Why hockey is not really growing in US

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American friends, do you agree with &#x27;The Hockey Guy&#x27; about the popularity of NHL?&#xA; &#xA;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7R9DDSUwg0&amp;t=34s

North-Japan · Answer

American friends, do you agree with &#x27;The Hockey Guy&#x27; about the popularity of NHL?&#xA; &#xA;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7R9DDSUwg0&amp;t=34s

Dangerbay · Answer

North Japan, the nhl controls all the media surrounding their game.  Whatever you hear, read and see by their people are lies.

benhogan76 · Answer

It&#x2019;s not played with a football

LeRinkRat · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by North-Japan]  American friends, do you agree with &#x27;The Hockey Guy&#x27; about the popularity of NHL?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7R9DDSUwg0&amp;t=34s  [/Quote]Ya I think he hit the nail on the head esp at the end talking about revenue created in Canada so WHY the HELL NOT more teams IN Canada, Eh ??? IF you MOVED the Florida Panthers, who play every night in a half full (or less) arena, to Quebec City you could NOT get a TICKET!!!

packersbackers · Answer

Quebec City&#xA;Regina&#xA;Halifax (yes i said it)&#xA;Toronto #2 (yankees/mets, cubs/whitesox, dodgers/angels)...Leafs vs the Pine Combs?

NeighborMike · Answer

It costs too much to play. So kids dont play it&#xA;and its a very regional sport

Polar_Bear · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by NeighborMike]  It costs too much to play. So kids dont play it&#xD;&#xA;and its a very regional sport&#xD;&#xA;   [/Quote]

Polar_Bear · Answer

The NCAA Division I has 60 ice hockey teams as of the 2015&#x2013;16 season. Twenty-one schools are Division II or III athletic programs that "play up" to Division I in hockey, and 16 schools that are full Division I members are in the Football Bowl Subdivision, six of which compete in the Big Ten Conference.

Dangerbay · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by NeighborMike]  It costs too much to play. So kids dont play it&#xD;&#xA;and its a very regional sport&#xD;&#xA;   [/Quote]Everyone I know has a kid that plays hockey regardless of cost.  My daughter plays baseball bc I hate gary and the nhl

Polar_Bear · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by packersbackers]  Quebec City&#xD;&#xA;Regina&#xD;&#xA;Halifax (yes i said it)&#xD;&#xA;Toronto #2 (yankees/mets, cubs/whitesox, dodgers/angels)...Leafs vs the Pine Combs?  [/Quote]  In 1974-75 the Toronto Toros played in the WHL and averaged 10436 people a game while the Maple Leafs sold out the Gardens when the GTA population was 5 times less what it is now. Toronto would EASILY fill two arenas every single game. And now with the population being spread out more in the area the second team could be placed 45 minutes north of the Leafs and serve a whole other base of people that do not want to go into the city to see a game. It makes way too much sense for an assholle like Buttman but it will never happen because it would add more Canadian content and he will do whatever he can to avoid that. The only reason Calgary and Winnipeg have teams is because the NHL vomited all over themselves twice by putting a team in an obvious failure of a location like Atlanta...both teams are the sloppy seconds of the Atlanta Flames and Atlanta Thrasher. The league never would have allowed either city an expansion team but they were happy to sweep their trash in that direction.

Lippsman · Answer

Quebec City for me

BWS77 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by NeighborMike]  It costs too much to play. So kids dont play it&#xD;&#xA;and its a very regional sport&#xD;&#xA;   [/Quote]Ice rinks growing in US.   Parents keeping kids away from football so hockey and lacrosse are growing.   Great first post!

Dangerbay · Answer

The return of the Cleveland Barons?

Polar_Bear · Answer

The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado, and became the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, the Rockies relocated to New Jersey where they have since been known as the New Jersey Devils.

Polar_Bear · Answer

The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Initially named California Seals, the team was renamed Oakland Seals partway through the 1967&#x2013;68 season (on December 8, 1967), and then to California Golden Seals in 1970, after a brief two games as the Bay Area Seals.[1] The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion. Based in Oakland, California, they played their home games at the Oakland&#x2013;Alameda County Coliseum Arena. However, the Seals were never successful at the gate, and eventually moved to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Barons in 1976.[1]

Polar_Bear · Answer

The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1972 until 1980. They played out of the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along with the New York Islanders, the Flames were created in 1971 as part of the NHL&#x27;s conflict with the rival World Hockey Association (WHA). The team enjoyed modest success on the ice, qualifying for the playoffs in six of its eight seasons, but failed to win a playoff series and won only two post-season games total. The franchise struggled to draw fans, and after averaging only 10,000 per game in 1979&#x2013;80, was sold and relocated to Alberta to become the Calgary Flames.

