The Official Vote For Rory Campaign Thread

[MLH]

There is a movement amongst NHL fans across the globe to write in former Sabre great and future HOFer Rory Fitzpatrick into the 2006-2007 NHL All Star Game. His fluid stride, laser shot, and keen awareness deserves to be recognized on a national scale. There are already hundreds of hockey fans jumping on board and attempting to fix the injustice of Rory being left off the ballot. VFR campaign staff estimates that 200,000 votes will be sufficient. Thousands are already in. Do you part to make history! Write in Rory!

http://www.voteforrory.com/

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=313113

[Bay Side]

ok..

[MLH]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/Riel2000/Rory-Iwantyou.gif

[Scary Good]

Get this crap out.

[camcool21]

Scary Good, lighten up it's a joke to see if a bunch of online fans can get a player into the All-Star game that clearly doesn't deserve to be there. I voted a ton today, remember to write him in. You can vote more than once

[buffalofan19]

That's actually pretty funny.

[smashingt2312]

I voted for stu barnes, he deserves it more.

[Sabres244]

:spam:

[Carl J. Ironsides]

These clowns are obviously trying to start something similar to the whole "Chuck Norris is God" type thing. Too bad it's failing miserably. Move this crap.

[Mouldsie]

lol
im in

[K-Gun]

It would be pretty funny if Sabres fans voted Rory into the all star game in reward for last years playoffs, er wait, that doesn't make sense.

We lsot Game 7 because of that ass clown's cluelessness.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

It would be pretty funny if Sabres fans voted Rory into the all star game in reward for last years playoffs, er wait, that doesn't make sense.

We lsot Game 7 because of that ass clown's cluelessness.

Exactly. How quickly people forget that the guy couldn't find the puck right next to his damn foot, which cost us a chance to win the Cup -- we'd have won in the Finals.

[Mouldsie]

people forget?
do you not get the joke?

[Carl J. Ironsides]

It's a lame attempt at comedy that crashed and burned.

[MLH]

These clowns are obviously trying to start something similar to the whole "Chuck Norris is God" type thing. Too bad it's failing miserably. Move this crap.

Actually, the website is averaging over 1000 hits an hour and Rory already has thousands of votes. It's a huge success.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Actually, the website is averaging over 1000 hits an hour and Rory already has thousands of votes. It's a huge success.

Go spam your lame site elsewhere.

[MLH]

It's not my site, though I wish it was.

Enjoy seeing Rory in the all-star game.

[dwoz9093]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/Riel2000/Rory-Iwantyou.gif

LMAO...That's great, thinking of using this as my laptop backround..

[stuuuuuuuuuuu]

that's a great poster!

[beTough54]

Put me in the "this is hilarious but I have better things to do with my time" camp ;)

[Mouldsie]

I like how it angers some.

[MLH]

Put me in the "this is hilarious but I have better things to do with my time" camp ;)

A vote a day keeps inferior d-men away.

Vote for Rory!

[Scary Good]

What a bunch of losers.

[MLH]

Awww, little Scary Good is so upset that he's giving me negative reputation points. Well, you know what Scary Good? If it takes a few hits to my "reputation" to get some more people to battle the travesty of Rory not being on the ballot then so be it. I'll fight the good fight. Remember, there were people like Scary Good that wanted Galileo executed for saying the world was round. There were people like Scary Good that fought wars to keep slavery. There were people like Scary Good in Salem that killed suspected witches. Don't be like Scary Good, vote for Rory!

This is your chance to make a difference in the world. This is your chance to rectify the injustices that really matter. And it takes merely seconds.

This is our Vietnam people! Vote for Rory!

[pigpen65]

I like how it angers some.


Probably the people who were defending him throughout the season last year.

