Playoff superstitions

[BOSSMANPC]

We all know that a lot of hockey players are superstitious to some degree.


As fans are there and superstitions or even rituals that you have when your favorite team is in the playoffs or even regular season games?

Don't be shy just say it.

I have a few.... I put my remote for the TV in the same spot along with what ever I am drinking. I do NOT eat during the game, before is OK but not during the game.

My wife used to laugh at me because she would say "trust me whatever you do in this living room has no bearing on the outcome of the game" Well logically this is true but I did them anyway.

Just curious to see what others do.

 

[DerringerEagle]

My opinion is and has always been that players in pro sports who are superstitious are those who are afraid of failure. Believing that excessive facial hair or the same colour socks affect the result of a hockey game is just plain silly.

 

[TOX1]

The only "superstition" I have is that on game day, I always wear a Flyers t-shirt. Even at work under my polo's or button downs.

 

[Vadered]

I wear the Flyers hat I bought this year when I went to the Wild/Flyers game (which we lost). It's not really helping, but whatever.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

My opinion is and has always been that players in pro sports who are superstitious are those who are afraid of failure. Believing that excessive facial hair or the same colour socks affect the result of a hockey game is just plain silly.

True DE but it does happen. Obviously nothing like that will change or influence the outcome of the game. It's just curiosity on my part wondering what players and fans do and why they do it.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Well it's obvious my superstitions have not work for the Bills or Sabres over the years even tho I still do them.

Maybe I should do the opposite.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

The only "superstition" I have is that on game day, I always wear a Flyers t-shirt. Even at work under my polo's or button downs.

Damn you Tox! Did you do that when the Flyers beat the Sabres in 75? Grrrrrrrrr !

 

[Gooch1034]

I have always tested how well the Pens and Steelers do when I am either watching, listening or neither. If they seem to do better when I listen on the radio or from another room, I dont go in and watch. Sometimes I get so pissed off I leave altogether and sometimes they do better when I m not around a tv or radio. I dont really believe it has anything to do with what my dumb ass is doing, but I still do it? I think its just nerves more than anything maybe?

 

[Vadered]

Damn you Tox! Did you do that when the Flyers beat the Sabres in 75? Grrrrrrrrr !

Well, maybe you should try wearing a Flyers t-shirt.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Well, maybe you should try wearing a Flyers t-shirt.

OUCH!!!! Damn you !!

 

[quoipourquoi]

"If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you are."

- Bull Durham


No jerseys until facing elimination. Then jerseys on every game day.

 

[anderwho2513]

My opinion is and has always been that players in pro sports who are superstitious are those who are afraid of failure. Believing that excessive facial hair or the same colour socks affect the result of a hockey game is just plain silly.

And how's that been working out for the Leafs?

What's left of the beard (admittedly a small goatee and thin mustache) is coming off tonight. Took it off after Game 3 of the Bruins series, and after Game 3 of the Habs series. Every minute of my day is thinking about what I did right and where I sinned against the Flyers. I'm basically a Roman Catholic when it comes to the hockey gods and playoff hockey.

 

[TOX1]

Damn you Tox! Did you do that when the Flyers beat the Sabres in 75? Grrrrrrrrr !

lol Naaa, just in the last 10 or so years.

75 was a long time ago, but it sure was sweet!!

 

[elocomotive]

What chair am I sitting in? Is my hat forwards or backwards? Should I go to the bar where my team is 2-1 or where they are 0-3?

Fan superstitions are pure lunacy, but the bastion of the true fan.

 

[forty_three]

I am a goalie, so I need an Oracle database to keep track of my superstitions...

If I eat a certain meal and my team does well, I tend to eat that a lot until they falter. The Sens run to the finals was fueled (in my mind) by Hamburger Helper.

I had more Buffalo Wings than any human should consume when the Colts won the Super Bowl a few years back.

 

[dare2be]

I had more Buffalo Wings than any human should consume when the Colts won the Super Bowl a few years back.

Danger Will Robinson, that does not compute!

 

[knumbe]

I cannot watch any of the intermission reports. I leave the room or call my brother in WA and talk about the game or something...I just don't do the intermissions.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

I cannot watch any of the intermission reports. I leave the room or call my brother in WA and talk about the game or something...I just don't do the intermissions.

Hey knumbe good to see you here man !! I look at the swamp every now and then and just shake my head at some of the crap over there.

I am sure you will like it here much better.

 

[knumbe]

Hey knumbe good to see you here man !! I look at the swamp every now and then and just shake my head at some of the crap over there.

I am sure you will like it here much better.

HEY HEY Bossman!! Good to see ya. Yeah, the marshes are everywhere, and I actually got snapped at by a gator last week while on a walk. Nothing like almost getting eaten by nature! My god it's hot here...I need to get back into the Southern summer thing. I became too northernized..lol

 

[dare2be]

HEY HEY Bossman!! Good to see ya. Yeah, the marshes are everywhere, and I actually got snapped at by a gator last week while on a walk. Nothing like almost getting eaten by nature! My god it's hot here...I need to get back into the Southern summer thing. I became too northernized..lol

lol, I hope you realize that the "swamp" is what we call the other board