Hockey Season's Back, So Where Are The Real Fans? - Page 2

There’s also a “TV fan,” the kind that subscribes to Center Ice and makes sure to watch and record every game available. This type of fan will reschedule an anniversary dinner to watch a playoff game.

And the third kind of fan is the “REAL FAN.”

This is like a TV fan and a live fan mixed together and on steroids. I mean the kind of fan that attends home games, away games, and records the games to watch again later. Now there are situations where REAL FANS are mistaken for TV fans. I’m sure if we lived in Denver, my husband would be an Avalanche season ticket holder. But we live in Mississippi, and we’re not independently wealthy, so he watches and records every one of the Avs games and has learned to live with that.

While my husband is a REAL FAN, I am definitely not. I am a great live fan, and a pathetic TV fan. We are season ticket holders for our local CHL team, the Memphis RiverKings. I love going to the games. I cheer like crazy, I own jerseys, and I know the players' stats better than my own PIN number. But when they’re out of town, I’m hardly a fan at all. My husband makes plans to listen to the game on the radio or a web cast, but not me. Occasionally I will listen, if I don’t already have plans, but I’m certainly not going to plan things around a web cast. I want to know the score and of course I want the team to do well, but not being there, it loses something. I need to be there with the team to really get in the game. Maybe it makes me less of a fan. I don’t know. I do know that I’m still a hockey fan, day or night, whether it’s January or June.

So while I may not eat, sleep and bleed hockey, I am very, VERY happy that October is finally here. I can almost smell the ice.

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