Americans and Hockey

**MVP** · 11-01-2006, 02:44 PM

I think some Americans don't care about hockey cause most of the sports networks don't give a shit about hockey. For instance, the NBA finals are around the same time as the Stanley Cup, and all ESPN talks about are the NBA Finals (Dwayne Wade last year in particular), and they barely gave the Stanley Cup the time of day on Sportscenter. Also as far as I know the NHL Amateur Draft was not broadcast live unlike the NFL and NBA drafts, even though in 2005 they covered it a little bit cause of Sidney Crosby, but I am willing to bet that way more Americans know the 1st round picks in the NBA draft than the NHL draft.

It kinda sucks really cause I watch Sportscenter a lot, but I hate NBA so most of the time in the winter I only watch it to follow NFL stuff. So for NHL news I usually try to catch a game on OLN, and usually they cover NHL news, but that's not exactly what you call a major sports network.

11-01-2006, 02:44 PM	#5
MVP Mas Vagina Porfavor Posts: 11,343	I think some Americans don't care about hockey cause most of the sports networks don't give a shit about hockey. For instance, the NBA finals are around the same time as the Stanley Cup, and all ESPN talks about are the NBA Finals (Dwayne Wade last year in particular), and they barely gave the Stanley Cup the time of day on Sportscenter. Also as far as I know the NHL Amateur Draft was not broadcast live unlike the NFL and NBA drafts, even though in 2005 they covered it a little bit cause of Sidney Crosby, but I am willing to bet that way more Americans know the 1st round picks in the NBA draft than the NHL draft. It kinda sucks really cause I watch Sportscenter a lot, but I hate NBA so most of the time in the winter I only watch it to follow NFL stuff. So for NHL news I usually try to catch a game on OLN, and usually they cover NHL news, but that's not exactly what you call a major sports network.