[Mouldsie]

Awww, little Scary Good is so upset that he's giving me negative reputation points. Well, you know what Scary Good? If it takes a few hits to my "reputation" to get some more people to battle the travesty of Rory not being on the ballot then so be it. I'll fight the good fight. Remember, there were people like Scary Good that wanted Galileo executed for saying the world was round. There were people like Scary Good that fought wars to keep slavery. There were people like Scary Good in Salem that killed suspected witches. Don't be like Scary Good, vote for Rory!

This is your chance to make a difference in the world. This is your chance to rectify the injustices that really matter. And it takes merely seconds.

This is our Vietnam people! Vote for Rory!

Amen.

[MLH]

Keep those negative reputation points coming, ladies!

The critics only make me stronger. Rory shall prevail!

[Mouldsie]

Scary Good supports losers like Michigan, we support winners like Rory!

Fitzy is life.

[GoSabres3]

Hopefully he makes the all-star game so the 6 Sabres that make it can skate right by him for goals. Then a Sabre will win MVP.

[Scary Good]

MLH, cry like a girl :)

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Thinking you're funny when you're lamer than Bob Saget is pathetic. Yes, that means you, MLH.

[Mouldsie]

Well we're the ones smiling and you're the one with a scowl on your face.

Come on turn that frown upside down!

The Sabres are dominant
The Bills won
It's holiday season
Let's get drunk and be merry!

[beTough54]

Bob Saget is actually a quite funny stand-up comic.

[GoSabres3]

Well we're the ones smiling and you're the one with a scowl on your face.

Come on turn that frown upside down!

The Sabres are dominant
The Bills won
It's holiday season
Let's get drunk and be merry!

HELL YEA!

[MLH]

I'll be crying tears of joy when the Rorinator laces up the skates in Dallas.

The only thing that's lame is Rory's competition.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Bob Saget is actually a quite funny stand-up comic.

I meant "America's Funniest Home Videos" Saget. I can't speak for his stand-up.

[Mouldsie]

Bob Saget is actually a quite funny stand-up comic.

I'm rollin wit Saget

[Mouldsie]

I meant "America's Funniest Home Videos" Saget. I can't speak for his stand-up.

Yea well Saget is a millionaire and had a top 50 rap song.


Who's lame now?

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Yea well Saget is a millionaire and had a top 50 rap song.


Who's lame now?

Quit stalking me.

[Mouldsie]

Stop stealing Shiva's material.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Stop stealing Shiva's material.

Huh? Shiva and I are enemies.

[Mouldsie]

I cant tell if you're serious or not. :D



btw when rory makes the all star game my life will be complete.

[Cornellian]

I saw Bob Saget last Sunday at Cornell. He was pretty funny.

Also, MLH, this thread is hilarious. I honestly don't understand why this would piss some people off. +Rep.

[unklechucky]

Fitz will always be no more than a scrub in my book.

[The REAL Sabres]

Somebody has too much time on their hands. But it's still pretty hilarious! :rofl:

[MLH]

Vote For Rory Campaign Headquarters estimates that 9,300 votes have been cast for Rory in the first two days alone. Don't stop now! We need to get to 200,000! Fight the good fight people, vote for Rory!

[eSabre]

We at BSI are throwing our full support behind the Vote for Rory! Campaign.

http://www.voteforrory.com

Help support a former Sabre in the Western Conference!

http://www.voteforrory.com/unclerory.gif

[The REAL Sabres]

http://www.buffalorange.com/showthread.php?t=101729

[Ralonzo]

Rory Fitzpatrick making it to the All-Star Game would be like Mike Tyson making it to the U.S. Senate.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

I'd rather vote Pronger and Niedermayer.

[Ralonzo]

I'll say it in the original thread too:

Voting for Rory Fitzpatrick for the All-Star Game is like voting for Mike Tyson for the United States Senate... except Mike's presence won't damage the reputation of that institution nearly as much.

