I went to my first Pro Lacrosse game tonite, and let me tell you, it was great! I recommend it to anybody that has a team in their town.
It was at the Pepsi Center in Denver, and it cost us all of 10 bucks a ticket to attend. The game was exciting; alot like hockey, except these guys HAMMER each other! Cross-checks from behind: allowed. Whacking your opponent with your stick, in the head: allowed, as long as the recipient has the ball.
I am stoked on Lacrosse now, whereas before I wasn't into it at all. Take your family, have a good time, eat pretzels and drink beer, and it would still cost less than $100 for 4 people.
Anybody a fan?
BDV

 

Ah yes, Another Truly Canadian Game.

Glad you enjoyed it.

We have a pro team also.

 

I've never been to an indoor game but I heard there's a lotta action and more physical contact than regular field lacrosse. The rules are supposedly a lot different. Sounds like a good time.

 

RIGHT ON!

I'm STOKED that people are finally discovering this game.
(Canada's national sport!)

I'm going to see the Calgary Roughnecks play the New York Saints today at 1:30. I've been to every home game so far. With ticket prices from $10-40 you can take a whole family. The action is better than Flames games and you get the Drill Crew (chearleaders). Calgary's been averaging about 10-11,000 attendence at their home games.

I've been playing lacrosse since I was kid. It's the BEST game going. I played mostly outdoor field lacrosse, I don't have a lot of experience with the indoor game. I played right up till after high school, even played on the provincial team. I had to quit when I got crunched and lacerated a kidney and then I moved. I'm looking to get back into it in a summer league here in Calgary.

I think this game could really take off, everyone that goes to a game is hooked, we just need to get the word out. These guys are INCREDIBLY talented, the game is fast paced, and it's ROUGH. Do yourself a favour and check it out if you've got a team in your area. Even better, check out the minor leagues in your area and get your kids (or yourself) involved.

Any questions, just shoot.

Waxy

 

I thought that was hockey ?!?

 

No, Lacrosse (being Canada's oldest sport) was started by the natives long before the white man came along and developed Hockey.

Speaking of Canada,does anyone know how Newfoundland was discovered?

 

Actually Canada has two national sports, lacrosse and hockey. It was amended a few years ago to include hockey.

Dennis, I know! I know! I'll wait and see if our Yankee friends can get it.

Waxy

 

1497 AD John Cabot Discovers NewFoundland- John Cabot together with his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland. He claims it for England.

 

ERRRRRRRRRRR! Try again.

Waxy

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/C/Cabot-J1o.asp

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright (c) 2003.

 

Alot of the high schools in the Denver area have lacrosse programs, mostly suburban upper-class and private schools...
As soon as the other schools can afford to take it on, they probably will. One of the guys on the Mammoth actually coaches a high school program in Littleton.
As far as popularity, it was extremely well recieved here. The first game they played at home, they offered $2.00 tickets and $2.00 beers, and the game started at 11pm. 15,000 people showed up! The attendance last night was 16,032, and everybody was into it. (didn't hurt that we pounded the Vancouver Ravens 18-11)
It's nice to be able to go to a sporting event and be able to afford it...hockey games here will cost you 60 bucks for nosebleed seats and the place is full of ritzy non-fans that talk about annoying mumbo-jumbo behind you the whole game.
I will be buying season tickets next year; great seats cost about $200 a piece, which is a great deal...
BDV

 

Just got back.

ROUGHNECKS WIN!

Really good game. Good action, a couple of good fights, a couple real nice goals. Just over 11,000 in attendence.

I even got myself a free Molson Canadian/Calgary Roughnecks T-shirt.

alanscott, try this link.

http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/viking.html

Oldest known European settlement in North America.

Waxy

 

Alan's Quote:
1497 AD John Cabot Discovers NewFoundland- John Cabot together with his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland. He claims it for England.
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Wrong, Waxy is wrong too though.

 

Was I even on the right track?

Waxy

 

To listen to the folks from NS, Newfie has YET to be discovered!..

What is it with you Canadians anyway? Monsterous land mass, population of California, weather that, (won't comment on the weather). Jeez, and here you are slowly taking over the US very quietly in the arts, business, and now sports?

Hey Dennis, do you have a list of the influential Canadians that everyone here in the US thinks is American?

I didn't realize it till I took a trip up there. The work ethic is just incredible. Met a nice Canadian girl and married her. I think I got the better deal.

I remember in school how the maps just stopped north of the border. Where my wife comes from in Nova Scotia is still clipped off. NS is further south than Oregon! Gets hotter there in the summer, too. To think it was almost one of the original states. The US really screwed up on that. We could have used the pirate mercs, (privateers, hah!), on our side.

I give my wife flack sometimes when she says the Canadians are helping the US in the war effort. Things like, "Hows the CA Army going to fit the VW bus in the Airforce Cessna?" But really, I'm afraid- I'm very afraid.