With the amount of holding, hooking and dumping of the puck into your opponents zone, how can hockey ever make itself interesting for the casual viewer such as myself to watch an entire game? I'm trying to watch a full game for the frist time this year and this is game 7 and I can barely make it through the first period. The only part of hockey I enjoy is sudden death OT when the next goal wins.
You need to go to a live game. An anology would be soccer for most of us (ok me), if you don't really understand the game its not entertaining. The more you know,the more you will enjoy it.
my 2 cents
Former flyers season tix Section Q Row 6 the Spectrum, Phila
my 2 cents
Former flyers season tix Section Q Row 6 the Spectrum, Phila
What is exciting about one pitch after another to guys that might succeed 30% of the time in accomplishing something positive? Football might be more exciting at times but lets face it there are plenty of boring NFL games as well. I can understand boredom with some regular season games, but for my attention there is nothing that comes even close to playoff hockey and the later the round the better. Part of the appeal is the emotional highs and lows of the game, especially when you get to overtime. No sport can even come close to offering something like sudden death playoff overtime. Nothing can even come close. Look at the NFL, most OTs are decided by a slow drive with a couple of good plays and then a bunch of time outs before a guy who couldn't cut it as a real athlete kicks a field goal.
hockey is the second worst sport that their is,of course soccer is first
No sport is as exciting to watch. No sport is as exciting to play. Very who have actually played hockey at a decent level would disagree. Hockey suffers because it is essentially a regional sport and traditionally required cold temperatures to play etc..
Basketball is deadly dull to watch, tune in for the last 2 minutes and you've seen all there is to see. Football is made for TV, thus its popularity in the U.S., but is so stop and go . . . no constant action. Soccer can be exciting, but doesn't have hockey's speed or physical play. Baseball is not a sport. Neither is driving a car. Neither is golf . . . or darts . . . or chess. Hockey is all that's left. IMO only boxing comes close . . .
Basketball is deadly dull to watch, tune in for the last 2 minutes and you've seen all there is to see. Football is made for TV, thus its popularity in the U.S., but is so stop and go . . . no constant action. Soccer can be exciting, but doesn't have hockey's speed or physical play. Baseball is not a sport. Neither is driving a car. Neither is golf . . . or darts . . . or chess. Hockey is all that's left. IMO only boxing comes close . . .