[amico1990]

get real here guys do you really think the nhl will put rory in the all star game? it doesnt matter if he gets 10000000 votes...the reason people have started this whole voteforrory thing is to prove the nhl voting system is a joke...the nhl would look like idiots if they put him in...id like to think they are a little smarter...hate to say it but its not gonna happen

[nehemiah]

This is our Vietnam people!!:rofl:


i'm in for a few hundred.

:rockon:

[THATHURMANATOR]

Thinking you're funny when you're lamer than Bob Saget is pathetic. Yes, that means you, MLH.

Yeah except Bob Saget is probably the dirtiest comedian out there. You wouldnt' know that either though....

[pigpen65]

how's he doing?

[Mouldsie]

apparently the nhl isnt counting the votes

[pigpen65]

apparently the nhl isnt counting the votes


Wow, even Bettman thinks Rory sucks. Guess he caught that 7th game of the ECF. I wonder if it was more a middle of the pack player if they would have counted.

[Mouldsie]

Kinda sucks for Rory...

Hey you lead the conferance in votes, but we think you suck so we're just not counting them and breking the rules... all because you are garbage.... might as well kill yourself actually.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Yeah except Bob Saget is probably the dirtiest comedian out there. You wouldnt' know that either though....

I saw him on Leno last night. He actually is pretty damn funny.

Back to topic...

Rory sucks.

[eSabre]

Update:

They finally published Rory's totals:

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=284150&page=NewsPage&service=page

Defensemen
Scott Niedermayer Anaheim 233,522
Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 214,789
Chris Pronger Anaheim 134,185
Dion Phaneuf Calgary 110,544
Sergei Zubov Dallas 59,269
Rob Blake Los Angeles 51,584
Mattias Ohlund Vancouver 43,340
John-Michael Liles Colorado 38,146
Scott Hannan San Jose 34,867
Robyn Regehr Calgary 34,552
Lubomir Visnovsky Los Angeles 31,664
*Rory Fitzpatrick Vancouver 31,310
Mathieu Schneider Detroit 30,628

* Write-in candidate


Keep it up guys!

[Mouldsie]

Back to topic...

Rory sucks.
THANKS




.

[Wing Eater]

I meant "America's Funniest Home Videos" Saget. I can't speak for his stand-up.

His stand up is very crude actually, not quite Andrew Dice Clay, but not too far off. It's funny because he's known best for Full House which is completely opposite of his stand up humor.

[MacRazor]

Rory sucks as well.

BTW, heres some Bob Saget for ya's to check out...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Opie+Anthony+Bob+Saget

[Bay Side]

He Sucks!!

[SabresAllTheWay]

Rorinators gonna be lacin up his skates! LETS GO RORY!

[Scary Good]

Stupid

[pigpen65]

hahaha hohoho hehehehehe

Defensemen
Scott Niedermayer ; Anaheim 329,657
Nicklas Lidstrom ; Detroit 317,373
Chris Pronger Anaheim 219,372
Dion Phaneuf ; Calgary 208,945
*Rory Fitzpatrick ; Vancouver 144,819
Sergei Zubov ; Dallas 110,562
Mattias Ohlund ; Vancouver 110,146
Scott Hannan ; San Jose 108,757
Mathieu Schneider ; Detroit 88,449
Rob Blake ; Los Angeles 83,814
Robyn Regehr ; Calgary 77,205
John-Michael Liles ; Colorado 71,360
Lubomir Visnovsky ; Los Angeles 57,928

[Wing Eater]

The fact that Rory has that many votes alone is hysterical, but he will have to get a lot of support over the next few weeks because he is far behind the first two.

[Bay Side]

http://www.sabresinsider.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2547&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Looks like he is going to make it!! What a joke!!

[Scary Good]

so gay, what a joke

[smashingt2312]

The SI article is hilarious, we dont want him in the all star game because he's a blue collar player, we want him because he messes up a lot.

[K-Gun]

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[MLH]

so gay, what a joke

Nope, Rory's married to a female. Her name is Tracy.

