Ducks win the cup!

Caboose

<div class="IPBDescription">Remember Hocky, becuse I forgot...</div>So, I turn on the TV and watched a bit of game 4, which I had no idea about, and I just watched the last period of game 5. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks won.

Yea, after that NHL strike, I kind of forgot about hockey. It used to b the only sport I sort of followed. Anyway, take that Canada!

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SloppyKisses

wut?

hockey still lives?

when will that sport die off for good. lol ( i myself love it )
but its a simple fact, is ratings and turn outs arent HUGE.


Baseball is another dying sport IMO, ive even heard on news stations about how baseballs ratings and turnouts with people going to watch the games have decreased over the years.


The only sport that seems to be thriving very very well, and doing awesome for itself is football.

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edit: speaking sport wise in the US that is.

Comprox

Pst, wrong logo Caboose! Disney sold the Ducks, they are just the Anaheim Ducks now, no mighty left (sadly). Painful to watch, but they deserved it completely.

KainTSA

Hockey's the only sport I can really stand watching. My roomate got me into it in college but I haven't kept up with it since then. I'm suprised its not more popular world wide as I see a lot parallels between it and soccer (as far as pace, positioning, and amount of goals).

Bacillus

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Hockey's the only sport I can really stand watching. My roomate got me into it in college but I haven't kept up with it since then. I'm suprised its not more popular world wide as I see a lot parallels between it and soccer (as far as pace, positioning, and amount of goals).
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Ice isn't much of a universal resoucre unlike somewhat plain areas of solid ground. A ball is much easier to find than skates, sticks and maybe a full set of protective gear. Why hockey isn't that popular in USA I don't know.

Hockey is great btw.

lolfighter

I don't see why this is such an issue. Okay, so they won. And? Is this a disgrace? Evidently I lack inside info.

KainTSA

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Ice isn't much of a universal resoucre unlike somewhat plain areas of solid ground. A ball is much easier to find than skates, sticks and maybe a full set of protective gear. Why hockey isn't that popular in USA I don't know.

Hockey is great btw.
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VERY good points <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

UltimaGecko

Because if the players insist on constantly striking for more money when they get paid fortunes people tend to view them as moronic psuedo-bad guys, and not something worth watching on TV? I'd think it's a similar problem with baseball (for me that was more "man, why'd you have to go and demolish County Stadium?" and "the Brewers are going to lose anyway")...plus Wisconsin doesn't have a hockey team...

If they stopped striking every 3 years maybe they'd get a new fan base.


I think I've also discovered the secret of soccer and its popularity, but I'm not sure.