Hockey, the good, the bad, the ugly

As some of you may know I am a hockey fan. I have season tickets for the Montreal Canadian ( shared in a group ). I am not so much a fan of the home team, as of the sport. But at this week-ends match, I had quite an experience. The game was Montreal vs. rival Toronto, both fighting for a playoff spot. So as you can imagine, their were alot of emotions on the ice, as well as in the stands.

First things first, when we got to the game, just as the anthem was finishing, i thought i walked into the wrong arena. The leaf jersey's outnumbered the canadiens jersey's 2 to 1. Second, I was impressed to see how involved the Toronto fans were. They were cheering on their team right up until half way into the second ( at a score of 4-1 ). Until that moment, you couldn't even tell there were canadien fans in the stands, as Toronto had been out-cheering throughout the whole game. It was at this point i realized alot of montreal people aren't satisfied with cheering on their team, they feel the need to insult the opposing crowd. Now this baffles me, having your team win ( and by quite a margin as the game finished 6-2 ) isn't good enough, you find it necessary to insult the other fans. Personnaly to see my team win, should be a moment of pride, and to stand tall, not crawl around in the gutters with personal insults to the other fans. As they say around here "ya du monde qui savent pas vive!"

Another point i wish to make, and this is directly towards the staff of the Montreal Bell Center. YOU ARE A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES! Now that i have said it, let me explain why. Early during the match ( like 10 minutes into the first period ) a couple of security guards ( if you can call them that ) came into section 430, and had were having what seemed to be a heated discussion with some toronto fans. After a couple of minutes i see the guards leaving with a Toronto flag on a broomstick. The explanation that I overheard was for security reasons they don't allow any sticks in the stands. Now i can agree to this, as it can be dangerous, but at least be fair, because no later than 20 seconds after this moment, did they show 3 people on the "jumbotron" waving full sized canadiens flags on broomsticks. These three people appeared no fewer than 4 times on the screens, and at least until midway through the third period. Now can someone explain to me, why they confiscated the Toronto flag and not the Canadiens one, is it because of a) We are in Montreal, not Toronto ( which if you ask me is a lot of crap,as they are allowed to cheer on their team if they want ) or b)because we were in the upper deck, and the canadiens flags were in the more expensive seats, and they figure that since they paid more, they should be allowed to get away with more?