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Grex Sports Item 129: Hockey trivia.. help?
Entered by eblade on Thu Dec 22 06:03:20 UTC 2005:

Me and a friend are working on this trivia question, we can't seem to find
an answer for:
 
During Edmonton Oiler hockey games, fans are allowed to do something during
intermission that fans at other arenas can't. What is it and why are they
allowed to do it?

14 responses total.

#1 of 14 by cyklone on Thu Dec 22 13:42:45 2005:

Plug their engine block heaters into the arena power supply?

#2 of 14 by eblade on Thu Dec 22 14:16:00 2005:

hehehe.. i'm going to take a wild guess and say that that's probably not it.

#3 of 14 by albaugh on Thu Dec 22 18:49:22 2005:

I can't think what it might be.  One would naturally think it would have
something to do with the ice surface - but what?

I might suggest trying to pose the question on one of the on-line fan forums.

#4 of 14 by bhoward on Sun Dec 25 08:37:26 2005:

Ride the fanboni?

#5 of 14 by tod on Wed Dec 28 17:45:33 2005:

Request a refund

#6 of 14 by bhoward on Thu Dec 29 06:05:24 2005:

Actually, given the weather there, I wouldn't be surprised if they
were the only fans allowed to leave the rink during intermission to
warm up their car engines :-)  Then again, surely rinks in places
like Minnesota would allow their fans to do the same thing.

#7 of 14 by tod on Thu Dec 29 18:44:30 2005:

Watch horseracing

#8 of 14 by springne on Thu Jan 19 15:47:16 2006:

I'm sort of an Ice Bats fan.

#9 of 14 by albaugh on Sat Jan 21 00:05:44 2006:

"Ice Bats"?

#10 of 14 by springne on Sat Jan 21 00:24:34 2006:

Austin Ice Bats hockey team. Do I detect some skepticism?

#11 of 14 by albaugh on Mon Jan 23 21:42:44 2006:

Nope, just unfamiliarity (sp).  Interesting nickname.  What league are they
in, and who are their opponents?

#12 of 14 by springne on Tue Jan 24 01:00:43 2006:

They're in the Central League and they play a ragtag assortment of teams
scattered throughout Texas and the lower midwest.

http://icebats.com is the official site.

The teams:

06-07 Division
        Team Name:              Home Town:      State:
        Arizona Sundogs         Prescott Valley AZ 
        Broomfield, CO          Broomfield      CO
        New Mexico Scorpions    Rio Rancho      NM
 
Northeast Division
        Team Name:              Home Town:      State:
        Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs      Bossier City    LA
        Fort Worth Brahmas      Fort Worth      TX
        Memphis RiverKings      Southaven       MS
        Youngstown SteelHounds  Youngstown      OH
 
Northwest Division
        Team Name:              Home Town:      State:
        Colorado Eagles         Loveland        CO
        Oklahoma City Blazers   Oklahoma City   OK
        Tulsa Oilers            Tulsa   OK
        Wichita Thunder         Wichita         KS
 
Southeast Division
        Team Name:              Home Town:      State:
        Austin Ice Bats         Austin  TX
        Corpus Christi Rayz     Corpus Christi  TX
        Laredo Bucks            Laredo  TX
        Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees   Rio Grande Valley       TX
 
Southwest Division
        Team Name:              Home Town:      State:
        Amarillo Gorillas       Amarillo        TX
        Lubbock Cotton Kings    Lubbock         TX
        Odessa Jackalopes       Odessa          TX

#13 of 14 by albaugh on Wed Jan 25 21:03:56 2006:

I just love them animule nicknames - go Mudbugs!  :-)

#14 of 14 by inoki on Mon Jul 30 02:22:04 2007:

I have seen several Fort Worth Brahmas and Austin Ice Bats games.. that and
the Houston Aeros was all that helped me survive the terrible lockout.

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