Word: gator
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...many locals feel they can't miss a game? Fan Gary Elliott, 56, has a theory: "Invite 10,000 Cajuns anywhere, serve 'em beer and tell 'em there's gonna be a fight, and they'll fill the place up." Chris Valicevic, 32, a fifth-year Gator, recalls that "when I first got down here, people would ask me if the fights were real. They figured we were doing some kind of TV-wrestling stuff. I asked them, 'Where do you think this blood's coming from...
...Gators' booster club, 106 families strong, assigns each player a "foster family" that is his host for the holidays and gives him an elaborate "care package" before each road trip. Several Gators have married local women. Others have refused trades or quit hockey altogether to avoid leaving--the second wave of Canadians to settle here, two centuries after the first. Corey Neilson, a Gator defenseman from New Brunswick, Canada, loves the warm weather, the food and the way the fans simply enjoy the game instead of critiquing it. He says, "It doesn't really get much better than this...