OLYMPICS IN TORINO -Who will take gold in Icehockey ???

[golden73]

To get young people in the U.S. into hockey, you need a good support structure. How many high schools out there do you know of have active hockey conferences or leagues. Football,baseball, and basketball fields/courts can be found anywhere out there. But isn't ironic that all/most of these hockey players make a very generous living in the NHL, which is predomanantly consisting of teams in the U.S, with the exception of some Canadian teams. Maybe it's just me, the reason I have a hard time getting into hockey is that a lot of the premier players are not from the U.S. I can watch football and know who this guy is, rather than watch an NHL game and the best player on the ice is from some place in Europe I never heard of.  Don't get me wrong, these guys are great, but I ain't dropping everything to watch them as if it was a Green Bay/Minnesota football game.

Pretty much every high school around here has a hockey team...

We need less hockey and more football!!!! 

[hemihead]

To get young people in the U.S. into hockey, you need a good support structure. How many high schools out there do you know of have active hockey conferences or leagues. Football,baseball, and basketball fields/courts can be found anywhere out there. But isn't ironic that all/most of these hockey players make a very generous living in the NHL, which is predomanantly consisting of teams in the U.S, with the exception of some Canadian teams. Maybe it's just me, the reason I have a hard time getting into hockey is that a lot of the premier players are not from the U.S. I can watch football and know who this guy is, rather than watch an NHL game and the best player on the ice is from some place in Europe I never heard of.  Don't get me wrong, these guys are great, but I ain't dropping everything to watch them as if it was a Green Bay/Minnesota football game.

Pretty much every high school around here has a hockey team...

We need less hockey and more football!!!! 

All we need is more trash talking in sports.MORE FOOTBALL, geez!!!

[Recharger]

Is it too late for me to put money on Sweden?