For any of the many REAL sports fans that hang out here. Hockey is not a REAL sport.

[madinmaryland]

Come on folks. You take two years off to figure out how to lose more money, and yet no-one is still interested. You main channel is VS? :wtf:

FFS, even the Arena League is more watched!

[Forkboy]

1. Try playing it and get back to me.

You couldn't even tie your skates, let alone know how to use them. :evilgrin:

[cboy4]

29. He spends an hour at the house trying to figure out how to

tie his flip flops.

[Forkboy]

30. Sorry, mad, but that's pretty fucking funny.

:rofl:

[mmonk]

2. Wrong. For one try and saying that north of the border.

Second, once it's in your blood, it's a magnificent game.

GOOD OLD HOCKEY GAME
Stompin' Tom Connors


Hello out there, were on the air
it's hockey night tonight!
The tension grows,
the whistle blows,
and the puck goes down the ice.
The goalie jumps,
and and the players bump,
and the fans all go insane.
Someone roars:
"Bobby Scores!"
At the good old hockey game!

(chorus)
Oh!
The good old hockey game!
Its the best game you can name!
And the best game you can name,
is the good old hockey game!

Second Period.
Where players dash,
with skates a-flash,
the home team trails behind.
But they grab the puck,
and go bursting up,
and their down across the line.
They storm the crease,
like bumblebees,
and they travel like a burning flame.
We see them slide the puck inside,
its a one one hockey game!

(chorus)
Oh!
The good old hockey game!
Its the best game you can name!
And the best game you can name,
is the good old hockey game!

Third Period.
Last game in the play-offs too.
Oh take me where, the hockey players,
face off down the rink,
And the Stanley Cup,
is all filled up,
for the champs who win the drink!
Now the final flick,
of a hockey stick,
and a one gigantic scream:
"THE PUCK IS IN! THE HOME TEAM WINS!"
At the good ol hockey game

(chorus repeat 3 times)
OH!
The good old hockey game!
Its the best game you can name!
And the best game you can name,
is the good old hockey game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZWxErEbQkY

[Forkboy]

6. I'm partial to this version of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6jwyMiilgE&feature=related

:)

[mmonk]

7. Yep, can't forget the Hansons.

[mmonk]

8. Then there's Hit Somebody by Warren Zevon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PokDj9u09A

[Forkboy]

9. I can't believe I have never heard that before.

That's awesome! :)

Thanks!

[mmonk]

10. You're welcome. Now my favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0hZ8XiGsc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdfFudf54_8&feature=related

[LisaM]

22. And that's David Letterman in it

yelling "hit somebody!"

[MrSlayer]

3. The NBA is a joke and look at all the coverage they get.

Popularity doesn't equal greatness else we'd be declaring the Jonas Brothers to be in the same league as Led Zeppelin. This is an idiotic post.

[Upton]

4. The Rangers/Caps game was on Versus

but the Devils/Hurricanes game was on Center Ice...both the NJ and Carolina telecasts. The options are there for a true hockey fan to take advantage of. Great sport..the playoffs are like nothing else.

[cboy4]

5. There is no other sport where you're on the edge of your

seat, from start to finish in the playoffs.

It's almost too intense for me to watch.

[MrPerson]

17. You should get a barcalounger.

[madinmaryland]

18. Uhh.

Nascar is far more exciting. Hell, even Bobby Fischer days as a chess player were more exciting.

[Upton]

20. Yeah...sure

NASCAR's great...it's real exciting watching someone drive a car around. Then they even make a pit stop...WOW!!!

If I want to watch someone change tires, I'll call AAA.

[madinmaryland]

21. You know, if I want to watch exciting ice skating,

I'll watch womens figure skating!

