Windsor, Halifax mayors will exchange gifts after Game 7 forfeit
According to a tweet, a bet between Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens and Halifax Mayor Mike Savage is about to be honoured, with a twist.
Just got off the phone with Halifax Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSavageHFX">@MikeSavageHFX</a>. Classy guy. Lobster is on the way to Windsor and CC is en route to Halifax.
—@drewdilkensThere was uncertainty of whether the wager would stand after the National Basketball League of Canada declared the Windsor Express champions, when the Halifax Rainmen refused to play Game 7 of the final Thursday.
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens and Halifax Mayor Mike Savage had placed a friendly wager on the championship series.
If Halifax won, Dilkens was going to send bottle of Canadian Club whisky to Savage.
If Windsor won, Savage would send Dilkens some lobster.
Technically, Windsor won their second consecutive league championship. The league declared the Express champions after the Rainmen said they feared for their safety and refused to play Game 7 at the WFCU Centre.
"We haven't got that far yet, but I'm hoping to see some lobster in the mail," Dilkens told CBC of the bet.
As a friendly gesture Dilkens decided to send a bottle of Canadian Club anyway.
.<a href="https://twitter.com/drewdilkens">@drewdilkens</a> hopes to collect lobster from Halifax Mayor for <a href="https://twitter.com/WindsorXpress">@WindsorXpress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NBLCanada">@NBLCanada</a> win. Canadian Club would've went other way. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcwdr?src=hash">#cbcwdr</a>
—@AadelHaleemIt seems leading into Game 7 Savage was confident his team would win.
There is <a href="https://twitter.com/Ladyshowers">@Ladyshowers</a>! But after last night's game, <a href="https://twitter.com/drewdilkens">@drewdilkens</a> won't be wearing a lobster bib anytime soon! <a href="https://twitter.com/HalifaxRainmen">@HalifaxRainmen</a>
—@MikeSavageHFXBut a pre-game fight led to the game not being played.
There was a scuffle that involved chair throwing after the Express coaching staff asked the Rainmen to leave the arena Thursday morning, a Windsor Express coach told CBC.
The Express claim the Rainmen arrived two hours too early for a 1 p.m. shoot around and asked them to leave.
And the Rainmen left, all right. They headed all the way home, forfeiting the game.
Windsor police said in a media release officers were called to the WFCU Centre for a fight. Police said when they arrived, the 15-20 men involved in "an altercation" had already left.