Marty Turco makes a bet with a fan during the Blackhawks-Canadiens game

by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 6, 2011 2:22 AM CDT

This is a story I just had to pass along to you all here on Defending Big D.

Apparently during yesterday's game between the Blackhawks and the Canadiens, after Montreal scored, a Canadiens fan, sitting next to Marty Turco, made a bet with Marty that the Blackhawks wouldn't score in the game. The Blackhawks scored, and the fan gave Marty a Canadian $5 bill with the words "Habs Rule" written in sharpie. After the second period, the fan bet triple or nothing that the Canadiens would win. No goals were scored. Then the fan bet 5 to 1 that the Canadiens would win and Marty took the bet. The Canadiens won in overtime on P.K. Subban's goal, and Turco paid back the fan the amount wagered. Included in that wad of money was the dollar bill the fan gave Marty, but he crossed out what the fan wrote and replaced it with "Turco rules."

In my opinion, I think this is hilarious. However, because Turco's betting on his team in the middle of the game, this may or may not get him in trouble with the league. It'll be interesting to see what happens if the league does in fact decide to take a look at this, but one thing's certain: Marty Turco just gained a new fan.

Here is a photo of the dollar bill that was involved in the bet, with Marty's revision.

via i55.tinypic.com

Here is a photo of the fan giving Turco the dollar bill during the game after the Blackhawks scored to tie the game.

via media.tumblr.com

And here's the fan calling a radio station in Montreal talking about his bet with Turco.

http://www.muziboo.com/matthewross/music/marty-turco-bets-during-a-blackhawks-canadiens-game-on-april-5-2011/

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Should the league look into Marty's bet with a fan in the middle of a game?

How dare you make bets with fans! Lifetime ban!

2 votes

Absolutely not, this is funny as Hell

181 votes

Who's Marty Turco?

8 votes

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Wow.

Thanks for sharing, that’s funny

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by Brad Gardner on Apr 6, 2011 7:18 AM CDT reply actions

This is awesome..

But this is going to piss the NHL off.

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by Brandon Worley on Apr 6, 2011 7:31 AM CDT reply actions

That's what I don't get.

It’s obviously a joke. And you build lifetime fans with a simple interaction like this. Yet the NHL will get their panties in a wad, just like always.

This was why Turco was a fan favorite in Dallas. He was never afraid to interact with people.

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by Tsudbury on Apr 6, 2011 8:00 AM CDT up reply actions

Really hope that the league

knows Turco well enough that he doesn’t get in trouble. We know he would have never taken that fan’s money on the second bet, but he’s not going to miss a chance for uber-approachable fun while he’s on the bench.

Thanks for sharing this!

by Starryeyes on Apr 6, 2011 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions

You're welcome!

Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!

by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 6, 2011 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions

If I’m Bettman, I don’t suspend him or fine him. But I have conversation with him that simply amounts to, “don’t do that again.”

"You can't search me without probable cause Or that proper ammunition they call reasonable suspicion Listen while I bring friction to your whole jurisdiction" - Fugees

by lcollins1 on Apr 6, 2011 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Any major professional sport pretty much would.

by Why on Apr 7, 2011 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions

yea, I like it and it’s clearly innocent, but friendly gestures like this are casualties of the policy of “no gambling”. And the policy is sound.

"You can't search me without probable cause Or that proper ammunition they call reasonable suspicion Listen while I bring friction to your whole jurisdiction" - Fugees

by lcollins1 on Apr 6, 2011 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions

If the NHL had a sense of humor, they'd fine Turco $5 and make him write "NHL Rules" on it

Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!

by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 6, 2011 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

NHL. Sense of humor. I think those are probably oxymorons.

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by TracyJean on Apr 6, 2011 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Probably?

I’ll one-up that.

DEFINITELY

Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!

by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 6, 2011 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Speaking of morons:

Gary Bettman’s face is a sign that someone has a sense of humor!

by meetyourmako on Apr 8, 2011 1:23 AM CDT up reply actions

this is what I love about hockey players

they are the coolest, most down to earth of all the professional atheletes

by sundancekid on Apr 6, 2011 7:53 AM CDT reply actions

Watch Marty as Pierre MacGuire is talking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6_kQfqYJy8

Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!

by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 6, 2011 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions

*McGuire

whoops

Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!

by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 6, 2011 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

That's funny.

by Henri Muroke on Apr 6, 2011 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Hahaha

God I love Turco

I believe in Auburn and love it.

by War_damn_eagle on Apr 7, 2011 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions

lol i love it

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by 8thegreat on Apr 6, 2011 12:19 PM CDT reply actions

This is so Marty. I LOL'd when I first read the story this morning (which drew some funny looks as I was reading it on my BB at work).

For some more Marty shenanigans, check out YouTube for a video of the game between the Hawks and the Blues on Presidents’ Day. I had posted a link to it back in February when it happened, but I don’t know how many people here saw it. Marty may not be winning many fans in Chicago with his play, but he is winning them over with his attitude and sense of fun.

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by TracyJean on Apr 6, 2011 12:25 PM CDT reply actions