Welcome to the spacious interior of Glendale, Arizona’s Jobing.com Arena, one of my favorite buildings in the National Hockey League to comfortably work in. There are extremely tight quarters in some of the league’s press boxes – I feel I’m a sneeze away from getting whistled for elbowing in St. Louis, Vancouver and Detroit – yet here in the Glendale press box, which stretches the length of the building – I’m afforded ample space, a cubby to place my backpack, and a second intermission hot dog. Bell’s Oberon is on tap at the nearby Yardhouse, and if you’ve ever spent a summer in Michigan, you know the significance of such a luxury. Back to hockey. Pictured to the right in the below photo was the net into which Dustin Penner scored his game-winning goal that sent the Kings into the Stanley Cup Final.
Looking at the pictures, and camera takes during the game, you’d have no idea it was really in the middle of nowhere.
I am still dizzy after reading Coach Sutter’s afternoon quotes.
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lakingbob(chi) Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:11 pm
@LA_1968, I really believe that Penner scored the winner on the left goal!!! 13 days til showdown at the United Center ….
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:34 pm
@lakingbob(chi), Penner is the man now. Good for him. Don’t know why he can’t get in shape without Coach Sutter on his ass but I’ll take Pens any day of the week with our current coach. Speaking of butt… Yes, I really look forward to the Kings kicking some BH rear end.
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I like the Job. Went there last year for game 2 of the playoffs. Very nice. Nice outdoor city walk right next door. Got my tickets for early April to go back for a Kings game there.
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Neil Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:04 pm
@KC23, great place..when we drove up and parked and no one collected money….Looked around…no one collecting for parking…thought for sure when we left we would either have a ticket or been towed…But Free Parking…Unheard of!!! I thought of setting up my own little stand and collecting $1 from every car coming in….
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With the exception of Kings fans that are going to attend it looks like the coyotes have a capacity crowd yet again. lol
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Heads up to Jon….Dont take a picture during the game of the crowd….I believe it was last season or the season before when Rich tried to do that and he got yelled at by Phoenix’s people !!!
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JonRosen Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:04 pm
@Neil, I was going to mention the Rich Hammond Rule! Fortunately, they’ve taken down the notices that pressbox photography is prohibited, and I feel that pre-game photography is kosher.
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looks like all the phoenix fans are already there……
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jet Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:07 pm
@fsd1, darn, I have to post quicker
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Behold: The least littering arena of the world!
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Can you tell us which teams scouts are in attendance tonight?
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Looks like both fans got there early
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Props on your photo of the ice at game time. What date was that taken?
/sarcasm
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Oh, da horrah….I guess I should have been around when this story was posted. Boy am I late!
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Terrible outer concourse though. Low ceiling, everyone packed in like sardines, no room to move.
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Gustavo Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:30 pm
@Naturallawyer,
Wife and I are 12’5″ combined. We felt claustrophobic in that concourse. Terrible!!
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Trivial..who has better attendance this season..Phoenix or N.Y. Islanders…..http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance……Yes I did ask this question earlier..you can cheat if you want to…
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:39 pm
@Neil, Since it seems like a trick question I’ll go with Islanders. BUT, which team was in the conf finals and which team hasn’t been in the playoffs since Christ was a child?
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Hunt for what? I’m completely lost …
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:17 pm
@goldielocks, an owner?
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goldielocks Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 7:01 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
LOL, right.
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hopefully Pencakes will get on the scoresheet tonight! i hope to see Brownie own Doan, maybe Smith will get lit up tonight, flop around on the ice, like he always does!! (cant believe the league even lets him play after the gnarly slash on Brownie) Just sayin!
GO KINGS!!!
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OT
Perry getting a 5 minute major and game for nailing Zucker of the MN Wild. Shanny is warming up the video cam for his next speech. It look like a case of cheap headhunting.
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Ravens Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:25 pm
@Gustavo, done dirty by a sea bass
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jet Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:36 pm
@Gustavo, that can’t be Corey ‘Lady Bing’ Perry?
Oh wait, that is Corey ‘lady gaga’ Perry. I got the two mixed up.
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Gustavo Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:43 pm
@jet,
It’s Corey “I’m butt hurt that Getzlaf got signed first so I’m going to headhunt someone tonight and get suspended for 5 games to show you who is boss” Perry
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I guess they want us to “join the hunt” for integrity
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Daryl Evans = Don Cherry Lite
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:34 pm
@Gustavo, He kinda has that thing going in his appearance, doesn’t he?
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Maybe “Join the hunt” is a promotion where they pay you money for finding more fans….
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jet Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, that guy is Mr. Hunt. One guess what his first name is
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xeropoint Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Well, since it’ Arizona, I would assume it has something to do with illegal aliens?
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:42 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Is a dingo the same as a coyote?
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Stoll fields a Sllot…
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“The spacious interior of Glendale, Arizona’s Jobing.com Arena.”
It’s certainly unencumbered by fans.
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The areana will fill up shortly. All of the dedicated fans are out foraging for discarded corn dogs at the moment.
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SLIM Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:45 pm
@jess,
Areana Huffington?
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jess Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
@SLIM, yeah I’ve been getting in some decent typos lately
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SLIM Reply:
March 12th, 2013 at 6:48 pm
@jess,
The moar the merior…
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/opinion/2013/03/30-thoughts-getzlaf-contract-may-impact-perry.html
Courtesy of Elliotte Friedman, which some of you may have already seen:
“How important is health? The Canucks lead the NHL with 12 players appearing in every game. Second is a tie between the Kings, Bruins and Penguins (11). Those four teams are a combined 58-26-11. (Chicago led that category until last week.) Worst attendance? Five players from Colorado and Buffalo have appeared in all their team’s games. Six for Columbus, Florida and the Rangers. Their combined record is 49-58-19.”
“One more: Chicago and Los Angeles have used the fewest number of players, with 23. Pittsburgh and Montreal are next at 24. Combined: 69-23-9. A ridiculous 11 teams have already dressed 30 or more. The leaders (with 31) are Calgary, Carolina, Florida and New Jersey. Record: 42-41-16. Could be worse. (Thanks to Stan Nieradka for the numbers.)”
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