Quinn is not amused

TORONTO (CP) -- Maple Leafs head coach Pat Quinn doesn't like the fact the team uses the scoreboard at the Air Canada Centre to taunt opposing teams.
The Leafs' season-opener at the Air Canada Centre on Monday night featured a skit on the scoreboard involving a Bruins fan being scared back to Boston, with the Leafs mascot, Carlton The Bear, in hot pursuit.
The team also ran clips from the movie Happy Gilmore - showing Bob Barker punching and kicking Adam Sandler, who's wearing a Bruins jersey.
"I don't like it, never did. To me, it's not fun, it's not funny," Quinn told the Toronto Sun. "But I'm speaking maybe from an old-school situation because so much has changed about what the public feels.
"They seem to feel it's funny. I don't. If somebody was fooling around with my sweater, they would have a big problem."
Quinn, who years ago attempted to confront a Flames mascot after it wiped its bottom with a Canucks jersey, thinks all uniforms deserve respect.
"You work so hard to have people who work in an organization respect who they are and feel good about it and to have someone else playing with it ... It's like your flag," he said.

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