Americans and Hockey

**Stickman** · 11-01-2006, 12:58 PM

So up here in the far north we love our hockey. 95% of the time all sport talk shows are talking hockey even in the summer. Probably on the level of NFL in the states. However, Canadians tend to feel like the NHL is alienating them while trying to cater to an American public that doesn't seem to care about hockey.

My question is this. Why do Americans not care? Is it because it's not an American sport which does seem to be a common trend in regards to sports in the US. Are you americans really that stupid that you can't follow a black puck on white ice on television while the camera follows said puck? Is it the camera angles? I admit they could definatly come up with some better way to show the game on TV, even though with HD hockey is incredible.

We know that Americans like fast sports (Well maybe not they like baseball) and hockey is fast. They like hard hitting sports which hockey is even though they're trying to pussify it to please the americans (makes no sense I know). There's fighting which everybody loves even those tree huggers who say it should be taken out of the game (which would be terrible). Hockey even has the best looking trophy in ALL sports across the world.

So what is it?

11-01-2006, 12:58 PM	#1
Stickman Stickman Posts: 15,119	Americans and Hockey So up here in the far north we love our hockey. 95% of the time all sport talk shows are talking hockey even in the summer. Probably on the level of NFL in the states. However, Canadians tend to feel like the NHL is alienating them while trying to cater to an American public that doesn't seem to care about hockey. My question is this. Why do Americans not care? Is it because it's not an American sport which does seem to be a common trend in regards to sports in the US. Are you americans really that stupid that you can't follow a black puck on white ice on television while the camera follows said puck? Is it the camera angles? I admit they could definatly come up with some better way to show the game on TV, even though with HD hockey is incredible. We know that Americans like fast sports (Well maybe not they like baseball) and hockey is fast. They like hard hitting sports which hockey is even though they're trying to pussify it to please the americans (makes no sense I know). There's fighting which everybody loves even those tree huggers who say it should be taken out of the game (which would be terrible). Hockey even has the best looking trophy in ALL sports across the world. So what is it? Insert Signature Here Last edited by Stickman; 11-01-2006 at 01:04 PM.