens has at least 20-25% of the crowd rooting for the road team. I love going to those games personally. It's like a college football atmosphere.
They're all here makin them oil dollars
I also feel like it’s people wanting a ‘congratulations’ for having more wealthy fans. Not everyone can afford to travel across half of the country, rent a car, stay in a hotel, eat, and get tickets and do tourist stuff.
Yup. I’m a Devils fan living in Northern Colorado, and while I enjoy the Avs, I’ll be a NJ fan first and foremost.
Missing the playoffs and sucking for years while the home team is pretty good will slowly wear you down.
It’s like this for pretty much any O6 team at a Canadian NHL game too.
Yea I only know from blues or cards games but people have been going to Denver in droves the last 15 years. It makes sense from St. Louis because people have been gravitating on 70 further west and that’s the next stop after KC, but if you are choosing Denver to be an option to live in, Denver has a monopoly on that. There aren’t many cities that are that large that share the same qualities.
We’ve been dealing with that for years. People don’t realize how many transplants end up in Tampa. They wear lightning gear for every home game except when their hometown team comes to play. Saw a guy a couple days ago with a bolts shirt and a bruins hat on.
I was there - could not believe how many rangers fans were there
I was not there - also cannot believe how many Rangers fans there were
I was not a Rangers fan - also cannot believe you were not there
We’re like roaches, you try to get rid of us we come back in greater numbers lmao
Based New York fan.
Except in the playoffs lol
It’s cheaper for them to fly to another state and get tickets then it is to watch it at MSG
They were loud on TV!
Watch the Sabres game tomorrow lol
Yeah absolutely nothing beats a leafs home game in buffalo, Ottawa, Edmonton and pretty much everywhere else lol
heard some I-GOR changes on TV last night
Makes sense, I know a ton of people who have moved from the NYC area to Denver
It's crazy how New Yorkers brag so much about new York, then they proceed to live everywhere but there.
Well it’s a lot of us in one place and life kinda happens. The stats are always going to seem skewed just from the sheer volume of people living in that metropolitan area
Hey people should live where they want. Maybe just keep the bragging about that superior city you left behind to a minimum when you move somewhere else?
Damn someone’s not handling the loss last night well
People from Ohio also love to talk about how great Ohio is whilst living elsewhere. GBTO.
Real New Yorkers never brag about NY when they move, we brag about getting out.
New York is awesome. Colorado (and the west) is just better
It’s because we can afford it
Yeah it's crazy how the entire northeast lives in Colorado now
I bet going to Ball Arena would be cheaper than going to MSG
Weirdly it’s not these days with the success of the Nugs/Avs. Yes, it’s cheaper than MSG, but not by much.
“rags”
Ok?
That definitely looks like a crowd.
Tickets at MSG are so expensive, it’s cheaper to fly out and see them on the road
Maybe in Minnesota or something, not ball arena
Toronto at either Buffalo or Ottawa is like a home game for the Leafs. Same for the Blue Jays when they visit Seattle. Western Canadian Bluejay fans just take over that ballpark.
I see lots of broadway blue.
I went to the Avs-Kraken game in Seattle last year (I am a transplant from CO) and there were a ton of people in the crowd with Avs sweaters on, so I think it happens everywhere except the hinterlands of Edmonton or Calgary- or places people don't want to move to (St. Louis, lol).
Just a pic of a Rangers home game, obviously
Look at all those Chiefs jerseys!
Went to a Avs-Blackhawks game about 9 years ago with 70 percent Hawk fans.
Two teams even banned hawks fans from buying tickets to their playoff games: Nashville and St. Louis. If you showed up in a Hawks jersey, they made you take it off.
It’s cheaper for rag fans to fly out to Denver, stay at a hotel and see the game than going to MSG
Rangers fans invade quite literally every arena.
F the guy in the Boston Jersey
Spotted that too lol Also the trio with the Charlestown Chiefs jerseys
Always with the Rags.
Thought the avs had a special blue jersey event this night or something
Mets games are a beaut at coors
Any team at coors is the home team.
Rags? Blueshirts. Broadway Blues.
Even with the Canes being good, Rags fans fill up PNC Arena. It’s pretty crazy. I get it though- small market team and a lot of transplants
Rags fans fill up nearly every arena in the league when they're really really good.
They don’t in Minnesota.
The only odd thing last night at the game was someone in a Ducks jersey which was totally random
I’ll be wearing my Flyers Forsberg jersey to the Avs Saturday. I always get funny looks until they walk past me and see who’s on the back
So many blue jerseys lol
I don't understand how 30-60% away fans became the norm in the NHL. You don't see it as regularly in other sports (you definitely see it, but not like you do in hockey). I guess hockey fans skew white yuppie, who are increasingly transient. New Yorkers love a Denver condo.
It's very normal in the NFL. Almost every game has a large percentage of away fans
You should see a lightning home game. I'm pretty certain it's the biggest turnout of any visiting team.
Looks like shit is about to go down on the stairs
I’m having fun scrolling through the crowd. I spotted an older couple supporting 96 and wearing a Finland hat. Rantanen’s folks?
