In appreciation for Plebiland's admission to Canada, the Plebiland Hockey Association will be throwing an international tourmement for teams from this region that wish to participate. If your nation wishes to send its national team. Just post on this thread by Friday 2000 US PST.

The Bweezystan Blades are ready lace 'em up for this tournament

The Micon Madmen will definitely enter the tourney.

A hockey tourney?

Well, the Redundancian Roughriders are ready to drop the puck.

Now, if I could just borrow Rick Nash to play for my country...

We're in, the East Gdansk (thinks of a random animal) Pandas

The Blackshear MudSnakes are ready to throw down.

The Eel Cezno Psychos are ready and willing.

I am hereby officially resigning as vice president of the Canadian Sporting Association. It never went anywhere.

On a happy note, The MrPopo Polar Axis will join the tourney

The Saskatoon Saskatchewan umm... Blades will enter the tourny.

Go TEAM US!!!

Hmm. . .this could be difficult. Since I'm actually Canada, and RP'ing as such, what is Canada's team?

Oh, well, I'll go with my own choice.

The Ottawa Senators will be playing.

I would think that Canada's team would be the grammatically-incorrect Maple Leafs--at least if you take the same connotations as one would of "America's Team" for the popular sports here. As an explanation, the Dallas Cowboys have long been referred to as "Amercia's Team" but they are reviled by just as many, or more, people as they are loved by.

All right this is going to be big, 10 teams already !

Wouldn't logic dictate that Canada's team would be the Montreal Canadiens? :)

I dunno, it just seems to me that the Leafs (Leaves) are more broadly either loved or hated.

And who ever used logic in the sporting world?

lol

The Cowboys (and Yankess) are widely loved and/or hated because of their sustained success and string of championship seasons. Using that criteria, the Canadiens would definitely be Canada's Team. Was anyone here even alive the last time the Leafs won the Cup? :P

Was anyone's grandparents alive the last time the Leafs won the cup? :D

Bweezy, that's cold.

According to her profile, Ess was alive when the Leaves (I cannot in good conscience use the grammatically incorrect name anymore. Sorry) last won...

And while Toronto hasn't had any championships lately, they're been good for quite a few years--the Habs have been up and down in that span (and also haven't won a Cup in 11 years, so...)

Maybe we need to take a vote and find out who really *is* the most loved/hated team in Canada.

I, personally, dislike the Edmonton Oilers more than any other NHL team. They were forever eliminating my beloved Winnipeg Jets from the playoffs in the '80s. Despite my relocation to a suburb of Edmonton, I cannot find it in my heart to forgive them.

Strangely, I have forgiven the Oilers. I watched in horror at the Arena during game 4 of the second round of 1987, when the Jets seemed destined to tie the series at two games apiece, only to collapse in front of me. Then I watched the great 3-1 collapse of 1990 (still the best series I ever watched).

They beat us, but at least they were a good team. I have never forgiven the Canucks for beating us - a bunch of pylons.

As for the Leafs love/hate thing...

They have an enormous fan base, because they're the team of the biggest city in the hockey country. People love to hate, what many others love. Same thing can apply to the Cowboys and and Yankees. They have tons of fans, so they have tons of haters as well.

Just an idea...I know you guys have other reasons for hating the Leafs.


(And there's also the fact that so many Canadians hate Toronto for some reason...someone's gotta explain that to me someday)

My hatred for the leafs stems from the fact that they've been built into a pack of thugs. I liked the leafs in the Harold Ballard era- their team wasn't comprised of jerks back then. I held out hope for liking them again when my hero and role model, Ken Dryden, became their President. But Pat Quinn had to continue ruining the leafs.

I also resent being forced to watch them EVERY Saturday Night.

(Well, not this season - we're getting cable installed today!).

Meh, they're just putting on what's going to attract the most people.

And if HNIC were on a private network, I'd be more tolerant. However, CBC's main aim is to show diverse programming that promotes Canadian culture. Showing the Leafs every Saturday is not promoting diversity.

I don't hate the Leafs, in fact they were the first team I supported (in the Lanny MacDonald, Daryl Sittler, Borje Salming era). I just don't see them as Canada's team.

Further alienating me from my Alberta neighbours, I don't hate the city of Toronto, in fact it is one of my favourite places in Canada. Virtually all of my relatives live within two hours of T.O.

I bet their is a convoy of angry gun-toting rednecks on their way to apprehend you right now...

I just looked outside my window...



:lol:

I think that's the wrong nationality of angry, gun-toting redneck.

You'd be surprised at the similarities.

Since the Saskatoon entrant is also called the "Blades", Bweezystan's national hockey team will now change its nickname to the "Bullheads"

oh sorry, I didn't notice, I just thought of our dub team. :hide: I could change mine to the blues in honour of the RL blues almost moving the team to S'toon. :blush:

Rural Saskatchewan and Alberta have plenty of Rednecks believe you me.

Anyways, the reason I hat the leafs is well simple, Pat Quinn was a bum when he played(anybody remember the cheap shot he layed out Orr with?) and now, the team he has is full of bums. Next to Detroit, there's no team I can't stand more. Hell, the current leafs would ahve ben great like ten years ago, not anymore.

Oh yeah, GO OILERS GO!!! (Nedved might be coming back :clap: )

It's ok, I like bullheads better anyway :)

Oh, I believe it--but in the picture, the rednecks are wearing colors and symbols of the University of Tennessee. I'm just thinking that Canadian rednecks wouldn't be rooting for them, you see...

Nah, all us Canadians love the University of Tennesee :P

Go Vols!!!

And, they've got the cutest mascot!



:D

I was going more for a cheap laugh than anthropological accuracy. It appears I failed on both accounts. ;) :D

Nah, the cheap laugh was successful. I was, in fact, playing on the joke with my posts--I think my deadpan style just made it seem like I wasn't amused.

The format of the competition will be a 10 team league where each team will play each other once. At the end of the league stage the top 2 teams will go straight to the semi-finals with the next 4 teams playing in qualifying finals to enter the semis.

Lets roll