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The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:10 pm
by cprice12
I've been meaning to ask this for a while...

For those of you who don't know...A LOT of fans at Scottrade before power plays have been doing this for some time now. A stupid "raise the roof" up and down type motion with their arms, but the arms look like they are signaling a "good field goal", during the song played before a power play starts.

What the hell is it, and how and why did this stupid, stupid thing start?? What did I miss?

This just screams like something Nashville fans would do...not Blues fans.

:facepalm:

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:13 pm
by abc789987
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It's stupid, that's what it is... But I still find myself doing it after 4 beers at the game...

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:17 pm
by dmiles2186
There's a 'superfan' named Jago. You may have seen him, if you've ever went to the big pre-game festivities prior to the home openers, you may have seen him dancing. He's got a mustache and his jersey says 'JAGO' on the back. Anywho, apparently he would dance like that and one section in particular (one of the 300's....don't recall which) started doing that when the powerplay music kicked in. That's the story I read, I think on the Asylum.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:26 pm
by cprice12
dmiles2186 wrote:There's a 'superfan' named Jago. You may have seen him, if you've ever went to the big pre-game festivities prior to the home openers, you may have seen him dancing. He's got a mustache and his jersey says 'JAGO' on the back. Anywho, apparently he would dance like that and one section in particular (one of the 300's....don't recall which) started doing that when the powerplay music kicked in. That's the story I read, I think on the Asylum.
I've been to the pregame festivities before the home openers a few times...didn't notice the guy.

Someone needs to cut off his arms for starting this stupid, stupid thing. :roll:

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:28 pm
by philco_3
To me it actually looks like the hands are suppose to copy a goal light flashing, but that's just me. But its still (Franking) stupid and it angers me every time I see people do it.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:47 pm
by glen a richter
philco_3 wrote:To me it actually looks like the hands are suppose to copy a goal light flashing, but that's just me. But its still (Frank) stupid and it angers me every time I see people do it.
If it's supposed to copy a goal light flashing, why in the bloody hell would they do it during Blues power plays?

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:52 pm
by AlsWoodenStick
It would look better if everyone did it, but when half the people don't even do it, and the other half are either half-assing it or looking like they're having a seizure it looks silly and is kinda embarassing. We should come up with something better...

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:00 pm
by fargoblues
cprice12 wrote:I've been meaning to ask this for a while...

For those of you who don't know...A LOT of fans at Scottrade before power plays have been doing this for some time now. A stupid "raise the roof" up and down type motion with their arms, but the arms look like they are signaling a "good field goal", during the song played before a power play starts.

What the hell is it, and how and why did this stupid, stupid thing start?? What did I miss?

This just screams like something Nashville fans would do...not Blues fans.

:facepalm:
++ on the :facepalm:

SRSLY. First someone lets a fricking blue bear mascot on the ice. Now this. EMBARRASSING.

The Jagoff that started this shit should be pitched over the edge of the upper deck or forced to be rinkside with Bernie to commandeer Bernie's piss bottle.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:02 pm
by ohio BLUES
cprice12 wrote:Get off my lawn!
:wink:

Lighten up, Francis. Let the children have their fun at the hockies game!

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:13 pm
by cprice12
ohio BLUES wrote:
cprice12 wrote:Get off my lawn!
:wink:

Lighten up, Francis. Let the children have their fun at the hockies game!
Yeah, yeah...
But you know, this is the kind of shit we make fun of Nashville fans over.

If they are going to do something in unison, at least make it cool.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:16 pm
by philco_3
Maybe if we sacrifice them to the hockey gods maybe they will be pleased and let us be awesome.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:55 pm
by Winning Unlimited
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It's stupid, that's what it is... But I still find myself doing it after 4 beers at the game...
Its more like this..

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Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:13 pm
by AlsWoodenStick
Again, I say... We should come up with something better... I know we can! Go go go!

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:45 pm
by cardsfan04
Yeah, this is the dumbest thing ever.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:46 pm
by dmiles2186
cprice12 wrote:
dmiles2186 wrote:There's a 'superfan' named Jago. You may have seen him, if you've ever went to the big pre-game festivities prior to the home openers, you may have seen him dancing. He's got a mustache and his jersey says 'JAGO' on the back. Anywho, apparently he would dance like that and one section in particular (one of the 300's....don't recall which) started doing that when the powerplay music kicked in. That's the story I read, I think on the Asylum.
I've been to the pregame festivities before the home openers a few times...didn't notice the guy.

Someone needs to cut off his arms for starting this stupid, stupid thing. :roll:
Not sure the link will work but I took that 3-4 years ago at a home opener. That's Jago.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... d=31111990

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:13 am
by theohall
Winning Unlimited wrote:
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It's stupid, that's what it is... But I still find myself doing it after 4 beers at the game...
Its more like this..

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Both of which are just as gay. ;)

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:40 pm
by fargoblues
dmiles2186 wrote:
cprice12 wrote:
dmiles2186 wrote:There's a 'superfan' named Jago. You may have seen him, if you've ever went to the big pre-game festivities prior to the home openers, you may have seen him dancing. He's got a mustache and his jersey says 'JAGO' on the back. Anywho, apparently he would dance like that and one section in particular (one of the 300's....don't recall which) started doing that when the powerplay music kicked in. That's the story I read, I think on the Asylum.
I've been to the pregame festivities before the home openers a few times...didn't notice the guy.

Someone needs to cut off his arms for starting this stupid, stupid thing. :roll:
Not sure the link will work but I took that 3-4 years ago at a home opener. That's Jago.

Image
Fixed.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:57 pm
by Jeffro
Really? After two years, you just noticed?

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:40 am
by cprice12
Jeffro wrote:Really? After two years, you just noticed?
I didn't just notice it. I had said I've been meaning to ask this for a while.
But I don't remember this being done last year to the same degree it is being done this year...but I only made it to a couple games last year, and one was up in the press box, so I wasn't sitting with the rest of the fans...maybe it was easier for me to miss I guess... I dunno.

Re: The power play hand pump thing...

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:30 am
by kodos
It is an embarrassment.

At the home opener a bunch of out-of-towner Flyers fans were sitting in front of me and they were mocking it all night. Doing a little "short bus" version of the dance when everyone else was doing it.

It was deserved.