The other night at the Penguins game, the ceremony that they held for Hitch was very nice. The building was loaded and Pat Burns' speech was very honest and heartwarming, just as you would expect.
The only thing that was infuriating was there was a pocket of Penguins 'fans' near the rafters chanting: "Let's go Pens" throughout the entire ceremony. There is no problem being boisterous and loud in an oppositions building, it adds to the atmosphere, but when you chant through a ceremony for a huge milestone in someone's career, it is flat out disgusting and disrespectful. Couple that with the fact that Pat Burns, a man dying of cancer, came all the way there to share in that milestone and you couldn't be more classless.
If you can't pay respect for such a milestone in the hockey world, you are no longer a fan, you are just a Hooligan in a NHL sweater.
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