tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712793719703864210.post8558873580650168651..comments2023-12-29T23:15:49.673-06:00Comments on 100 Degree Hockey - Texas Stars Hockey News: Chicago claims Game 2 in double OT, 4-3Stephen Meservehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01744997023150999054noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712793719703864210.post-91148293381679359622010-05-03T12:51:16.480-05:002010-05-03T12:51:16.480-05:00HDH have you seen Stafford's hit by now? I ass...HDH have you seen Stafford's hit by now? I assume you have. From a Stars point of view there's just no defending it; it's nasty. Whether it will warrant a suspension I don't know but it's an ugly elbow, high up. What's worse is that Stafford could have shoulder-checked him clean. Also, the ref is RIGHT THERE. How he missed it ...Emotamuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167059546887081176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712793719703864210.post-79497066551295175052010-05-03T11:54:11.292-05:002010-05-03T11:54:11.292-05:00Tommy, I was there on Sunday. You are accurate in ...Tommy, I was there on Sunday. You are accurate in your count I think. The upper bowl maybe had 200 people in it. MAYBE. My section in the lower level had less than 20 people. Each row seats more than that. It was a ghost town. Stafford clearly got away with the elbow but such is life. The fans around me definitely weren't willing to let that or anything else missed by the ref go. Especially the kicked goal.BrettBhttp://www.homestarrunner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712793719703864210.post-82802108320448545812010-05-03T10:35:40.364-05:002010-05-03T10:35:40.364-05:00It looked to me like they were counting all sold t...It looked to me like they were counting all sold tickets and not actual attendance, but obviously I could only see what the camera showed. In the two games we've had in Austin so far, the attendance was clearly close to the number advertised.<br /><br />I was actually disappointed at our turnout for the first game, but after seeing the crowds in Rockford and Chicago I think we are doing quite well.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576874570046598388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712793719703864210.post-38327393114515781682010-05-03T08:42:24.098-05:002010-05-03T08:42:24.098-05:00That attendance sounds pretty accurate for the siz...That attendance sounds pretty accurate for the size crowd they had. Note that unlike some arenas (Milwaukee), Chicago sells upper bowl tickets for every game, so there was a larger amount of people than what you could see from TV.<br /><br />But playoff games are usually of poor attendance until the later rounds due to a large number of the regular season attendance being composed of corporations who do not renew for the playoffs due to the unknown dates of the games. (How's that for a run-on sentence)<br /><br />And Stafford's hit on Doell was just plain ugly. As textbook as "elbow to the head" can be.Chris Jerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02453002616962921273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712793719703864210.post-4227060073660120292010-05-02T22:10:42.859-05:002010-05-02T22:10:42.859-05:00Where are they coming up with those attendance num...Where are they coming up with those attendance numbers? They'd be lucky if they had 1500 in either game.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576874570046598388noreply@blogger.com