Why the NHL All-Star Game has lost its audience 9 Articles

by Keith Bailey

The National Hockey League's annual all star game has lost a substantial amount of its audience base since coming back from the lock out/strike. Television ratings for the game dropped a whopping seventy-six percent in 200...read more

by Kelly Monteith

The NHL lost it's audience long before the lockout, especially in the smaller markets.The NHL All-Star Game is no different then the NBA or the MLB All-Star games, where both these games are, as one writer put it "a gong s...read more

by John Hummel

To be frank, when you look at the television ratings in the US, there's not much audience left for the NHL to lose. As an avid hockey fan for many years, I can tell you that the All-Star game is not at all indicative of...read more

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

The NHL All-Star Game is suppose to be an exhibition hockey game that marks the midway point of the regular season. The All Stars of the Game is a joke. Combine that with having two consecutive years without a game due t...read more

by Ray Fauteux

For lack of a better description, the NHL All Star game has turned into a bit of a gong show. It really is a farce, but by the same token one has to consider the argument the management has about their star players risking...read more

by Joe Jenkins

The largest problem facing the NHL All-Star game is that it is such a far departure from the game that fans get to see on a nightly basis. The aspect of checking and physical play in the corners is given up for a faster, h...read more

by Tracy Binkley

Why do hockey fans, love hockey? What is it that makes them jump off the couch and shout at the television screen? Hockey fans don't just watch hockey, they feel hockey. It is their passion for the game, passion that co...read more

by Bobby Coles

The National Hockey League All Star Game has become little more than a glorified game of shinny played by the prima donnas of the game. While the game itself is an excellent display of dazzling puck handling and skilled p...read more

by Steve McCuaig

The NHL All-Star game has lost its way, or even find its way in the first place. Officially since 1947 the National Hockey League has been pitting its best against each other in the hopes of having a exciting microcosm ...read more