Well, were on a tight budget and my son is begging to play hockey next year. I didn't play hockey as a kid and only know about NHL hockey because I started watching the Blue Jackets play. My son is 7 and we live in Ohio. So how much does it cost to play? And what can I do to help him be better if he does play?|||it depends on a few things, it will be much more expensive if he wants to be a goalie. but for regular players at his age, if you get your equiptment used, you could get it all for less that $200, but if you get the high end stuff it could be over $1000. there is nothing wrong with used equitment though. look online like craigslist and stuff, you can usually get good deals. just make sure it fits. i dont know where you live so regisrtation fees can vary, mine were usually about $300. things that will help him, for one practise skating, and stick handling. footwork is important for skating, but if you watch hockey you will get a better idea. also look on youtube for helpful hockey tips.|||Well I going to assume that he's going to start as a skater, rather than a goalie. Being young, equipment is going to be "cheaper" because he's a junior as he will be for a few years. When I started playing hockey, my parents took me to a consignment shop where I bought some used equipment, which definitely made it cheaper. You just have to make sure that the equipment is in good condition, but usually that shouldn't be a problem.
Browsing the internet is a good place to because there are many sites where you can get package deals or stuff on clearance, especially now before the next season starts. Try sites like www.hockeymonkey.com and www.hockeygiant.com. I've bought stuff from these sites before. They also have handy sizing charts to help you decide what to get for your son. All in all it should only cost a few hundred dollars to suit up your kid.
The real money comes in finding a place to play. House leagues tend to be cheaper and only a few hundred dollars to play in, but if you are looking for a travel team, the fees could exceed a thousand dollars.|||For a little boy to play hockey, the equipment will probably total in the vicinity of $600 to start him off. The real problem would be getting him into league play. I play roller hockey which is relatively cheap and comes out to about $150 a season for fees. Ice hockey can cost as much as $1000 a season because rinks are expensive to maintain. Unless you want to raise a superstar, I'd recommend finding a roller hockey league.
PS Roller hockey is a lot less physical so your kid will also be safer.|||hey...well im indian also %26amp; my parents dont kno anything bout hockey so i'll try taking ur point of perspective. For a player its 500$ usually and 4 a goalie its double. You could buy most of it secondhand since it lasts well but the feet and the head protection u could not since its dangerous. Im in montreal so we have ice rinks outside but in ohio i guess there's inside arenas. You could make him take classes but honestly, u could just leave it up 2 the coach unless u dont want 2 sign him up, just practise skating with him and take books (theres always great on hockey in the library) and follow the instructions. hope that helped!!|||lots of money
Friday, December 2, 2011
How come hockey is not a popular sport in America?
Besides soccer, it's definitely the least-popular sport in America. Everybody watches baseball and football, and some people watch basketball, but I barely know any NHL fans besides my dad and myself. How come hockey is not popular and is the NHL doing anything to fix this?|||Well see you're being a little harsh. Hockey IS popular, just not as popular as the big 3. But hockey can still sell out 20,000 seat arenas every night. And hockey has been creeping up on basketball. If this continues hockey will be the 3rd most popular sport.And like I alluded to hockey is 4th. You act as if there's only 5 sports. I can name like 30 sports behind hockey.
The best thing for the NHL to do is not change. They already have an amazing product. Keep putting it out there. It either catches on or it doesn't. But either way, don't risk weakening the product, by changing it to appeal to more fans. Hockey is already the best sport in the World without the fans that football has and it should remain so with or without those fans.|||I think it would be because Hockey is played a lot in colder areas like Canada %26amp; Russia in the winter but a lot of places in the States are not very cold. For example Hockey is popular in Minnesota and North Dakota but definitely not in Florida or California. And yes Gary Bettmann the Commissioner is trying to "Americanize" hockey but to many Americans just don't want to watch it. I am Canadian and I don't think Hockey will ever become as popular in the USA as it is in Canada.|||Think about the places hockey is most popular, it is cold weather climates. Hockey is more popular in those areas of the US (ie: Northeast, Minnesota) where the winter weather is colder. People watch the sports they identify with and play. Inner city people can grab a football or basketball and go outside and play. Hockey requires pads, skates, access to a rink etc. There's less incentive to move inside when the weather is good (warm) and fork out the $$$ to play hockey. That's basically what it is, climatology. Put the US into a deep freeze and I guarantee hockey becomes more popular.|||It is because when a kid wants to play a sport their parents would rather buy them a basketball or a football or a baseball and a bat than buy them skates and a stick and rent them ice.
