NHL heading to Winnipeg!!! - Page 61

drew · #**1201** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 7:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

it sold out in one second....i had 4 computers on line and none got through for any section.

Sorry to hear that TV.

Wow, i figured having a moose ticket connection was just going to be good for a better seat. If not for that connection, our group probably would have been shut out.

Crazy. Literally every second person I know was sitting in front of multiple computers and on the phone at noon today.

Mister F · #**1202** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 8:09 PM**

Congrats to Winnipeg, that's awesome. Hopefully the boneheads at the league will start to realize where their bread is buttered and allow more teams to move to Canada.

Yume-sama · #**1203** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 8:20 PM**

lol NHL.com reporting they sold out in all of 4 minutes. Guess, uhh, Gary might have been wrong when he said he doesn't know if it will do better than in Atlanta?

Bdog · #**1204** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 8:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boreal

I generally try to be articulate but in this case, I'll channel the recently retired Shaquille O'Neal in asking...

Feepa, how does our ass taste?

Congrats to those who got tickets!

Winning....

Joshy · #**1205** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 8:59 PM**

Drive to 13 website says that all tickets were sold in 17 minutes, however NHL.com says they were gone in 4 minutes.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=564817

And my personal favorite quote from Bettman:

**"While I had no doubt the 'Drive to 13,000' would reach its destination, the remarkable speed at which it got there certifies the fans' hunger for NHL hockey and their commitment to True North's initiatives," said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in a statement before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in Vancouver.**

freeweed · #**1206** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 9:49 PM**

Holy christ on a crutch Winnipeg. I knew 13,000 was attainable, and after the first day I started saying "yeah, this could easily sell out on Saturday". But... but...

4 minutes. FOUR FUCKING MINUTES. At the 3rd highest average ticket price in Canada/the league (depending on who you ask). Why are there any teams in the sunbelt again?

I'm in shock at how this played out. Never in my wildest dreams would I have seen it going this well. Now the only problem is finding which of my friends managed to score tickets, and playing nice to them for a while until I get to see a game.

Edit: as pointed out to me, the Winnipeg waiting list is longer than Phoenix's season ticket base. 2 teams in Winnipeg perhaps?

bomberguy · #**1207** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 10:04 PM**

Now we wait for the announcing of the team name.

freeweed · #**1208** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 10:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberguy

Now we wait for the announcing of the team name.

The Winnipeg Cash Cows.

DLLB · #**1209** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 10:27 PM**

Well done Winnipeg.

PLEASE let it be the JETS!

The Jabroni · #**1210** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 11:25 PM**

I was right at the checkout screen earlier today, but then got screwed over because I didn't have enough in my credit card. I was in a rush to get to work, and I didn't even know there was a waiting list until almost an hour ago, right when I came home.

Thank God, one of my co-workers was a Moose season ticket holder, so he offered me some tickets once the next season starts.

The drive is alive in this city!

jigglysquishy · #**1211** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 11:52 PM**

Anyone on SSP wanna let me come to some games with them haha?

mr.John · #**1212** Posted **Jun 4, 2011, 11:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by DLLB

Well done Winnipeg.

PLEASE let it be the JETS!

the jets is so 50ish, if they want to be current they should name the team the high by-pass turbo fans

Xelebes · #**1213** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 12:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by mr.John

the jets is so 50ish, if they want to be current they should name the team the high by-pass turbo fans

Or the Vasimirs.

Biff · #**1214** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 12:41 AM**

Damn, my group got shut out too.

ToxiK · #**1215** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 3:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by bomberguy

Now we wait for the announcing of the team name.

The Winnipeg Bettmans...

Only The Lonely.. · #**1216** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 5:35 PM**

The Manitoba Roughriders!

Darkoshvilli · #**1217** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 7:05 PM**

I bet it will be the Manitoba Jets.

Calalb · #**1218** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 9:19 PM**

How bout the Manitoba Manatee.

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Kraze · #**1219** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calalb

How bout the Manitoba Manatee.

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LOL in no shape or form does that make any sense. there are no manatees within about 2000 kms of winnipeg

Calalb · #**1220** Posted **Jun 5, 2011, 9:40 PM**

Who says it has to make sense. It kind of has a nice ring to it!