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10:09 AM ET 04.28 | As the Washington Capitals trickled onto the ice Friday morning at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, each player was greeted by a warm round of applause from the approximately 100 fans in attendance. When it was Joel Ward's turn, those claps gave way to a standing ovation. His teammates, meantime, tapped their sticks on the ice in unison. The reason of their appreciation was twofold: Ward, of course, scored the series-clinching goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime of Game 7; he also was the target of a torrent of racist tweets from a handful of hate-filled fans in the hours afterward. "For me, it's pretty simple: I don't let it bother me at all," Ward said following practice. "It's a few people that made a couple of terrible comments. What can you do?" "I know what I signed up for," he added. "I'm a black guy playing a predominantly white sport. It just comes with the territory. I would be naive or foolish to believe or think that it doesn't exist. It's part of life."
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Joel took the high road and showed what a classy guy he is. Perhaps a few Twits could learn from that but I doubt it.
Canuck eh?
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Can't remember, and too lazy to look, if I posted this....
Canuck eh?
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Sadly... neandrathals tend no not get it.
Otis B. Driftwood
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"Ward, of course, scored the series-clinching goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime of Game 7; he also was the target of a torrent of racist tweets from a handful of hate-filled fans in the hours afterward."
Such a shame this is still even an issue in America. We don't see this garbage in other sports, do we? Why hockey? A crying shame, really.
roamer
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Hightlight....
Canuck eh?
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At least their phones are smart.....
Canuck eh?
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Well they stole that one after playing not to lose the whole third. Strange an ex-Wing puts the winner in.
shiprock
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Pathetic! The people in Phoenix have no clue! Don't they know the difference between a coyote's yelp and a wolf's howl? Apparently not or, they don't care!
What they hear over the PA system after a goal is scored is definitely a wolf's howl. Pathetic!
I guess it makes the Coyotes feel a little .... bigger?
roamer
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They thought it sounded too much like To***to fans Roamer....
Canuck eh?
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That one is on the Preds d-man and their centreman...every kid knows that off the draw, winger goes out to the point and the d-man stays with the guy he's lined up with.
And the responsibility of the centre is to ensure the opposing centre doesn't walk through towards the net.
Nice play on the Coyotes part though...
Golden Bay
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Out shot 25 - 7 after the second? They'll need the Smith Brothers if they keep that up.
Gotta love those Wings. :-)
Canuck eh?
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LOL Now that's exactly what I hear out here at night, usually after some poor rabbit screams in terror.
shiprock
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Good for you Joel ...way to take the high road....
Sgt. Schultz
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yep. every city + every fan base has some.
puttin on the foil
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The Coach said "Just Tippett"
shiprock
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what a pass off the draw. Major miscommunication between Sergei K and Weber.
puttin on the foil
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If you're Nashville you can't be feeling too bad after the loss...your goalie played about his worst game of the year (on the road) and you still could have pulled it out. I don't expect to see the Yotes score 4 in a game for the rest of the series.
puttin on the foil
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Rangers better not take the Caps too lightly, like those Bruins did :)
shiprock
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Hahahaha!
Oh! Sheyet! I spilled coffee all over my computer!!
Point well taken, Canuck. To play something like THAT over their PA system would be pathetic indeed! LOL
roamer
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As long as the Caps take themselves seriously, everything will be fine. Should be a good series. Hopefully a loooong one too.
roamer
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