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Hockey… Moving on up to the east side in a deluxe apt in the sky

I attended my first hockey game last Sunday; The Chicago Blackhawks versus the Detroit Redwings. I left the area asking myself, why is this sport not popular? I know I hate to watch it on TV, but experiencing a game live, is phenomenal. The rush of the crowd, the cool air in the arena, the “ice babes” scraping snow off the ice every 5 minutes, the fans are into the game, and there is not a bad seat in the arena. Hockey is a very face paced and difficult game and it really doesn’t get that much respect. Though the Blackhawks and the Redwings are two very good teams, I still felt like I could enjoy the sport between to mediocre teams. It is just so difficult to watch on TV. You are following a little black dot and usually about 4 people are in the way of a camera angle when a goal is scored. Live, you can see everything; if you are in the nose bleeds or down low ( I transferred back and forth with two randomly scalped tickets). I will say one thing that I am disappointed about now, is that they are cutting back the fights. That is the only thing hockey has going for it (in America). I recommend we take all the teams out of southern California, Florida, and North Carolina. Put those teams in Canada and stack our northern boarder with our own teams. There will be two leagues, the CHL and USHL. At the end of the year, there will be a huge show down between the US and Canada. Putting a few more teams in Canada also will help the TV ratings since they enjoy those ice games so much up there… Also with the lock out coming in the NBA, we could see hockey taking some places of people’s basketball voids… They just need to get more betting involved in hockey and Vegas will run with it.

Next up on my pointless sports to convince people about… Curling..

Be prepared for a play by play Vegas/March Madness recap next week.

BJA