Just came across this article on the TSN webpage with the headline
"Police: Man arrested for making threatening calls to Jackets"Interesting, I thought. I've got to read this one.
Police say a passionate hockey fan made physical
threats against the Columbus Blue Jackets in a series of phone calls to
the team's arena during a game.
Columbus Police Sgt. Rick Weiner says 52-year-old Peter Stenzel was
arrested Thursday and charged with inducing panic for threatening
physical harm against the team during their win over the Calgary Flames.
So I'm thinking at this point that it's just some crazed American (sorry guys, but we have crazed people in Canada too) who's had too many Bud Light's and decides to get on the horn and call the local hockey team. Then I realize, he's threatening the Jackets, not the Flames.... hmmmm.....
What do you think the "physical threats" were against the Blue Jackets? A hard slash? A nasty elbow? Was he trying to get the word out to Flames GM Darryl Sutter that he had a special skill set that would be of use to the team? "Put me in there coach!"
The article continues, and this is the BEST part:
Weiner says police traced the phone calls to Stenzel's Columbus
home, where they found him wearing a Flames T-shirt. Police would not
say if specific players were targeted or what the threats entailed.
Stenzel was being held at the Franklin County Jail pending a Saturday court hearing.
Blue Jackets spokesman Todd Sharrock says the team will not comment on security matters.
So let's review: (presumably) the only Flames fan in the state of Ohio is sitting in his living room, wearing his beloved flaming-C t-shirt he's probably had since the glory days of Joel Otto, and is so distraught with the beating (5-0 final score) that the Blue Jackets are putting on his Flames that he feels the best idea would be to CALL THE ARENA WITH PHYSICAL THREATS!?
I'd expect this from a Leaf fan, but not a Flamer.