VIDEO: Islanders Fans Dress Up as Refs, Cheer Every Blown Whistle
By Liam McKeone
Similar to basketball, hockey is currently in the doldrums of the regular season. Fans are just trying to make it to playoff hockey, one of the most exciting times of year in sports overall, much less hockey.
To help pass the time, some Islanders fans decided to have some fun. And by that I mean an entire section of fans dressed up in referee garb and cheer for every blown whistle and call by their fellow men in stripes.
There is an entire section of zebras at this Islanders game and they are chanting “let’s go refs” and going NUTS for every icing and offside call. pic.twitter.com/lPfY0Bx5j9
— Barry Petchesky (@barry) February 1, 2020
Islanders vs Canucks at the Barclays: a section of fans have declared themselves the ref fans section and are going nuts every time the whistle is blown pic.twitter.com/04L2jFfRTE
— Sam Basel (@samjuan2878) February 1, 2020
The annual refs meetup is my favorite part of the Islanders season #VANvsNYI pic.twitter.com/3a9gMLn9cw
— Dan Zwoda (@DanZwoda) February 1, 2020
It would seem this is not the first time it's happened, but it should definitely be a more regular thing at all sporting events, not just hockey. Really great stuff.
I'm sure the referees love this day, too. Not too often a section of fans is dedicated to cheering them for simply doing their jobs.