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Originally Posted by fourgrounds
(Post 83728)
We 100% agree, we actually had a talk with the game day staff post prospects re: Ice Girls and Bones getting more involved and trying to amp up the crowd more. Cameron (The CHL pump up guy) was a prime example of what the Girls and bones should be doing at some point during as many whistles as possible. We are going to work on this and see what we can do.
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That's great... I have no issues with the girls themselves, but they could be doing a lot more... And Yes!!! Bones should absolutely get more involved... I mean sure, it's great when Bones taunts the other team... But Cameron REALLY brought it for the prospects game, and made what was essentially a blow out have a big game feel...
It would even be nice if they could become 'Personalities at the game' like Laura-Leigh, and Rod Mahood... The players should always be the star of the show, but come on... Instead, we get 3-6 nameless girls, that pretty much all look the same, act the same etc... It just feels a bit creepy to me, and maybe that's the 40 yr old me, I know the 20 yr old me would be all over having them at the game...
I get that they're supposed to be 'Eye-Candy' but I feel that's perhaps a bit demeaning, their job is to be pretty, and be looked at. I just wish there was a way to make them less (and I hate to use this word) pointless. Like you said, maybe trying to pump up the crowd, or maybe we'd need a different group of girls for that. Most of the time when they're not dancing, they're standing around looking bored.
I'd just like to see someone getting some energy out of the crowd, make it feel like a big league experience. My uncle played hockey, and I grew up going to his games in the OHL, AHL and NHL... Though I was very young, I can remember it being a 'Big Ticket' feel... The rink was 'THE' place to be... It was exciting, it was moving, and I don't just mean the action on the rink. There was a mascot capering about, there were people pumping the crowd up. At the risk of sounding like a 'Negative Nelly', we feel kinda minor league by comparison.
But here's the good part, we don't have to. We have a winning team, we have a great new building, granted it's not optimal for hockey as previously stated. But we have a great fan base who get behind just about anything. We generally cheer on command, the merch store sells various noise making things, there are freebies given away that help with the noise making... The way the building pushes noise to the roof is our biggest barrier to having a Loud, Raucous, hard for the other team to play in, building...