[Acoustic-Fury]

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20061208/2048129.asp


Fitzpatrick gains ground in All-Star voting
By JOHN VOGL
News Sports Reporter
12/8/2006
SUNRISE, Fla. - The Buffalo Sabres are a lock to have several players in next month's All-Star Game. The movement to have one of their former teammates join them is moving faster than a bullet train.

Rory Fitzpatrick, who joined Vancouver this season after four sometimes-forgettable years in Buffalo, is fifth among defensemen in Western Conference voting. He was the conference's leading vote-getter in the latest polling period with 113,509, all because of a Sabres fan who started VoteForRory.com.

Fitzpatrick, from Rochester has been caught off-guard by the votes and the ensuing media attention.

"If anybody knows me, they know I don't like to be the focal point of anything," Fitzpatrick told reporters Thursday in Vancouver. "I'd rather just do my business and go home. I'm going to have fun with it. Everybody seems to be enjoying it."

The man who started the Web site, Steve Schmid, said he did so because players like Fitzpatrick deserve to be honored for their determination to stay in the league. Even the Canucks are jumping aboard, with goaltender Roberto Luongo saying he voted for Fitzpatrick five times.

Fitzpatrick, who has no points in 16 games and is a minus-2, has ground to make up in order to go to Dallas for the exhibition. The top two defensemen go, and second-place Niklas Lidstrom of Detroit has 317,373 votes compared to Fitzpatrick's 144,819.

"I'm not making any plans to go to Dallas," said Fitzpatrick, who hasn't decided if he would go should he be voted in. "If it happens, then that's a whole other fence to climb at that point."

[Bay Side]

What a complete joke...NHL has to be pissed!!

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Supposed fans of the NHL aren't really doing the league any good in trying to make the All-Star game into a joke. Rory Fitzpatrick has no business being there; if I was in the league office, I sure as hell wouldn't be laughing at this. I'd just ignore the votes.

[pigskin]

Fitzpatrick is a stand up guy, he will decline the invite to the All-Star game. That is fair to any player that deserves to be there.

[anEinherjer]

You're probably right, piggie.

People, ALL STAR GAMES ARE A JOKE. It's an exhibition. If some guys want to go out and make a statement that's become bigger than they'd planned (and I do like the whole "give credit the blue collar player" angle) then so be it.

Either support it for the bigger picture or support it because it's a good joke, or just :stfu:

[The REAL Sabres]

I'm still perplexed as to why most of you think he's actually going to make it...

[smashingt2312]

When does the all star voting officially end?

[shotgun]

yeah when dose it end

[UBBull39]

It ends on January 2nd.

In an update, Rory fell from #5 to #6 in the voting, thanks to a San Jose radio station promotion organizing people to vote in Shark players. However, Fitzpatrick gained 73,000 votes on the #2 spot, leaving him just over 100,000 votes out of the all-star game.

[JackKemp]

Hopefully he makes the all-star game so the 6 Sabres that make it can skate right by him for goals. Then a Sabre will win MVP.

I actually like the thought of that, but really don't want to vote for anyone except those wearing a Sabres uniform. They deserve it more.

[Wing Eater]

I actually like the thought of that, but really don't want to vote for anyone except those wearing a Sabres uniform. They deserve it more.

WHAT?

It has nothing to do with the Sabres. Rory is in the western conference.

[stuuuuuuuuuuu]

WOW! Versus has him on the starting lineup as a dman. I know he will decline it but its pretty great how a joke got this big. Its like the kid who invented the frindle! It Is a Joke! I guess Vancouver fans are thinking that its a show of support for a blue collar player, but come on, why would a Buffalonian start a campaign for voting in the guy that couldn't find the puck between his skates when the Sabres lost the ECF game 7??

[Scary Good]

What a joke...fans shouldn't be allowed to vote anymore.

[Carl J. Ironsides]

What a joke...fans shouldn't be allowed to vote anymore.

Agreed.

[UBBull39]

I think that was the original purpose of this website - a joke to try and get the NHL to change their system.

