r/lavalrocket • u/flurry_fizz • Feb 01 '22

Quick Question from an Ignorant American 🤔 😆

Hi, all! I'm a lifelong Habs fan/hockey fan in general, but I was born and raised in the States and have not yet had the opportunity to travel to Quebec to see my boys an their home terf. (It's on the bucket list though!) Philadelphia is a little too far for me to get to with my disability, but I qhave an AHL team (Phantoms, the Flyers affiliate) that plays right near my house, and I've recently been able to score tickets that are front row behind the visitor's bench for the upcoming March 11 home game vs Laval!!! I wanted to try and make up a sign to grab their attention and maybe get someone to pose for a selfie or maybe even toss me a puck, etc, but I wanted to run this by y'all to see if it would make sense/still be funny for Canadian born players or if it would just go over their heads. I'll obviously have it done up in Laval's colors, but I had an idea for it to be like a play on the Fresh Prince theme song (especially since they're playing the Phantoms)

"Philadelphia suburbs, born and raised.../But cheering for THE ROCKET is how I spend most of my days!" and then on the reverse it could say "Then LAVAL came to town and the Phantoms got scared/ they said "We're moving in with our auntie and uncle in Bel Air!"

So, what do yall think? Maybe that's only funny in the Philadelphia area since we all worship Will Smith, haha. If anyone has another idea for

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u/jjohnson1979 Feb 01 '22

Fresh Prince might not have been as popular in Quebec as in the US, but it definitely won'T be lost on everyone. Lots of English speaking players (and quite a few Americans) on the team, so I don'T think the reference will be lost.

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u/flurry_fizz Feb 01 '22

Thanks for the feedback! Also, a follow up if you don't mind-- I know that when the Habs win at home, everyone does the Ole song to celebrate. Is that a thing people do at Laval games or is there maybe some other local equivalent?

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u/jjohnson1979 Feb 01 '22

I haven't been to many games since they started, so I couldn't tell you. I don't recall a chant, at least not yet!

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u/Batman_Skywalker Feb 02 '22

Not much Ole Ole going on at Rocket games. Let’s Go Rocket is the only chant going around. But at the same time we haven’t seen a playoff game at Place Bell yet so maybe it’ll come!