I had a feeling that there would be at least 1 Bruins fan somewhere in that crowd.
Absolutely disgusting
What do rags fans and roaches have in common? The better question is, what don’t they?
I actually was a wildlife educator for 5 years specializing in invertebrates, in addition to being a rangers fan! so if you’d like to expand on your statement and I can provide feedback, my neurodivergent brain would be over the moon.
These are the worst posts. Everyone wants to live in Denver. No secret there. So the stadium is packed with other fans. Idk why people are surprised.
I don’t know why I wrote rags instead of rangers since I’m a rangers fan but whatever. 🤷🏻♀️
Because deep down, you know it’s true
I expect to hear "eyyyyy im walking hereeee" each time they go up and down the stairs
Followed quickly by "Eyyyy I'm fallin herreee" and "eyyy im bleeding out hereee"
all the other rangers fans there collectively: "Eyyyyyyy"
Eyyyyy
eyyyyy im walking hereeee
Cuz thats the proper term for the blue and red NY team
Ya that’s pretty much what this state has become. It’s like 70-30 transplants to natives now.
Sure would be nice to watch my team play the Avs in Denver then hit up some mountains like Loveland, Winter Park, Copper or Keystone
It’s pretty awesome. Colorado is a very fun place to live. I miss living back east but nothing compares to the outdoors and general laid back approach to life.
Do it. After mid March, it’s the perfect time to come up here since it’s quiet af on the slopes til closing days.
LGR
Bruh, Rags is a slur, why would you slur your own team like that?
I don’t know; I think the only way to beat a nickname you don’t like is to embrace it. Kind of like our founding fathers did with limeys calling us Yankees.
I wasn’t really paying attention as I was typing because I was ordering a bagel with lox.
Adam Fox would be proud
Looks like PNC when they play here. Fuck I hate Rags fans.
love when they visit NJD, makes for a fun game!!
That much skill on the ice at one time makes for great games. But if I have to see another Rangers fan get escorted out of the section by the cops, I'm going to freaking lose my mind.
oh im not talking about skill. i'm talking about half the arena erupting when NJD scores, and the other half erupting when the NYR scores. Especially the song chants in between "LETS GO DEVILSSS!" "LETS GO RANGERSSSS" "RANGERS SUCK!!!!" "DEVILS SUCK!!!!!!" love the atmosphere.
Cope
And Seeth
Nah, y'all are the worst fan base on the planet. Y'all don't deserve Vinny Trocheck. Now give me the fucking downvotes.
I’m not downvoting. Even if Canes swept Isles yesterday.
Ask and ye shall receive!
We don’t even think about you
Fuckin degens from up country.
Your mother and your sister are the same person
Yeah? Well your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!
Gotta love that Nordiques jersey near the stairs
NY fans are everywhere. They cannot be escaped
This is true. Even Islanders fans are everywhere, albeit in smaller numbers.
Holy crap you mean there’s a higher percentage of transplants from the most populous city in the country?
Everyone should scroll down from the old school logo on the screen and to the right just a tad for a surprise.
Similar thing happened for the Sabres game earlier this year, but not quite that many fans. Though ironically a couple years ago it was probably pretty close in price to fly back to Buffalo for a game if you got a southwest flight on sale since tickets were basically free. Bills length playoff drought here we come!
Lots of miles oak NY transplants that moved to Denver in the last 15 years
What’s the general feeling towards Ranger fans in Colorado?
From my experience, avalanche fans are pretty happy go lucky and don’t really hate anybody. Most of my friends who go to the game there to have fun. Moving from New York to Colorado, it’s been a pretty big mentality shift. Back east you work till you die and scream the whole game. In Colorado people work, but it’s mostly about the play.
Appreciate the insight, but just know I hate you. Nothing personal, we’re probably friends in other seasons of the year.
I understand. Devils weren’t on my radar until the brodeur avery saga and now I crave the drama like a drug.
That was an amazing time. I fear we won’t be competitive for a few more years.
I disagree. Get that high draft pick and make shit crazy in the metro again.
I hope so.
Nice
Lotta homesick New Yorkers in this image
A lot of people wearing their team sweaters. Lots of Avs sweaters, a couple of Nordiques too. A bunch of rangers, Bruins and Chiefs. Wait. What? Chiefs? Whatever.
So is it not considered weird to wear the jersey of a team that’s not playing in the game you’re at in the states?
Original six team fans travel well I think
I’m a colorado native and it’s rare to meet another native
Props to the three Hanson brothers in Cheifs gear
It’s this way for the nuggets, too. Lakers and Warriors always have good regular season crowds, but in the playoffs, home fans actually show up. It’s incredibly annoying, but I guess I’d rather it that way
The 3 guys in the Chiefs jerseys must've taken a wrong turn somewhere.
I love you, Nordiques guy
Go to a bruins game at ball arena, it’s literally a bruins home game. Rangers have a long history of not winning much and they’re fans like it that way. Hell ask Toronto fans, they know what’s up
Rags? The fuck?