Let's get to it...

So my first post...What ever shall I talk about? How 'bout Muskegon? More specifically fans of the Muskegon Lumberjacks. I mean these people are really delusional enough to think that the Evansville Icemen are STILL the Muskegon Lumberjacks. (and us Icemen fans are known as Maniacs?!) They want everyone to believe that the Icemen folded and their guys came to save the day and keep hockey alive in Evansville. When in reality hockey in Evansville was/is thriving while hockey in Muskegon is slowly dying.

The fact that they come to our arena in Swonder is great. We'll take your money, no problem. But don't think for one minute that you have my respect or admiration. Especially when you come down and flaunt your Muskegon Fury/Lumberjack paraphernalia, and acting like this is still your team. I'm sorry did I miss the game where the Evansville players skated onto the ice at Swonder with Lumberjacks jerseys on? This is not the Muskegon Icemen, the Muskegon Fury or Lumberjacks, and it most CERTAINLY is NOT the Evansville Lumberjacks. We are the Evansville Icemen. This is Evansville's team. We in fact saved you're players and staff from unemployment, not the other way around. When your city decided it wanted to play hockey with toddlers, your players and staff were instantly out of a job. We gave them an opportunity to continue their careers and to start a dynasty in Evansville. The fact that they accepted that offer makes them Evansville Icemen. Like it or not. The Icemen did not fold as you like to write on their wikipedia page seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville_IceMen. They did not cease operations as you claim. They in fact raised the standard for hockey in Evansville by jumping from the AAHL into the CHL and have begun making hockey a staple in the Evansville community.

So if you want to cheer the Icemen, bring it on. we will never turn away fans. But leave the Muskegon Lumberjacks shit, the "Holier than Thou" act, and piss poor attitude where it belongs. In Muskegon. If you want to love ya some Lumberjacks, there's a nice group of young lads playing hockey in the USHL that I'm sure could use some fans. Or maybe not support them at all, like you did with your FORMER Lumberjacks, and let that team fold too. I know I can speak for all of us Maniacs when I say we have too much pride to let our team fall into oblivion like you did with muskegon. It's a damn shame, but you have no one to blame but yourselves, and now you want to come to Evansville and act like you're some kind of savior in our community. PUH-LEASE. And that's all I have to say about that.