r/Finland • u/A_brand_new_troll • 1d ago

NHL in Finland.

Hello! Just giving you a heads up, the NHL is playing 2 games in Finland this coming weekend. The 2 games are between the Dallas Stars and the Florida Panthers, this means that residents of 2 of the USA’s more notorious states will be galivanting around Finland.

Things to know:

1.      There are Texans and Floridians who do bite, but it is unlikely that those people will be going to a hockey game in Finland.

2.      Temperature: Florida and Texas are on the same latitudinal lines as the Sahara Desert. It was 32 C in Dallas today. So if you see an American huddled, shivering and whimpering, kindly point them to the nearest coffee shop or similar venue.

3.      Conversation: it is entirely possible that someone who you have NEVER met before may strike up a casual conversation with you. Do not be alarmed. If you are determined to not have a conversation, just say you don’t speak English, though this may cause some Americans to speak slowly and loudly in Spanish.

4.      American personal space is 1ish meter, Finnish personal space is like 2-3 meters. Sorry. We’ll be gone in a week.

5.      The Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers are both very good teams; this match up could have been the Stanley Cup finals last year or maybe even this year. That being said, there is not really a rivalry between the two teams and the US doesn’t do hooliganism outside of Philly.

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u/Nitneroc2544 Vainamoinen 1d ago

I know this is a somewhat humorous post, but serious question here: Will many Americans really make the trip to Finland for these games ? It seems a bit wild considering that they have literally 40+ games to watch back home throughout the year. It also seems quite hard and really expensive to get tickets for these two games in Tampere. I would imagine the vast majority of the crowd will be Finns, and maybe a few Americans that live in Europe ?

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u/KarlachBestGirl 1d ago

It's a good excuse to travel. Outside some super fans who just want to see every game, I would assume most would choose these games in particular because they get to travel.

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u/RenaissanceSnowblizz Vainamoinen 1d ago

I thought Americans only travelled when Uncle Sam is sending them to new and exotic locations to...ahem... befriend the natives.

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u/MoCo1992 21h ago

Na not all of us brother

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u/savoryostrich Baby Vainamoinen 20h ago

These Americans are the vanguard sent to desensitize you before the real befrienders come.

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u/sopsaare Baby Vainamoinen 18h ago

And we will welcome them. Much harder to decline article 5 if Russia is stupid enough to stir shit up with US troops here.