http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2009/04/09/puck-the-media-takes-us-to-the-heart-of-espns-hockey-hating.html A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:05:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2009/04/09/puck-the-media-takes-us-to-the-heart-of-espns-hockey-hating.html/comment-page-1#comment-9465 EvilSnowMiser Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:50:59 +0000 http://mvn.com/onfrozenblog/2009/04/09/puck-the-media-takes-us-to-the-heart-of-espns-hockey-hating.html#comment-9465 I honestly can not remember the last time I watched ESPN. Once upon a time I was hooked on NHL2Nite, Wednesday Night Hockey, Chicken Parm, Bucci, Melrose, all of it. I spent many a long night in college studying and watching west coast NHL games on ESPN. Then ESPN was bought by Disney and the rest is sad sports history. Let ESPN have their Paintball shows, reality shows, poker shows. All fads must come to an end. ESPN will want the NHL back at some point, I just hope the NHL has the sense to say "no thank you." WTG Edwards on speaking the truth. Now if you could just convince Bucci to leave.. I feel sorry for him sometimes. I am sure the NHL Network could find a place for him. (The NHL Network is why I havent watched one second of ESPN in ages, I can see all the highlights and scores morning or night.) I honestly can not remember the last time I watched ESPN.
Once upon a time I was hooked on NHL2Nite, Wednesday Night Hockey, Chicken Parm, Bucci, Melrose, all of it. I spent many a long night in college studying and watching west coast NHL games on ESPN.
Then ESPN was bought by Disney and the rest is sad sports history.
Let ESPN have their Paintball shows, reality shows, poker shows. All fads must come to an end. ESPN will want the NHL back at some point, I just hope the NHL has the sense to say “no thank you.”
WTG Edwards on speaking the truth. Now if you could just convince Bucci to leave.. I feel sorry for him sometimes.
I am sure the NHL Network could find a place for him. (The NHL Network is why I havent watched one second of ESPN in ages, I can see all the highlights and scores morning or night.)

]]> http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2009/04/09/puck-the-media-takes-us-to-the-heart-of-espns-hockey-hating.html/comment-page-1#comment-9464 Lucas Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:08:35 +0000 http://mvn.com/onfrozenblog/2009/04/09/puck-the-media-takes-us-to-the-heart-of-espns-hockey-hating.html#comment-9464 Wow. Why hasn't anyone at ESPN realized how great of a sport hockey is? It is the kind of sport that works so well. If someone watches just a little (making them a temporary fair-weathered fan), they can't help but watch more! This game is so great. I mean, I started PLAYING hockey less than a year after I started following the NHL. And I have a great time. All ESPN has to do is run hockey for a larger portion of SportsCenter (no stupid fights, I mean the finesse skating, big hits, great goals, and great saves). Then, in only a short bit of time, the people wired only to espn will become hockey fans. And guess what. that means if ESPN puts more focus on hockey, they will have a great audience to work with. It is all about breaking the ice (it is the best expression for this situation, not a corny joke). Once sports fans realize that fighting is not equal to hockey, and that hockey is a great sport, they will love it. I mean, I saw my sister get a huge change of view quickly. My family went to the Capitals-Lightning game on 1/1/09. She LOVED it. What a great sport. She never followed hockey before. I have so many friends who have become true hockey fans in the past year. They went from "Who really cares about hockey" fans to complete, true, hardcore hockey fans in just a few weeks. So try and get as many people as you can to go with you to capitals games (the caps are great because they've got the most exciting brand of hockey). Be open to answer their questions about the rules. They will probably have only about 5 anyways. Once you understand power plays, offside, icing, and goals, the game explains the rules by itself. –ú–æ–ª–æ–¥–µ—Ü, Jack Edwards. –ú–æ–ª–æ–¥–µ—Ü, OFB!!!!! P.s. If anyone at espn needs proof that hockey needs more coverage, throw a ton of Washington Post Sports Sections from this past season at them. Make them see those huge color photos of the capitals. Make them see those capitals mini-stories that start at the TOP FRONT of the section on days that don't follow game nights. Make them see today's section (Friday, April 10, 2009): College hockey at the top. Seriously. the capitals consistently get the main story of the sports section after game nights, and it usually continues to the back page (color=probably considered higher priority). Wow. Why hasn’t anyone at ESPN realized how great of a sport hockey is? It is the kind of sport that works so well. If someone watches just a little (making them a temporary fair-weathered fan), they can’t help but watch more! This game is so great. I mean, I started PLAYING hockey less than a year after I started following the NHL. And I have a great time. All ESPN has to do is run hockey for a larger portion of SportsCenter (no stupid fights, I mean the finesse skating, big hits, great goals, and great saves). Then, in only a short bit of time, the people wired only to espn will become hockey fans. And guess what. that means if ESPN puts more focus on hockey, they will have a great audience to work with. It is all about breaking the ice (it is the best expression for this situation, not a corny joke). Once sports fans realize that fighting is not equal to hockey, and that hockey is a great sport, they will love it. I mean, I saw my sister get a huge change of view quickly. My family went to the Capitals-Lightning game on 1/1/09. She LOVED it. What a great sport. She never followed hockey before. I have so many friends who have become true hockey fans in the past year. They went from “Who really cares about hockey” fans to complete, true, hardcore hockey fans in just a few weeks. So try and get as many people as you can to go with you to capitals games (the caps are great because they’ve got the most exciting brand of hockey). Be open to answer their questions about the rules. They will probably have only about 5 anyways. Once you understand power plays, offside, icing, and goals, the game explains the rules by itself.
–ú–æ–ª–æ–¥–µ—Ü, Jack Edwards.
–ú–æ–ª–æ–¥–µ—Ü, OFB!!!!!
P.s. If anyone at espn needs proof that hockey needs more coverage, throw a ton of Washington Post Sports Sections from this past season at them. Make them see those huge color photos of the capitals. Make them see those capitals mini-stories that start at the TOP FRONT of the section on days that don’t follow game nights.
Make them see today’s section (Friday, April 10, 2009): College hockey at the top.
Seriously. the capitals consistently get the main story of the sports section after game nights, and it usually continues to the back page (color=probably considered higher priority).

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