Hockey

[Noble]

As a very recent new addition to hockey fandom (this will be my second season of sporadic watching), I am wondering if any of you vets to the game know why we get so little coverage and advertising of this awesome sport.
None of my friends watch it, even though I try to get them to, and none of my co-workers wanna watch it either. What gives???? Its a truly entertaining sport IMO, and I think it deserves more exposure than it gets. :mad: Its bad enough that I have to feel like an Alien for bieng one of the only people on this Island that watches hockey, but geez, at least gimme more games to watch on TV Mr. Cable Programmer, and lastly a prayer,

Dear God; Please make my friends WATCH HOCKEY!


/end rant
//go Caps!!!!

[vampyrewolf]

Try living up here.

every weekend we've got 1/2 the channels dedicated to any given sport.

between hockey, football and golf we've got too much on.

[Noble]

Try living up here.

every weekend we've got 1/2 the channels dedicated to any given sport.

between hockey, football and golf we've got too much on.

Yeah, that could be annoying. But if I was there, I would be happy to be around hockey culture, because Im really enjoying the sport. Maybe we can trade houses for a while.

Cheers Vamp,

Donovan.

[vampyrewolf]

How's all winter sound? I'm sure I can find work.

Electronics Technician
Quality Analyst
IT (without any certificates though)

I'll come down on the first heavy snowfall, and come back when hockey season is done.

[Noble]

How's all winter sound? I'm sure I can find work.

Electronics Technician
Quality Analyst
IT (without any certificates though)

I'll come down on the first heavy snowfall, and come back when hockey season is done.

Just point me to your nearest shipyard and I'll find work too :D

NDT Level II
Ultrasound Technician
Commercial Air Diver

[vampyrewolf]

Saskatchewan... shipyard? When's the last time you looked at a map? :confused: :p

[Tank]

Its pretty popular here in norcal. Even our local rock music station stop playing music to cover all the games when they play.... go Sharks!!!

[flipe8]

I'll be out back on the ice in a week or so, as some day surgery is keeping me on the sidelines. It's a great way to keep in shape, act like a kid and get out with buddies for a bit. My job has a couple teams in different leagues and we also play morning hockey 3x/week, so there's always enough hockey! Go Habs!!!

[Kuolema]

Hockey....

Ahem....

GO HABS!

:D

[psimonl]

Here, in Montreal, with the Canadians, it's been a religion for the past 60 years or so. I don't appreciate it much, but let tell you I feel like you every day of my life, except on the reverse side... As I don't like to watch it, I have to explain myself why.

And as a teacher, I loose a lot of respect :rolleyes: because of it....

Some kids here learn to skate and play hockey before walking and talking... During the season, everyday, 1/3 of the newspaper are about the game that happened the night before... They are now talking about getting a secong team in Quebec city, wich is only 2 hour drive from Montreal..... And that is just the major league....

A couple of years ago, players were on strike.... Well, people are so crazy about the sports, the newspaper and sports networks were mad about the Junior leagues....

But if Vampyrewolf town can't make you an offer about work, we have an international airport (YUL) and the biggest port in north america after NY!!!

Oh, and our house had just been redone all over in the past 3 years...

Simon

[Doc Pyres]

I was once chased by an angry mob wielding pitchforks and torches for saying I was getting bored of watching hockey. :rolleyes:

[FLYBYU44]

I don't follow hockey in the least, or any sports really except I watch MMA fights occasionally. I actually didn't mind it when the players were on strike, I didn't have to listen to people talk about the playoffs non-stop when I didn't have a clue what they were talking about.

[Noble]

Saskatchewan... shipyard? When's the last time you looked at a map? :confused: :p

I keeed!


Go CAPS!!!!!!

[Sequimite]

Of the biggest professional sports: football, baseball, basketball and hockey; hockey suffers the most from watching it on TV versus being at the game in person.

[Noble]

Of the biggest professional sports: football, baseball, basketball and hockey; hockey suffers the most from watching it on TV versus being at the game in person.

I might be going to new york in Nov. for a Certification Semminar, I gotta hook up with someone who can take me to a GAME!!!!

[*Cho*]

Hockey doesn't get as much coverage in the US because it isn't as popular. It is struggling with the other mainstream sport leagues (NFL,NBA,MLB) **** even College basketball is more popular than the NHL in most states. I think Hockey / NHL was ranked 5th or even lower in the top 10 most popular sports to watch.

It also doesn't help when you have a snot nosed little troll trying to push the game into markets where it is born to fail, and refusing to allow expansion or movement of teams into markets which are ready and willing to support teams.

Your best best to watch hockey might be to find websites that are streaming games.

[Noble]

Thank you Cho. Are those sites free, or do you know of any free ones?

[Kuolema]

I think you can watch them on NHL's official site, actually. (http://www.nhl.com/) then under the video tab, it should say Live Game Feed. That's how I usually watch the Habs win when I'm away from a television. :D

[djinnzfree]

Here, in Montreal, with the Canadians, it's been a religion for the past 60 years or so.
Simon

last year was 100 birthdate of the BEST hockey team of the world... Montreal Canadien go habs go! {forget the stanley cup this years...} :cool:

[java]

Take in some minor league "Hometown Hockey" while jonesing on that NHL stuff! There's more believeable dust-ups and action with cool down home flavor in the AHL, ECHL, UHL, SPHL, and CHL.



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