[pigpen65]

hahaha

http://www.voteforrory.com/images/roryvotes745.jpg

[UBBull39]

If the voting ended today...Rory Fitzpatrick would be a starter in the all-star game :)

[unklechucky]

I think that was the original purpose of this website - a joke to try and get the NHL to change their system.

I actually heard this on the radio a few weeks back and thought nothing of it. I guess we are proving a point.

[Bay Side]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=189124&hubname=nhl

Fitzpatrick 2nd in Western Conference voting

[SJCI]

I can't believe Rory is in second place!

[Carl J. Ironsides]

Sickening.

[stevesy]

It sincerely pisses me off for a number of reasons:

#1: I think he sucks in comparison to 60% of the defensemen in the NHL. Yeah he's a hard worker, but he is by no means an all star. That's what this is, an ALL STAR GAME. The best of the best will play. If you vote in an average hard working mediocre player, what the hell is the point in that? To prove something? That the fans want to see him play there? Hell if I want to see him play there. The kid is gonna get worked by any line he's up against. ESPECIALLY if he starts.

#2. It is making a mockery of the NHL all star game.

#3. It further shows how unpopular the NHL is right now. This kind of thing could never happen with MLB or NBA.

#4. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Rory himself is not excited about this. You can tell in the interviews. "I'm not sure what to think about all of this." He's not an idiot. He knows a lot of people are doing this as a joke and are mocking him as a player.

I'm almost motivated enough to start StopVotingForRory.com.

[Scary Good]

Pretty gay.

[smashingt2312]

It was funny for awhile, now its just old.

[SabresMB3]

It sincerely pisses me off for a number of reasons:

#1: I think he sucks in comparison to 60% of the defensemen in the NHL. Yeah he's a hard worker, but he is by no means an all star. That's what this is, an ALL STAR GAME. The best of the best will play. If you vote in an average hard working mediocre player, what the hell is the point in that? To prove something? That the fans want to see him play there? Hell if I want to see him play there. The kid is gonna get worked by any line he's up against. ESPECIALLY if he starts.

#2. It is making a mockery of the NHL all star game.

#3. It further shows how unpopular the NHL is right now. This kind of thing could never happen with MLB or NBA.

#4. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Rory himself is not excited about this. You can tell in the interviews. "I'm not sure what to think about all of this." He's not an idiot. He knows a lot of people are doing this as a joke and are mocking him as a player.

I'm almost motivated enough to start StopVotingForRory.com.


I agree, this is supposed to showcase the best players in the NHL this season, and I wouldnt even put Rory in the top 50% of NHL defenseman

[bduff54]

It sincerely pisses me off for a number of reasons:

#1: I think he sucks in comparison to 60% of the defensemen in the NHL. Yeah he's a hard worker, but he is by no means an all star. That's what this is, an ALL STAR GAME. The best of the best will play. If you vote in an average hard working mediocre player, what the hell is the point in that? To prove something? That the fans want to see him play there? Hell if I want to see him play there. The kid is gonna get worked by any line he's up against. ESPECIALLY if he starts.

#2. It is making a mockery of the NHL all star game.

#3. It further shows how unpopular the NHL is right now. This kind of thing could never happen with MLB or NBA.

#4. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Rory himself is not excited about this. You can tell in the interviews. "I'm not sure what to think about all of this." He's not an idiot. He knows a lot of people are doing this as a joke and are mocking him as a player.

I'm almost motivated enough to start StopVotingForRory.com.

its not that big a deal man, no way in hell Rory will play in the game. He wouldn't dare do that.

[TRIPLE P]

I feel bad for Fitzpatrick. He's not the best player in the league....not even close. But he doesn't deserve to be treated like a joke..... its gotta be embarassing,

How freaking funny would it be if he had an incentive laden contract that included an escalator for the all-star game like they have in the NFL.

[Maz]

A lot of the players nominated for the all star game don't seem to belong on the team though, is it just me?

