Chicago Hawkie Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Who here has family members who cheer for teams other than or instead of the one(s) you cheer for? I cheer for the Blackhawks now that I live in Chicago, but the rest of my family (those that watch hockey, anyway) cheer for the Red Wings, save for my closest aunt who also cheers for the Blackhawks (unbeknownst to her brother/my dad ). Makes for an interesting rivalry, doesn't it? I even make bets with my dad over Hawks-Wings games, where whoever loses has to buy dinner for the winner who one of us visits the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Most of my family are sadly not Hockey fans. I have one brother in law (we all seem to have one like him) who is not a hockey fan but roots for whoever is playing my Wings whenever he is over and I have the game on. He does the same thing to my Dad with the Buckeyes. Guys like that are not worth my time but he came over in 2009 when the Penguins beat the Wings in game 7 and the only Penguin he even knew was Crosby but he cheered and acted like a mad man when they won. I will get my revenge some day, but haven't figured out just how yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 @yave1964 Isn't that just like something in-laws would do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I would disown them. i will not talk the sport in question with them, sports hate for me is far more caustic than any other sort of discrepancy, so far no one has had the temerity to say , oh i'm a Penguins/Devils fan around me, so i haven't had to go to the nuclear option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanaticV3.0 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Who here has family members who cheer for teams other than or instead of the one(s) you cheer for? I cheer for the Blackhawks now that I live in Chicago, but the rest of my family (those that watch hockey, anyway) cheer for the Red Wings, save for my closest aunt who also cheers for the Blackhawks (unbeknownst to her brother/my dad ). Makes for an interesting rivalry, doesn't it? I even make bets with my dad over Hawks-Wings games, where whoever loses has to buy dinner for the winner who one of us visits the other. I don't follow football like I used to, but neither one of my brothers-in-law are Eagles fans. One is a Raiders fan, the other a Cowboys fan. It never bothered me. For the most part, I generally don't care who people root for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 Funny thing is ... my brother started watching hockey after I did. I kind of got him into watching, with a little effort (and during that time, my dad would say he was lucky to have a daughter who watches sports and drinks beer ). Nowadays, my brother is the first to mock me and talk smack if the Wings are winning and the Hawks are losing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xganarchy Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Most of my family are sadly not Hockey fans. I have one brother in law (we all seem to have one like him) who is not a hockey fan but roots for whoever is playing my Wings whenever he is over and I have the game on. He does the same thing to my Dad with the Buckeyes. Guys like that are not worth my time but he came over in 2009 when the Penguins beat the Wings in game 7 and the only Penguin he even knew was Crosby but he cheered and acted like a mad man when they won. I will get my revenge some day, but haven't figured out just how yet. Sleep with his sister, that'll show him! I'm a Flyers fan, my wife cheers for the Devils. We both live in NJ but we here in South Jersey usually root for the Philly teams. She doesn't follow hockey all that closely though. It's bad enough she originally started liking the Devils because of their logo/colors/name haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarsippius Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 This isn't really a cheer for team other than mine per se, but still a family rivalry once a year....I've been going to the Army-Navy game with my Dad since 1973 (only missed 3 games in that span). I was never in the military, dad was in the Air Force, but he always loved this game and always rooted for Army. So I'm 6 and we go to my first game, I decided to root for Navy....and Navy wins 51-0. It stuck and I've always rooted Navy in the last game of the year, and I've always followed the military academies. Nowadays its more of a tongue in cheek family rivalry, last year at the game I was clapping for Navy but secretly hoping Army would hang for the win, for dad. My oldest son roots Navy but my youngest son....I actually steered him to Army (with help from his mom) to even things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Great posts, folks! Keep 'em coming! It's too bad the Hawks and Wings don't play each other much now. During such matchups, whenever my team would score against theirs, I call my Dad and brother and razz them about it, and they do the same when their team scores. I recently had a land line installed so I do not drain my cell phone battery. Edited November 23, 2013 by Chicago Hawkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Well, right away in our household, we have a Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay thing going in all sports where it applies.... Thing is, I DO support the Minny teams as well, so its not a huge rivalry like some of you mentioned with yours...however, some sidebetting and bantering goes on when TB teams play Min teams...usually in baseball though. I always support the TB over the Minnesota one head to head. As for other family members, I do have a few NYR, NYI, NY Yankees, and NY Giants fans up north, but I don't see them enough for any rivalries to really take place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 @TropicalFruitGirl26 Here, it's mainly Chicago-Detroit ... except for football, where it gets more complicated because my closest aunt