I guess I am.
The Toronto Terriers have never played a game, but they already have a sprawling fanbase. Fans of the team have been attending public events for the team dressed in jerseys, face paint, and beer hats. There are also hardcore fans, who wear expensively-homemade costumes that tend to involve dogcatcher’s uniforms, collars, dog ears, fake tails, and hard hats with sirens on the top. One fan even showed up to the owner announcement wearing a terrier fursuit! Fans of the Terriers call themselves the “Kennel Crew”, and have already nicknamed the Terriers’ as-of-yet unnamed arena “The Doghouse”. Dan Kolby of Kingston, Ontario, who was wearing an alternate jersey and a rubber terrier mask, said “I think it’s kind of cool how quickly our fanbase is growing, It’s barely been a month since the unveiling of our logos and uniforms, and we’re already this league’s Raider Nation.”
When the Terriers actually hit the Ice, they plan to retire their first ever number: a paw print for the city of Toronto. The banner will be in white to make it different from future retired number banners, which will be in red. The Terriers will also release a Jack Russell Terrier onto the ice immediately before the team makes it’s entrance. He actually already has a name: Dukie. Their alternate maple leaf uniforms will be worn for home games against Montreal, Quebec, and New York, potential future rivals of the team.
So yeah, that’s the hockey culture of the T-dogs. 🐕