[anEinherjer]

All of you who are bitter about it are losers.

[Maz]

I'm not bitter at all, I just think the all star game like the pro bowl has become more of a popularity contest than anything.

[bduff54]

All of you who are bitter about it are losers.

i agree a bit, have you guys seen the commercials? they are hilarious. Anybody that thinks rory will actually play is foolish.

[TRIPLE P]

I'm not bitter.... i just feel bad that someone took it upon themselves to embarass a guy that seems to be a pretty decent person who is just not the best hockey player around.

[SabresAllTheWay]

Fitzpatrick, a journeyman defenceman with the Vancouver Canucks, is second in voting among Western Conference blue-liners in results released Wednesday by the league. Fitzpatrick has 428,832 votes, trailing only Anaheim Ducks defenceman Scott Niedermayer (447,502).

Should Fitzpatrick remain in the top two by the time voting ends Jan. 2, he will earn a spot in the all-star game as a write-in candidate with just nine goals and 18 assists in 229 career NHL games.

U guys made it happen. He deserves it for the way he played for the sabres. LETS GO RORY! KEEP ON VOTING MAKE HIM #1!!

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=285686&page=NewsPage&service=page

[The REAL Sabres]

All of you who are bitter about it are losers.I know, really. Who the hell cares?! It's an exhibition game that doesn't matter, a footnote in a player's stats.

And it's the Western Conference. It's not like he's taking a spot away from a Sabre.

[Bay Side]

http://www.forecaster.ca/demo/hockey/news.cgi?dailyslate

RORY-MANIA
Potential all-star Rory Fitzpatrick will lead the Vancouver Canucks into Columbus on Friday night for a date with the Blue Jackets.
The 31-year-old Fitzpatrick has suddenly become a cult figure in NHL circles because of his immense popularity in the Internet community. What began as a joke, the idea of voting Fitzpatrick onto the 2007 NHL All-Star Game's starting lineup for the Western Conference, has now become a decent bet to occur. Fans voting in cyberspace have jumped on the Fitzpatrick bandwagon, as the Canucks rearguard now trails only Anaheim Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer among Western Conference defensemen.

Fitzpatrick clearly isn't getting votes based on merit on the ice, since he's yet to record a point this season in 20 contests. He also totals 18 penalty minutes, 17 shots on goal and a minus-1 rating for Vancouver this season.

That said, Fitzpatrick is being talked about throughout hockey circles--and even outside the hockey community. A second-round draft pick by Montreal in 1993 (No. 47 overall), Fitzpatrick has toiled for six NHL clubs (Montreal, St. Louis, Nashville, Edmonton, Buffalo and Vancouver) in 12 professional campaigns. Obviously, hockey fans everywhere can relate to journeymen such as Fitzpatrick, which is a major reason why the 'vote Rory to the All-Star Game' campaign has taken on a life of its own.

On Friday, Fitzpatrick and the rest of the Canucks will try to halt a two-game losing streak in the third of four straight games on the road--which came on the heels of a three-game winning streak. As for Columbus, they're coming off a split in their home-and-home series with Detroit.

[Bay Side]

http://www2.sportsnet.ca/blogs/hockey_hearsay/2006/12/22/vote_for_rory_irks_gretzky/#more

While many are jumping on the "Vote for Rory" bandwagon in an attempt to get Canucks blueliner Rory Fitzpatrick voted into the All-Star game, don't expect Wayne Gretzky to cast his ballot any time soon.

The Phoenix Coyotes coach and former NHL great said Thursday he thinks the NHL should intervene in the "Vote for Rory" phenomenon to make sure the players who most deserve to play in next month's All-Star Game in Dallas are included.

Fitzpatrick, a write-in candidate, is in second place among Western Conference defencemen in fan balloting thanks in gigantic part to a fan-started Internet site - www.VoteForRory.com - that is asking people to cast an All-Star vote for Fitzpatrick.