cheers for the Vikings rather than the Bears or Lions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnyman Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Back home, my in laws are uuge Bristol City supporters. One cousin is a Rovers supporter, and he has been banned from family gatherings.My family really doesn't care about sport that much. I am the one into sport. No complications, whether it be Football or Hockey. My gramps was the sports fan, and he had no allegiances, just four televisions to watch American Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 @bunnyman "Back home, my in laws are uuge Bristol City supporters. One cousin is a Rovers supporter, and he has been banned from family gatherings." Aww man ... that's gotta be tough. Especially with Thanksgiving around the corner ... Most of the sports fans in my family come from my Dad's side. My late mother (rest in peace) was a big basketball fan and would watch other teams besides the Pistons (I'd try to make her a Bulls fan), but her side of the family didn't really follow sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnyman Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 @bunnyman "Back home, my in laws are uuge Bristol City supporters. One cousin is a Rovers supporter, and he has been banned from family gatherings." Aww man ... that's gotta be tough. Especially with Thanksgiving around the corner ... Most of the sports fans in my family come from my Dad's side. My late mother (rest in peace) was a big basketball fan and would watch other teams besides the Pistons (I'd try to make her a Bulls fan), but her side of the family didn't really follow sports.Considering that we don't celebrate Thanksgiving back home, no big deal. And he is only banned when he gets pissed and talks about how great he thinks his Rovers are. We take the piss out of him, really. He's not really banned except when he drinks too much. We give him a good sorting on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Sleep with his sister, that'll show him! I'm a Flyers fan, my wife cheers for the Devils. We both live in NJ but we here in South Jersey usually root for the Philly teams. She doesn't follow hockey all that closely though. It's bad enough she originally started liking the Devils because of their logo/colors/name haha It took me a little while to get that one, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rink Rat Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 My older sister roots for Montreal. When we moved to Winnipeg from Finland the Jets hadn't yet moved here. She is just a hard head and refuses to come over and cheer for the Jets now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Flyers fan in Leaf country.My sisters dog is named Cujo and my brother in law really wanted to name my niece "Wendel". Nephew played for the Rangers among others. That made for some great family gatherings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 @Rink Rat That sounds a bit like my brother when he lived in Madison, WI for a short time before moving back to Michigan ... I kept telling him that Chicago is geographically closer than Detroit ... By the way ... welcome to the HockeyForums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rink Rat Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Thanks Chicago Hawkie. I am continually working on her to covert her to a Jets fan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesOmlam Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I'm a Canucks fan, but my brother loves the Pens. He started following them on their back-to-back Cup run when he was a kid. To his credit, he endured some very bad seasons. We'd probably get into more heated debates if both of our teams faced off more than twice a year. So it's pretty civil between us. hehe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 @JulesOmlam Hi! Welcome to HockeyForums! That sounds a lot like my Wings fan brother and I ... of course, he could just be talking a mess because I'm his sister and that's what brothers do. He'll even call me just to laugh at me if he's watching a game involving the Hawks and the Hawks get scored on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocker Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I live in the states, but only an hour or so south of Montreal. Fans here are generally divided between Bruins and Canadiens. Lots of French-Canadien heritage. Funny thing is that most of the French named people are Bruins fans. Still haven't figured that one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Hawkie Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 I live in the states, but only an hour or so south of Montreal. Fans here are generally divided between Bruins and Canadiens. Lots of French-Canadien heritage. Funny thing is that most of the French named people are Bruins fans. Still haven't figured that one out. Very interesting! Especially given the teams' playoff history, notably in the 1970s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I'm a Canucks fan, but my brother loves the Pens. He started following them on their back-to-back Cup run when he was a kid. To his credit, he endured some very bad seasons. We'd probably get into more heated debates if both of our teams faced off more than twice a year. So it's pretty civil between us. hehe Hey Jules. Welcome aboard. I guess it's a good thing he's not a Bruins or Hawks fan, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I'm a Canucks fan, but my brother loves the Pens. He started following them on their back-to-back Cup run when he was a kid. To his credit, he endured some very bad seasons. We'd probably get into more heated debates if both of our teams faced off more than twice a year. So it's pretty civil between us. hehe Welcome.....you guys are brothers....you've got better reasons to hate than hockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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