Will it always be "Four in the Net, Pizza You Get"?

by Mr. K. on Nov 25, 2008 11:00 PM PST in Sharks News Comment 10 comments

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Many hockey clubs have tie-in promotions for free goods, if and when the home team scores a certain number of goals. In the case of the San Jose Sharks, participating Round Table Pizza outlets offer a free personal pan pizza to everyone in attendance when the Sharks score 4 or more goals at a home game. Simply bring in your ticket from the appropriate game, and voila, free pizza.

[Note - the days when just part of the ticket stub would be collected are sadly over. If you want pizza, you have to forego your entire souvenir. Ticket collector that I am, it's been some time since I've used my ticket for free pizza.]

Sharks fans have been spoiled rotten this season: SEVEN of the twelve home games so far this season have resulted in 4 or more goals. Mathematically, the Sharks are averaging exactly 4 goals per game (48 goals in 12 nights).

Of course, this is wonderful for the Sharks and their fans. Unfortunately, this can't all be good news for Round Table Pizza, which is contractually obligated to supply 17,496 free personal pan pizzas per 4-goal game. That's 122,472 free pizzas so far this season, which is only a quarter underway.

Compare this to last year - the Sharks only had ten 4-goal-games the entire regular season. Four of those ten were after the Brian Campbell trade. Two seasons ago saw slightly more 4-goal games - 15 to be exact.

At their current rate (58.3%) of 4-goal home games, the Sharks are on pace for 24 four-goal nights. That would be 419,904 free pizzas that Round Table would have to cough up.

In short - if the current goal barrage continues, expect the new saying to be (at least) "Five in the net, pizza you get," come next season.

If the Sharks' dominating ways come at the expense of their fans' free pizza supply, well - sacrifices just have to be made, don't they?

GO SHARKS.

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Let’s hope Round Table stays honest now eh?

For all of those interested (and as Mr. K points out, there probably is a lot), Mike Chen is tracking the Most Valuable Pizza Player over at BOC. Tasty idea.

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by Mr. Plank on Nov 25, 2008 11:11 PM PST reply actions

The Sens have had a similar promotion for years, which led to naming their first line “The Pizza Line” (Spezza, Heatley, Alfredsson) but it’s now 6 goals for the home team to get a free slice of Pizza-Pizza. It used to be five goals for the home team, but in 05-06 the Sens scored 5 goals in 10 of their first 19 home games, so they made the switch to 6 goals.

Funny, if you consider that the Sharks are 1st overall and the Sens 4th from the bottom. I’m Pizza Pizza isn’t complaining…

by hakanloob on Nov 26, 2008 11:01 AM PST reply actions

Every home game I’ve been to this season has been a free pizza game. I still haven’t actually went out and got a free pizza.

It’s fun to cheer for though :)

by Netsky on Nov 26, 2008 11:22 AM PST reply actions

But how many people actually redeem their ticket?

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a very small percentage

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by SwisherThresher on Nov 26, 2008 12:01 PM PST reply actions

Probably not very many if I'm any indication.

The only game I’ve missed this season was the Flyers and I’ve only gotten pizza twice.

by Lurker Shark on Nov 26, 2008 3:46 PM PST up reply actions

Round Table tried to screw me on this

I’m glad someone addressed the pizza issue.

I’ve been a Sharks fan for the better part of 15 years and I redeemed my FITNPYG for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago.

And those bastards tried to screw me out of it.

As you know season tickets are very fancy looking and consist of 80% player picture and seat info, while the other 20% is the barcode for scanning purposes.

Now, I tend to drink a lot before, during, and after games, so after I get through the gate I could give a shit what happens to my ticket once its tucked back in my pocket.

The game in question was 11/6 vs. StL, the last time we saw Nabbers incidentally.

So I show up at Round Table a few days later excited to score my free lunch. And lo, the manager gives me a bunch of shit for bringing in the large, 80% chunk of the ticket while the 20% got lost somewhere along the way. I asked why he needed both the top and the bottom parts of the ticket. Why not just require the top, or just require the bottom? His point was that someone could bring in just the bottom part of the ticket and get a free pizza… but that doesn’t make any sense. You’re not letting me get a free pizza for bringing in just the big part, why would you give someone a free pizza just for bringing in the small part. Right?

So I explain this to the guy and eventually he caves and gives me my well deserved free pizza. Goddamn right he did.

by GeneralDisarray on Nov 26, 2008 3:54 PM PST reply actions

That’s pretty lame, I’m glad you got your pizza. I wonder if they’re instructed to do that by corporate to try and save money.

BTW, awesome name.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

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by marcello on Nov 26, 2008 7:01 PM PST up reply actions

My problem with the whole participating round tables is I’m pretty sure my local place on the peninsula doesn’t participate. It would just be those closer to the tank. Maybe I should actually try it sometime. Or call them. Instead of assuming.

by ang6666 on Nov 26, 2008 7:35 PM PST reply actions

I’ve gotten mine before at a Round Table in Morgan Hill (20-30 minute drive south of downtown SJ). Moral of the story, it never hurts to try. This reminds me, I still have my Washington tickets that I need to redeem…

by WillR on Nov 27, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions

They used to do a roundtable promotion

for Nevada Basketball games, which was a free pizza every time the team scored 6 threes. Now they do it when they score 8 or 9 threes, can’t remember been so long since they had a solid guy from behind the arc we barely see it happen any more.

Another thing you had to do was purchase something in able to get the free pizza, so I figured out that I could buy a topping for the free pizza @ 25 cents and get the pizza basically free. Most people bought a drink to get it…suckers.

You can pretty much guarantee they change it to 5 goals, and I bet it happens before the end of the season.

by sharks on Nov 26, 2008 11:39 PM PST reply actions