My dad also used to say hockey was most kids favorite sports to play when they were younger but the pond he played on froze over for about a week during the whole year so kids just got into football rather than hockey.|||Climate definitely has something to do with it. Its hard for people living in places like Florida and LA to be passionate about a sport in which the playing surface never naturally exists for any significant time in the outdoors. That being said there are places in the US where hockey is pretty big, like Michigan and Minnesota for example. Not surprisingly, their winter climate allows for outdoor ice rink construction. If you look at hockey powerhouses like Canada, Russia, and Sweden, they are all have frigid winters that make playing hockey a popular sport during the winter. Its from a general public interest in hockey that there develops a drive to excel at the sport from a recreational level all the way up to the pros.
Unfortunately the US is whole-heartedly passionate about hockey and so their drive to excel at it is a bit lacking compared to the hockey elite countries. Mind you the US is still a very good hockey nation. If the entire US had the climate like Canada or Russia does, I really believe that it easily becomes the world's top hockey playing nation.|||I think you give way too much credit to baseball. In the South no one really cares about it and in the Midwest it is just a thing to watch while waiting for football. If Basketball started around the same time baseball did, it would kill baseball in ratings... Baseball is an East Coast niche sport (Oh and ESPN is an East Coast Network, Yankees/Red Sox 100% of the time.)
Now why does hockey suffer so much in the US? Bad marketing and poor schedule placement in the year. If hockey went head to head with baseball, then hockey would beat baseball, no doubt in my mind.|||Id say its probably one of the most popular sports with the least amount of exposure since the lockout. Pre lockout ESPN/ABC carried games and had NHL2Night on ESPN2 plus I believe they had some of the lower league all-star games/festivities back in the day. Im in Toledo,OH which is 45 minutes from Detroit and though hockey isnt as huge as in Michigan,it still has a strong influence. Here we may only have a ECHL hockey team but they just brought back a team under new ownership last year and I believe we had the 2nd or 3rd highest attendance in the league for the year. Plus high school hockey gets a good amount of exposure on a local cable channel and recently I became aware of a street hockey league formed back in 08 (the Toledo Street Hockey League). I think alot depends on location as others mentioned, obviously Michigan,Minnesota,New England area,Wisconsin,etc...has alot to do with the exposure it gets. Plus on ESPNU the last few years theyve had the NCAA hockey selection show,and the NCAA mens Frozen Four.|||Football will always be on top due to the fact that 85% of the games are all on one day and the teams only play once a week.
Baseball will die down as it's fans pass away. People can make excuses all they want but the majority of the baseball fan base is from the 50s and 70s where the MLB was the ONLY well established league in the country.
As for basketball, give it 3-5 years and the NHL will have blown by the NBA. They've already considerably closed the gap in the last three years and the looming NBA lockout will only further catapult the NHL above the NBA. What do you think ESPN is gonna broadcast when there's no NBA and football is only around on the weekends?|||well for the fact that America is more of a southern country and the only places popular for hockey are northern USA, majority of the country being south doesnt enjoy hockey as much and prefers others supports since they can go outside and play them, but dont have ice rinks or ponds due to the hot weather (outisde) and if there are any ice rinks their indoor, which many dotn prefer when they can be outside in the great weather. Canada is reallt popular for hockey because Canadians have such long winters that they needed to do something to get outside, making hockey really popular.|||America as a whole is not a cold weather climate country. Since the majority of U.S. kids cannot go out in winter and just play a little shinny on the frozen pond, they do not grow up with a love of the sport like kids in Canada and kids from Nordic European countries. And it's not really about the cost of playing organized hockey, although that is somewhat of a factor. I say this because it does not take much money at all to come up with a pair of skates, a stick and an improvised puck.|||1. Too small ice-surface which neutralizes talented, skilled players and favours the less talented checkers.
2. The NHL not only tolerates but tacitly encourages fighting and other forms of thuggery by self-labelled 'goons'. Again, this de-emphasizes the more exciting skills - skating, speed, puck-handling, passing, etc..
As a result of the above, today's NHL games are tedious, low-scoring and boring.|||Well, around the area i grew up in, hockey is an expensive sport to play. So mainly white, upper middle class teenagers/kids play this sport. Because you need money to buy all those gears and stuff. With basketball and football you only need a ball...way less expensive and easier to play. So people watch sports that they identify with.|||Because it is so expensive for parents. I remeber not being able to play because we couldn't afford buy the equipment. Then you grow out of it and need a new set of gear. They don't provide you with that stuff in the states unlike football.
