: About Me

NHL hockey games are on serious life support in the United States. There are a number of key reasons for this but it must first be realized that even in the original six team league there was very little interest in hockey outside of these markets. Inside the original cities - New York, Chicago, Detroit, Boston - fan interest was such that if there were 20,000 die hard fans, the vast majority attended the games. This gave a false illusion to the prosperity of the sport in its best days. But now the worst days are upon hockey. Television drives the success sports to the top. Hockey to the u...