Polar_Bear · Answer

The Atlanta Thrashers were an American professional ice hockeyteam based in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) on June 25, 1997, and became the League&#x27;s 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999&#x2013;2000 season. They were members of the Southeast Division of the NHL&#x27;s Eastern Conference, and played their home games at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta. The Thrashers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffsonly once, during the 2006&#x2013;07 season in which they won the Southeast Division, but were swept in the first round by the New York Rangers.In May 2011, the Thrashers were sold to Canadian-based ownership group True North Sports &amp; Entertainment. The group moved the franchise to Winnipeg, Manitoba, which became the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets. The sale and relocation were approved by the NHL on June 21, 2011.[1] With the sale and relocation of the team, Atlanta became the first city in the NHL&#x27;s modern era to have two ice hockey teams relocate to different cities. In both cases, the team moved from Atlanta to Canada; the city&#x27;s previous NHL team (the Atlanta Flames) moved to Calgary, Alberta, in 1980 to become the Calgary Flames.

Polar_Bear · Answer

The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team&#x27;s colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white. The North Stars played 2,062 regular season games and made the NHL playoffs 17 times, including two Stanley Cup Finals appearances. In the fall of 1993, the franchise moved to Dallas, and is now known as the Dallas Stars.

Polar_Bear · Answer

The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockeyteam in the National Hockey League (NHL) that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were founded as the Kansas City Scouts, an expansion team that began play in the NHL in the 1974&#x2013;75 season. The Scouts moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Denver for the 1976&#x2013;77 season. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 1982&#x2013;83 season and was renamed as the New Jersey Devils. The NHL did not return to Denver until the Quebec Nordiquesmoved there to become the Colorado Avalanche following the 1994&#x2013;95 season.

Polar_Bear · Answer

The Cleveland Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1976 to 1978. They were a relocation of the California Golden Seals franchise that had played in Oakland since 1967. After just two seasons, the team merged with the Minnesota North Stars (now the Dallas Stars). As a result the NHL operated with 17 teams during the 1978&#x2013;79 season.As of 2018, the Barons remain the last franchise in the four major North American sports leagues to cease operations.[citation needed] Ohio did not have another NHL team until the Columbus Blue Jackets joined the league 22 years later in 2000.

Polar_Bear · Answer

https://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2012/03/04/penguins-were-last-in-nhl-attendance-in-2003-04-proving-once-and-for-all-that/9957/

https://thehockeywriters.com/trouble-spots-a-look-at-national-hockey-league-attendance-since-the-lockout/

Nothing has gotten any better since the above article, however in those cities and others they give away tickets and sell others in packages dirt cheap, and still with that in many cities talented camera work is put into action in an attempt to hide the half empty arenas in order to try to con people into thinking it's popular and supported in those places.

Cannon88 · Answer

People forget....St.Louis almost moved to Saskatoon in 1990 or 91.

Get rid of Florida and Arizona.....add Quebec & Seattle.....and move Carolina back to Hartford...bring back Brass Bonanza and the Whale! ??

peelpub94 · Answer

Hockey is absolutely growing in the states, maybe not viewership but at the youth grassroots level it certainly is. Take a look around and see where some of the up and coming stars are coming from. Florida, Arizona... Gostisbehere, Matthews..

peelpub94 · Answer

I know most like to ignore facts when it goes against their theory or agenda, but here's some tidbits for ya.

Youth hockey participation in Arizona increased by 17 percent over the last year, growing from 3,874 participants in 2016-17 to 4,519 in 2017-18, according to statistics released by USA Hockey. The rise of Toronto Maple Leafs superstar and Scottsdale, Ariz. native Auston Matthews was surely a factor.

It's more than just youths who want to be like Matthews, though. There are now 8,617 overall hockey participants in Arizona, up 11 percent from last year, and 109 percent in the last five years.

The city of Tucson, where the Coyotes' AHL affiliate plays, has seen the largest growth. Hockey participation has increased by 433 percent in the eight-and-under age category over the past year, and 296 percent among all ages.

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1590355

JumpinJeremy55 · Answer

&#xA;canada will emerge as a cricket and racquet sports power with the liberal party in charge, probably ndp too

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