Also I just feel its not really apart of the culture, so not as many kids are introduced at a young age.|||Hockey is a lot more famous in colder areas such as Russia and Canada. In the US, we're a country of basketball, baseball, and football. Even NASCAR racing is famous here. Unfortunately, hockey just isn't too appealing to many Americans. I love it, though.
HOCKEY ROCKS!|||football has it's own night. not hockey
right now I can see 4 baseball games on tv for free. not hockey
many many "spotescasters" are former NBA schmoes. maybe 2 in hockey.
the idiots in charge of hockey have no marketing skills at all.|||Alot of children in America didn't grow up playing hockey...hockey is a very expensive sport. And hockey is more popular in colder parts of the country and Canada. I think hockey is a growing sport in America.|||Depends where you live. I'll assume you don't live in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or New England. Its far more popular in colder climates.|||Because for some reason, most Americans would rather spend their time watching retards who can only be successful by using steroids hit balls and run around in circles. I don`t know, I don`t get it either.|||http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhVRv7V4p_uf3zUIXTyJvCPAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20100808192532AA4I0gx|||It is more popular in the northern states|||Maybe you just don't know the right people.|||You do know that the Stanley Cup Finals this year outsold the NBA Finals even when it was the Lakers and Celtics? That's pretty bad for the NBA when they had the top two teams competing.
You must not live in the northeast part of the USA, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, California, Missouri, or Washington D.C., which are states that have the highest populations in the USA, with the exception of Texas and Florida. I live in Pennsylvania and hockey is huge here! We have the Penguins and Flyers, which are two of the best teams in the NHL. And we have the Hershey Bears which is the BEST team in the AHL.
And yes it is even becoming more and more popular in California with both the Kings and Sharks making the playoffs this year, and the Ducks winning the Stanley Cup a couple years back. Hockey is the fourth most popular sport in America and it might even be the third most popular sport soon by passing basketball.
Also a lot of Americans are getting pissed off at baseball too, because they don't have a salary cap, It's the same teams every year just like basketball. Football might turn out like that soon too since they no longer have a salary cap.
And do you know how many sports America is good at? It's not just football, baseball, and basketball. It's also swimming, volleyball, ice hockey, women's soccer, track %26amp; field, snowboarding, etc, etc.
Also in 2009 the Colorado Avalanche has the largest consecutive sellout streak in all of the NHL. I鈥檓 not sure if they do anymore.
And ESPN has a contract with certain teams and sports, that's why they cover them more.
EDIT: Oh and also Canada is 50% of the NHL and the USA is 22%. Russia is only about 2% and Sweden 3%. I think it's a lot more popular in the USA than you think.|||Popular for who. If ur talking about poor inner city kids or people in the deep south than yeah it isn't popular. Maybe the fact that it is really expensive and that ice is hard to find is a reason why they don't like it. But places like upstate NY, LI, New England, Minnesota, Michigan. New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois and now even California hockey is very popular. You say a lot of people watch Basketball that's why only 8 NBA teams had relative sellouts (98.5% or higher) while 16 NHL teams had relative sellouts while 10 of them are American teams. The NHL just got its highest ratings for the Stanley Cup finals this year. The NBA finals are high because it's two biggest draws are the Lakers and Celtics who are in the finals every year and only like 8 organizations have money so there the only ones that win which increases ratings more. U also didn't see the Olympics either because the gold medal game had 30 million people watch it and was one of the highest rated games watched this year besides the Super bowl and BCS championship game. Next time u want to write a stupid comment about how BBall is popular in America and Hockey isn't try some research first.
ESPN doesn't talk about hockey because they don't cover it. They don't cover the NHL because the NHL was given a low ball offer to be covered by ESPN, they said no and signed with versus for twice the money. If the NBA and NHL flipped channels than ESPN would always talk hockey and not Basketball
And Sammy maybe u think hockey is a blood sport because ur head is shoved so far up ur a** that u can't an actual hockey game. There's maybe one fight a game in hockey and some of the big hits, great moves, goals, saves are much better than the fights|||A sport with several hundred fights every season will always be a niche sport. It will appeal to the same creeps who watch dog fighting or cage fighting. Blood sports will never be family entertainment.|||There's never too many Eagles fans around here. As you can see, I'm a fan of soccer too.
I feel that hockey has a long road to travel in order to emerge from it's regional appeal. It can work in warmer climates, but they are facing a long, hard sell. I'd like to use the only town I know as an example of why hockey is a niche sport.
I used to like the Flyers but they aren't compelling even if I look at them as mere entertainment. Outside of 1,000 people who actually care about hockey and winning the Stanley Cup, the other 17,000 who will fill the WFC for each home game this season are there for three reasons:
1) Someone else paid for their ticket.
