With the NHL season wasting away as players and management are locked into bargaining disputes, three West Shore fans have had enough.
Dave Saunders, Stew Young, Jr. and Jim Gordon all play rec hockey on the West Shore and are all devote NHL fans, Saunders and Gordon specifically the Canucks, while Young is a Colorado Avalanche fan.
The group is calling for a fan strike and is asking fans to show their frustration by refusing to give the NHL any more money until the bickering over money can be laid to rest for good.
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The group said the trickle down effect of the lockout is something the players and management need to pay more attention to. Everybody from the staff at hockey venues, to stores selling merchandise, to pubs that bring in a lot of business during the playoffs or pay-per-view games, suffers.
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Suggestions are to not buy tickets or pay-per-view games for a while, if and when the season starts. In the meantime they are suggesting fans refrain from buying NHL merchandise.
Fans are encouraged to come up with their own ways to protest the lockout and Facebook and Twitter accounts have started so fans can discuss how to proceed.
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The three are also asking to be included in the negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA as representatives of the fans. They have sent registered letters to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr requesting
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