Last night after the jackets 5-0 decisive victory over the Flames, I walked into the press conference room with Hitch where he whispered: 'After the conference you need to go straight home because we have had an incident'.
Great.
Hitch is very good at stirring me up and then leaving me hanging. It drives me crazy in fact and I have had many discussions with him regarding this very matter.
After the conference he took me aside and told me that they had received some anonymous calls (well, the guy must have forgot about that new fangled caller ID thing) that someone was going to take out Mason and blow up the building. Pretty serious stuff, really. Howson had taken Mason aside and informed him of the situation which, of course, sent worry through the poor kids' mind. He is a 20 year old rookie just trying to play hockey and start his career and now he is facing death threats?
It turns out it was nothing more than a drunken flames fan who was angry that his team was getting blown out. As each goal went in and every shot was stopped by Mason, he must have grown more irriated with the flames so he decided to take it out on Mason and the jackets. If you want to be mad for the flames losing, be mad at the flames!
The cops went to his house, arrested him, and charged him with a misdemeanor.
He was slightly intoxicated, and um, oh yeah...wearing a flames t-shirt.
You can tell he is a real hockey fan though...just look at that haircut.
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Were your "discussions" with Hitch the kind that induce me to say, Aww, poor Hitch.....?
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