2) They paid their way and are there to be entertained.
3) They paid their way and want to see someone lose a limb.
The Flyers do well only out of sentiment for the ways of a team that bruised their way to the top and thus into their hearts. Before they won the Cup in 1973, the Spectrum was hardly filled. Now, the figureheads sell the Broad Street Bully mantra to fill the seats under the premise of being entertained for the dollar.
I think Philly has steadily become less than a hockey town over the decades as the fans who lived through the Cup years have gotten older, wiser and tired of the Flyers affinity for coming up short for their fans.
Outside of the traditional hockey markets, a team can sustain itself in one of two ways:
1) Entertaining (distracting) the fans with attention-getting baubles like division/conference title banners, colorful enforcers and otherwise wacky personalities.
2) Winning a Stanley Cup at least once a decade.
On the front doorstep of a new decade, the Flyers have whiffed on the last three.
The best thing for the NHL to do is not change. They already have an amazing product. Keep putting it out there. It either catches on or it doesn't. But either way, don't risk weakening the product, by changing it to appeal to more fans. Hockey is already the best sport in the World without the fans that football has and it should remain so with or without those fans.|||I think it would be because Hockey is played a lot in colder areas like Canada %26amp; Russia in the winter but a lot of places in the States are not very cold. For example Hockey is popular in Minnesota and North Dakota but definitely not in Florida or California. And yes Gary Bettmann the Commissioner is trying to "Americanize" hockey but to many Americans just don't want to watch it. I am Canadian and I don't think Hockey will ever become as popular in the USA as it is in Canada.|||Think about the places hockey is most popular, it is cold weather climates. Hockey is more popular in those areas of the US (ie: Northeast, Minnesota) where the winter weather is colder. People watch the sports they identify with and play. Inner city people can grab a football or basketball and go outside and play. Hockey requires pads, skates, access to a rink etc. There's less incentive to move inside when the weather is good (warm) and fork out the $$$ to play hockey. That's basically what it is, climatology. Put the US into a deep freeze and I guarantee hockey becomes more popular.|||It is because when a kid wants to play a sport their parents would rather buy them a basketball or a football or a baseball and a bat than buy them skates and a stick and rent them ice.
My dad also used to say hockey was most kids favorite sports to play when they were younger but the pond he played on froze over for about a week during the whole year so kids just got into football rather than hockey.|||Climate definitely has something to do with it. Its hard for people living in places like Florida and LA to be passionate about a sport in which the playing surface never naturally exists for any significant time in the outdoors. That being said there are places in the US where hockey is pretty big, like Michigan and Minnesota for example. Not surprisingly, their winter climate allows for outdoor ice rink construction. If you look at hockey powerhouses like Canada, Russia, and Sweden, they are all have frigid winters that make playing hockey a popular sport during the winter. Its from a general public interest in hockey that there develops a drive to excel at the sport from a recreational level all the way up to the pros.
Unfortunately the US is whole-heartedly passionate about hockey and so their drive to excel at it is a bit lacking compared to the hockey elite countries. Mind you the US is still a very good hockey nation. If the entire US had the climate like Canada or Russia does, I really believe that it easily becomes the world's top hockey playing nation.|||I think you give way too much credit to baseball. In the South no one really cares about it and in the Midwest it is just a thing to watch while waiting for football. If Basketball started around the same time baseball did, it would kill baseball in ratings... Baseball is an East Coast niche sport (Oh and ESPN is an East Coast Network, Yankees/Red Sox 100% of the time.)
Now why does hockey suffer so much in the US? Bad marketing and poor schedule placement in the year. If hockey went head to head with baseball, then hockey would beat baseball, no doubt in my mind.|||Id say its probably one of the most popular sports with the least amount of exposure since the lockout. Pre lockout ESPN/ABC carried games and had NHL2Night on ESPN2 plus I believe they had some of the lower league all-star games/festivities back in the day. Im in Toledo,OH which is 45 minutes from Detroit and though hockey isnt as huge as in Michigan,it still has a strong influence. Here we may only have a ECHL hockey team but they just brought back a team under new ownership last year and I believe we had the 2nd or 3rd highest attendance in the league for the year. Plus high school hockey gets a good amount of exposure on a local cable channel and recently I became aware of a street hockey league formed back in 08 (the Toledo Street Hockey League). I think alot depends on location as others mentioned, obviously Michigan,Minnesota,New England area,Wisconsin,etc...has alot to do with the exposure it gets. Plus on ESPNU the last few years theyve had the NCAA hockey selection show,and the NCAA mens Frozen Four.|||Football will always be on top due to the fact that 85% of the games are all on one day and the teams only play once a week.
