TORONTO, Ont. – Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs will get a chance to respond to the latest wrinkle in the so-called ‘Battle of Ontario’ Saturday night.
The rivalry took another twist this week, when the Ottawa Senators sent out an email to season-ticket holders offering a 20 per cent discount to their family and friends with one condition; they don’t sell their tickets to Leafs fans.
The Leafs fans will get their chance to potentially voice their displeasure Saturday night when the Sens visit the Air Canada Centre.
Sportsnet’s Ian Mendes told Sportsnet 590 The Fan the Sens’ decision likely comes after a specific incident involving fans last year.
“A lot of this in Ottawa stems from some ugliness that happened last year on St. Patrick’s Day,” Mendes said. “I think in hindsight, maybe scheduling a Leafs-Senators game on the 17th may not have been a wise idea.”
Besides any St. Patrick’s Day shenanigans, Sens fans are often drowned out by Toronto fans when the Leafs visit our nation’s capital.
“Yes they do take over, the Toronto Maple Leafs fans are obnoxious, totally obnoxious, you can’t even hear any Sens fans cheer and they do it on purpose,” said one fan.
The Sens’ new policy will also apply to fans of the Montreal Canadiens.
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Very unsportsmanlike. Sad that hockey is coming to this….and they wonder why fans have had enough
First of all, the Sens fans are such sore losers and snobs. Secondly, it’s not the Leafs’ fans (or Montreal’s) fault if their cheers drown out the small section of Sens fans….it just goes to show how many fans there are to cheer for the Senators…meaning there’s not that many! GO LEAFS GO!
Can nobody see this is just a scam to help boost ticket sales in a season that doesn’t really count??
Whith all this usless stupidity its not hard to understand why the world is so F— –
Ben could please move out of TORONTO
Thanx Much
Sounds like a Freedom of Mobility arguement in the future.
If Toronto/GTA had a second NHL team than the fans could actually get (less expensive!) tickets and not have to take their kids to Ottawa or Buffalo just to see an NHL game. If Bettman actually cared about the finances of the league he would, at the very least, be talking about a second team in the GTA. The NHL needs to be rid of Bettman and the sooner the better. It needs a commissioner who represents the interests of the league and not just the owners.
Hey 680
You should give two tickets to the GAME
to the best comment ! A lot of PEOPLE
cant afford them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Time LEAF Fan From 1965 !
Maybe the vendors that sell the beer should be monitoring the sale of it, so to much isn’t sold to those who would be ruining it for everyone, as for more leaf fans it a free enterprise and it’s a hockey game not a bar, anyone of any age can buy a ticket and go to any game and cheer for any team that they want to cheer for. I’m a Sabres fan and there are always lots of Sabre fans in Ottawa and Toronto when they play against each other, just like there are lots of Toronto fans who make the trip to Buffalo when Toronto is there. Ottaw fans go cry in your pillow or beer for that matter somewhere else.
leafs suck
Hey Loma & Marie
It Should be !
Ottawa-WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wa wa WA WAAAAAAAAAAAAA that’s all this toronto fan says
It’s pretty bad when you have to bribe your fans!!!! Ottawa has No class at all. Very proud to be a Leaf Fan ,,,GO LEAFS GO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GAME LEAFS WILL ALWAYS HAVE MORE CLASS THEN OTTAWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..but worse grammar.
Says the guy who neither knows what an ellipsis is, nor how to use it.