NASHVILLE, TENN.-Ken Hitchcock, coach of the St. Louis Blues, is fond of saying noNHL team should expect to go into Nashville and come out with a win.
"It's like the Colosseum in Rome."
Why? Well, the team is good - even great, maybe - but the fans are better.
"They're all dressed in one colour. It's a very bright colour," Hitchcock says of the Preds' home gold jersey. "I don't know why, but the seats are full for the start of the game. It's obviously not a corporate crowd in the lower bowl. It's very intimidating . . . because the building is full before the puck drops. Everybody is in their seat and it's like they're waiting for you."
Christians, meet the lions.
"It's a football crowd in a hockey rink," concludes Hitchcock.
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"It's like the Colosseum in Rome."
Why? Well, the team is good - even great, maybe - but the fans are better.
"They're all dressed in one colour. It's a very bright colour," Hitchcock says of the Preds' home gold jersey. "I don't know why, but the seats are full for the start of the game. It's obviously not a corporate crowd in the lower bowl. It's very intimidating . . . because the building is full before the puck drops. Everybody is in their seat and it's like they're waiting for you."
Christians, meet the lions.
"It's a football crowd in a hockey rink," concludes Hitchcock.
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