joshy207 156 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 Minnesota Wild's equipment van caught fire while it was backing into Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. All of Nicklas Backstrom's equipment was destroyed as was some other players' gear and some sticks. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=302834 Crazy! I've never heard of anything like this happening... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropkickshanahans 463 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 That must've been some wild fire! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 That must've been some wild fire! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holliday 1,888 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 The Wild are on FIREEEE!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CaliWingsNut Report post Posted December 18, 2009 Wonder if not everything burned........... Crazy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miller Brew 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 The equipment van for the Minnesota Wild caught on fire this afternoon in the parking lot of Scotiabank Place in Ottawa prior to the Wild's game against the Senators on Saturday. The fire began at approximately 2:30pm eastern as the van was backing into Scotiabank place. Firefighters remained on the scene for about 40 minutes. Police say that there were no injuries however a significant amount of the equipment inside was destroyed. Police are still investigating the cause of the blaze. ''There was a fire in an equipment van in the parking lot at Scotiabank Place this afternoon,'' the Wild said in a statement. ''No one was injured, but some of the Minnesota Wild's hockey equipment was damaged. The Wild is in the process of taking inventory to determine the damage to the equipment.'' According to the Twitter feed of the Minnesota Wild (twitter/mnwild), the team is taking inventory to determine the extent of the damage. According to a report by The Canadian Press, all of goaltender Nicklas Backstrom's equipment was destroyed. It appears as though at least some of the Wild players are now left without any skates, sticks or equipment and will need to purchase completely new equipment before tomorrow's game. The Wild are now in touch with the National Hockey League to determine what options they may have. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=302834 http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=510434&navid=DL pics: http://twitpic.com/photos/boomer960 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 First every other player is getting hurt, and now the freaking equipment is getting damaged. What in the flying frack is going on this season? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropkickshanahans 463 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 That must've been some wild fire! ...whoa, deja vu.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey 145 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Wow, talk about a mind killer. Some players use the same equipment for years on end, and to have to break in new... Heck, I don't like even breaking in new shoes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Fire Bettman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CaliWingsNut Report post Posted December 19, 2009 The tsn video report makes it sound like everyone's skates are gone too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EuroTwin 240 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Fire Bettman I think you mean set Bettman on fire. :| That really sucks for the Wild though. What the hell is with this crazy season? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel Hossyukstrom 2 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Cool!! This season is funky!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest zackmorris Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Least something caught fire in Minnesota ba dum tssssss But really though this sucks for them. Hopefully they can get some equipment in time to play their next game. I'd imagine it's just a matter of money really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Nobody was apparently hurt, so it's great news. f*** the equipment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rivalred 630 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Damn PETA activists Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Damn PETA activists Yeah, the Protective Equipment Terrorist Association has it in for goalie gear especially. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDetroitRedWings 286 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Well, at least no one was hurt. Equipment can always be replaced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XxGoWingsxX 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 What I find suspicious is that Just 3 days ago, the Sabres had 7 players get food poisoning from eating at a steakhouse there, and now the Wild's equipment truck catches fire? Ut oh, Some Canadians are obsessing over their hockey team in the WRONG way. Lmao, I don't really think this is true but it just seems odd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selkie 10 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) When I was in college, the bus that the mid-sized sports teams used to get to games and meets was pretty notorious for breaking down everywhere and any time, including with the baseball team several hundred miles away from campus in Georgia while on a training trip. It finally went down for good when the engine caught fire on the way to Calvin with the track team. And not only did the bus burn, but at the time they were using magnesium composite pole vault poles, which were attached to the burning bus, and it got hot enough to have the magnesium catch fire, which I'm told was actually pretty scary to watch. It was actually pretty funny because the response was first "Thank God no one was hurt" immediately followed by "Thank God they can't just fix that POS again this time." Edited December 19, 2009 by selkie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpiritFan 37 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 I would have to think that there is not a smell on Earth worse than the smell of burning hockey gear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edicius 3,269 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Creepiest picture is definitely this one: http://twitpic.com/u2e4o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishconnection 36 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 This kinda relates to the karma thread for me. I guess I should formally apologize to the Wild. I just started another season on PS2 and I choose the Wild. I wanted a challenge. So I traded 3 defensemen for Sasquatch. Karma. I get Pronger on the wild, and then the hockey gods spite the REAL team. Go figure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WMUCarGuy 8 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 Backstrom has been playing really well as of late and I have him on my fantasy team. I hope this won't throw him off too much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hokeychik22 17 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) What I find suspicious is that Just 3 days ago, the Sabres had 7 players get food poisoning from eating at a steakhouse there, and now the Wild's equipment truck catches fire? Ut oh, Some Canadians are obsessing over their hockey team in the WRONG way. Lmao, I don't really think this is true but it just seems odd. and every game wings play a new guy gets injured for at least '2 weeks' btw spiritfan i love your default picture. its sad but true Edited December 19, 2009 by hokeychik22 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
