I'm trying to put together a list of the common complaints from casual hockey fans and non-hockey fans as to why they don't like the game.
So far i have a short list of;
1. it's too hard to follow or see the puck
2. it's not our game (meaning it isn't american)
3. what is icing
4. Offsides? how can you figure that out?
Any others that you hear frequently or drive you nuts?
thanks for your help.
too much fighting.
You nailed most of them.
I'm mostly told that they don't understand the game or that it is boring. I mostly hear that it's boring when it's a 1-0 or 2-1 type of game.
I hear the same. Not enough scoring.....the game is boring.
The problem is regionalism. You have to grow up being introduced to the sport in your youth, in my opinion.
The NHL needs to put more emphasis into inline hockey leagues... (play them in the south, outdoors maybe?)
Football can be played year round and its easy to just pick up and go play in a field. You need more to play hockey.
But the south definitely should have an inline version of the nhl and just keep ice hockey up north.
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I agree that the problem is regionalism, but inline hockey won't fix it. The NHL has tried regional expansion with minimal success. Florida, pheonix, Atlanta, Tampa bay, carolina, etc, and it hasn't caught on.
You are correct that some people think hockey is not "our" game,but those people come from places where football or basketball is king. No one from the northern tier of the country says that nonsense. It's more of a cultural thing and it will be very difficult to change.
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Lack of TV coverage.
I haven't watched one game since the strike and losing the Empire Network.
I do check the standing around once a week, that's about it.
I don't seem to have that problem, at least here in Syracuse. Almost every night there's a Sabres, Rags, Devils, or Fishsticks game on here via basic cable. We also get Crunch and Amerks games, as well as regional college and high school games.
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trust me- it's a huge problem in the rest of the country.
Here in DC, the only televised hockey consists of Caps games, VS, and NHLN. I have DirecTV so I currently don't get VS. NHLN doesn't pick up games every night (and a lot of people don't have it included in their programming anyway). So basically, the only guaranteed hockey is the Caps. I'd say there are 3 nights a week with no NHL on my TV whatsoever.
VS only shows games on Mondays and Tuesdays, so that's not even saying much about the flagship station for the NHL. Bettman in action!
Living in the south most people do not watch hockey because they find it boring on TV. The fans that converted from not being a fan to a fan of hockey are converted because they saw it live not because they started watching it on TV and liked the game.
There is a huge difference watching it live versus on TV. Watching a game live real makes people appreciate and enjoy the game.
Wathcing the game on TV is difficult, so getting newbie fans interested is harder.
The game is much easier to follow at the rink.... but usually TV is where you attract new fans.
the solution would be a wide angled camera that allows you to see all the action in a zone develope IMO...
I like to see the sniper sneaking around not the camera making all kinds of moves trying to keep up with the puck
I did like the FOX puck that showed the trails on the TV a few years back
Last edited by ddaryl; 02-08-2010 at 01:42 PM.
The only people I know that aren't fond of hockey have never actually been to a game.
they already have that now- it's called HDTV. The trick is getting the stations to actually show that view more often during games.
Kind of what I was getting at. I know it possible but they don't use it. They sit in the puck chase mode with the camera and that just makes many people sea sick
Show me the whole zone add an enhancer to better see the puck (no as gawdy as the FOx puck but in the same realm). That would make watching hockey on TV much better
the fact is attracting new fans will need to happen mostly at home via TV's 1st.
Not many fans are going to shell out $100 per ticket to sample the game
Watching the game when you are 4 hours away and it's not on TV is even more difficult.
yeah a good TV contract that makes the game much more available to the masses, especially local teams games for local fans wouldn't hurt....
How about some common complaints from hockey fans about non-hockey fans...
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