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Chiefs leaving Johnstown

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jimmie2dog

wait till next year
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- In the 1977 cult hit movie "Slap Shot," when player/coach Reggie Dunlop learns his minor-league hockey team will fold, he boosts player morale by planting a phony story in the local paper: The Charlestown Chiefs are moving south.

And now, 22 years after they were founded in a moment of inspiration from the film, the real-life Johnstown Chiefs really are moving to Greenville, S.C.


FULL STORY
http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/minorlh/news/story?id=5037018
 
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The only acceptable place for them to move would have been Charleston.

I have a lot of family in Johnstown (my cousins are all over the extras and crowd scenes in that movie) and this is a Bad Thing for a city that was put on this earth to endure bad things. At least this one is minor, but very sad.
 
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So where are my boys going to play low level minor league hockey? *

* My last name is Hansen and I have 3 boys who play hockey. Yep, I get a copy of Slap Shot every year at Xmas from some wise fool.
 
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MoFan said:
So where are my boys going to play low level minor league hockey? *

* My last name is Hansen and I have 3 boys who play hockey. Yep, I get a copy of Slap Shot every year at Xmas from some wise fool.
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SPHL with these goons. And for the lovers of goon fights, here's another camera angle.
 
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Dirty said:
SPHL with these goons. And for the lovers of goon fights, here's another camera angle.
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Looks like they had more fans than the NCAA regionals. And they'll have more fans for the next few games, too. Fighting sells in minor league hockey. BTW, here's the box score
 
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joecct said:
Looks like they had more fans than the NCAA regionals. And they'll have more fans for the next few games, too. Fighting sells in minor league hockey. BTW, here's the box score
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I find it funny that 2 players from Fayetteville got game misconducts for "fighting off the ice" and no one from the other team got one. I hope they got penalized for fighting each other, teammates, in the tunnel. :D
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I find it funny that 2 players from Fayetteville got game misconducts for "fighting off the ice" and no one from the other team got one. I hope they got penalized for fighting each other, teammates, in the tunnel. :D
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Even funnier when you realize that one of the players was the starting goaltender. :D
 
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Reggie Dunlop: You know, your son looks like a fag to me.
Anita McCambridge: I beg your pardon?
Reggie Dunlop: You better get re-married again, or he's gonna have someone's c888 in his mouth before you can say Jack Robinson.
 
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oh well... i go there a couple times each summer to golf. obviously not around to watch any game.:cool:
 
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Denis Lemieux: Icing 'appen when dee puck come down... Bang! ... You know... before dee udder guy. ...Nobody dere. My h'arm go comme ca, den dee game stop den start hup."
 
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WE'RE LOSING!!

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NSFW - Language

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