[Tektonik]

35. hick

[BulletproofLandshark]

11. Well, all I can say is you're missing out.

I don't care about the NHL's ratings. That's an issue for the NHL to deal with. I just find it humorous that the people that talk about nobody watching hockey are the ones that don't care about it anyway. BTW, the AFL took this year off (and who knows if they're even coming back), so you can't really say they're more watched.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. It's AWFULLY Good In High Def

I've always liked hockey, but i've gotten way more into it since i got the high def box. Now, with the big TV, it's most excellent.
GAC

[Iggo]

13. I love hockey, and I've never seen a frozen pond in my life.

GO KINGS GO.

[redqueen]

14. Not sure if it's true... but I heard that footy is more popular here now.

Which is only right and fair.

Next... basketball!

[Forkboy]

15. That could be true.

The NHL's ratings are on par with the Professional Bowling League (no joke).

Which of course makes me happy. It's no coincidence that hockey started to suck as soon as they expanded to areas that don't give a shit about hockey and rarely even see snow. The league got watered down even more, and the lack of talent led to tons of clutching and grabbing that made the game boring even for me. The rule changes a few years back made the game much, much better, and the clutching and holding stuff is immediately called for a penalty now, allowing the true skill players like Crosby and Ovechkin to shine.

Soccer is everywhere. I still watch games on the spanish channel sometimes. They show about 5 games per week it seems. It's on all the time.

[mmonk]

16. Alot of the problem has to do with TV coverage.

It needs a network to step up to the plate instead of regional TV up to playoff time. Hockey is usually popular in the city it is played but generally not followed outside those cities in the US. Let's face it, in the US, one could probably find a baseball, basketball, or football game using a sun dial.

[devilgrrl]

19. Let's see you lace up the skates and say that.

Have I got a hip check waiting for you! :spank:

[LisaM]

23. I wouldn't even live where I couldn't get Canadian TV

I feel bad for people who don't "get" hockey.

There are some fine playoff matchups this year. And you don't have to worry about the officials throwing the games, either.

We have four choices to watch hockey - Canadian, VS, the occasional NBC game, and the beloved Center Ice package on cable.

[Upton]

26. You forgot the NHL Network

channel 215 on DirecTV, not sure where it's offered on other services. It's great.. Hockey Night in Canada, classic games and series, nightly highlights of all the games and much more.

http://www.nhlnetwork.com/

[LisaM]

27. You're right. But for us (I think) it comes as part of the Center Ice Package

I don't think we get it unless we subscribe. I could be wrong, though. Comcast has very mysterious ways. I do watch that channel a lot.

[dakota_democrat]

24. Exposure is not the metric to decide what is and isn't a sport.

[Swede]

25. You're missing the best pro sport out there.

It's got it all.

[Dr. Strange]

28. It's not a real sport because so few people watch it?

That's like saying the brazillion joke is funny because so many people have read it.

Oh, wait, now it all becomes clear...

:evilgrin:

[mmonk]

31. Now I know how you came by your DU name.

;)

[madinmaryland]

32. Interestingly, if you look at when I joined DU,

and what was happening to John Kerry, you will understand where my DU name came from!

:hi:

[mmonk]

33. I know.

I thought I would do a little kidding.:hi:
And remember Kerry and hockey?

[Tektonik]

34. They sell tickets, which is what counts

[Onceuponalife]

36. Anybody with any sense loves hockey

Car racing is boring and monotonous. Might as well watch paint dry. It's the same experience. Plus the racers are 99% freeper rednecks. Any self-respecting Duer should boycott Nascar out of general principle.

[madinmaryland]

37. Wow! Nice post, cboy! Nothing but inane comments.

:shrug:

[cboy4]

38. You might as well concede that you're out of touch.

As well as a bandwagon jumper.

[madinmaryland]

39. Why do you have to jump into a thread that you are not part of??

:wtf:

Oh yea, it's a PUBLIC message board.

[Onceuponalife]

40. Who are you calling cboy?

*edit* due to general outrage

[Jack Rabbit]

41. Nonsense. It's two real sports.

It's hockey, of course, and then there are to occasions when it breaks out into a boxing match. Or a destruction derby.