[FamousAmos]

I put mine in! go Rory!

[stevesy]

Shit is whack.

[Mouldsie]

If the voting ended today...Rory Fitzpatrick would be a starter in the all-star game :)

Eat it, haters

bwahahahahahaha!

[MacRazor]

Yo Great-One, go poop in your hat. Rory is what the ASG needs, a friggin' wake-up-call. Besides, you wont be coaching the west anyways.

BTW, now Wayne will know who to bet on....

[stevesy]

A game played purely to showcase top talent doesn't need a wake up call in the form of Rory Fitzpatrick.

Kudos to Wayne for saying what everyone else was thinking.

[MacRazor]

A game played purely to showcase top talent doesn't need a wake up call in the form of Rory Fitzpatrick.

Kudos to Wayne for saying what everyone else was thinking.

Way to contradict yourself. Top talent should be defined by stats and/or coaches selections, not a popularity contest. Some of these guys get in on name only ala NFL Pro Bowl crap. It's nice to see the fans serve up a dish of "Eat it" after all. Up yours Wayne.

[UBBull39]

Update: with 1 week left until the close of the polls, Rory has fallen to 3rd place, about 35-40 thousand behind Lidstrom, and about 55-60 thousand behind Niedermayer.

[UBBull39]

Out of curiosity, when are the starters announced?

[nfg801]

i'm on the edge of my seat, gave him about 20 extra votes last night just to give him a little push

[MLLE2383]

Starters aren't announced until the next TV broadcast game on VS. which is next Tuesday, so we have almost a week to wait, AGHHHHHHH!!

http://www.versus.com/nw/article/view/24244/?tf=NHLArticleWrapper.tpl

[nfg801]

hockeybuzz.com has reported that a souce has said rory didn't finish in the top 2 vote getters...wonder how close he was


http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=31cf3829-68c3-48e9-8992-9b10a0734736

[BanditsRock11]

Yeah, pretty sure Rory got denied and didnt make the cut.

[FamousAmos]

like 20,000 short :(

[Bay Side]

Fitzpatrick says All-Star saga got personal
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070120/1037850.asp?tbd1037850.asp
Rory Fitzpatrick never convened a news conference at his locker. He never solicited support for an oddball cause.
He certainly never asked to be the butt of someone's international joke.

The Vancouver Canucks defenseman found himself in the middle of a controversial storyline that drew the ire of many. An Internet campaign to vote Fitzpatrick into the All-Star game nearly worked, and when it looked like he might be elected a Western Conference starter, some loud hockey voices thundered.

"They weren't informed on it," the ex-Sabre said Friday before facing his old team in HSBC Arena. "They didn't know the whole story, I guess. If they did, then I don't think they could have delivered criticism at me.

"You can say I don't deserve to be in the All-Star game. That's fine. I don't even take that as an insult. It's just a fact. But when you come out and make it personal, that can hurt."

Fitzpatrick was ragged on in Buffalo because he couldn't find a loose puck between his feet on a play that helped the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Sabres in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference finals. The Irondequoit native signed with the Canucks over the summer.

The crusade to get Fitzpatrick written into the All-Star game started as a lark but exploded once computer-savvy fans realized they were having an impact on the balloting. The push to get him in became a feel-good story across North America - even though Fitzpatrick had a broken ankle.

Don Cherry and Wayne Gretzky weren't amused.

"The big thing, Rory, if you're watching, they're not laughing with you, they're laughing at you," Cherry said on a "Hockey Night in Canada" telecast.

Said Gretzky: "I think from his point of view, it's great. From what the All-Star Game is about, it's 100 percent wrong."

Fitzpatrick said he likely would have turned down a spot on the roster had he garnered enough votes because he "didn't want to be a sideshow." He finished third behind Scott Niedermayer and Nicklas Lidstrom.

"I think I probably would have not gone," Fitzpatrick said. "It started to get quite negative for some people in Canada."