Baseball will die down as it's fans pass away. People can make excuses all they want but the majority of the baseball fan base is from the 50s and 70s where the MLB was the ONLY well established league in the country.
As for basketball, give it 3-5 years and the NHL will have blown by the NBA. They've already considerably closed the gap in the last three years and the looming NBA lockout will only further catapult the NHL above the NBA. What do you think ESPN is gonna broadcast when there's no NBA and football is only around on the weekends?|||well for the fact that America is more of a southern country and the only places popular for hockey are northern USA, majority of the country being south doesnt enjoy hockey as much and prefers others supports since they can go outside and play them, but dont have ice rinks or ponds due to the hot weather (outisde) and if there are any ice rinks their indoor, which many dotn prefer when they can be outside in the great weather. Canada is reallt popular for hockey because Canadians have such long winters that they needed to do something to get outside, making hockey really popular.|||America as a whole is not a cold weather climate country. Since the majority of U.S. kids cannot go out in winter and just play a little shinny on the frozen pond, they do not grow up with a love of the sport like kids in Canada and kids from Nordic European countries. And it's not really about the cost of playing organized hockey, although that is somewhat of a factor. I say this because it does not take much money at all to come up with a pair of skates, a stick and an improvised puck.|||1. Too small ice-surface which neutralizes talented, skilled players and favours the less talented checkers.
2. The NHL not only tolerates but tacitly encourages fighting and other forms of thuggery by self-labelled 'goons'. Again, this de-emphasizes the more exciting skills - skating, speed, puck-handling, passing, etc..
As a result of the above, today's NHL games are tedious, low-scoring and boring.|||Well, around the area i grew up in, hockey is an expensive sport to play. So mainly white, upper middle class teenagers/kids play this sport. Because you need money to buy all those gears and stuff. With basketball and football you only need a ball...way less expensive and easier to play. So people watch sports that they identify with.|||Because it is so expensive for parents. I remeber not being able to play because we couldn't afford buy the equipment. Then you grow out of it and need a new set of gear. They don't provide you with that stuff in the states unlike football.
Also I just feel its not really apart of the culture, so not as many kids are introduced at a young age.|||Hockey is a lot more famous in colder areas such as Russia and Canada. In the US, we're a country of basketball, baseball, and football. Even NASCAR racing is famous here. Unfortunately, hockey just isn't too appealing to many Americans. I love it, though.
HOCKEY ROCKS!|||football has it's own night. not hockey
right now I can see 4 baseball games on tv for free. not hockey
many many "spotescasters" are former NBA schmoes. maybe 2 in hockey.
the idiots in charge of hockey have no marketing skills at all.|||Alot of children in America didn't grow up playing hockey...hockey is a very expensive sport. And hockey is more popular in colder parts of the country and Canada. I think hockey is a growing sport in America.|||Depends where you live. I'll assume you don't live in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or New England. Its far more popular in colder climates.|||Because for some reason, most Americans would rather spend their time watching retards who can only be successful by using steroids hit balls and run around in circles. I don`t know, I don`t get it either.|||http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhVRv7V4p_uf3zUIXTyJvCPAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20100808192532AA4I0gx|||It is more popular in the northern states|||Maybe you just don't know the right people.|||You do know that the Stanley Cup Finals this year outsold the NBA Finals even when it was the Lakers and Celtics? That's pretty bad for the NBA when they had the top two teams competing.
You must not live in the northeast part of the USA, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, California, Missouri, or Washington D.C., which are states that have the highest populations in the USA, with the exception of Texas and Florida. I live in Pennsylvania and hockey is huge here! We have the Penguins and Flyers, which are two of the best teams in the NHL. And we have the Hershey Bears which is the BEST team in the AHL.
And yes it is even becoming more and more popular in California with both the Kings and Sharks making the playoffs this year, and the Ducks winning the Stanley Cup a couple years back. Hockey is the fourth most popular sport in America and it might even be the third most popular sport soon by passing basketball.
Also a lot of Americans are getting pissed off at baseball too, because they don't have a salary cap, It's the same teams every year just like basketball. Football might turn out like that soon too since they no longer have a salary cap.
And do you know how many sports America is good at? It's not just football, baseball, and basketball. It's also swimming, volleyball, ice hockey, women's soccer, track %26amp; field, snowboarding, etc, etc.
Also in 2009 the Colorado Avalanche has the largest consecutive sellout streak in all of the NHL. I鈥檓 not sure if they do anymore.
And ESPN has a contract with certain teams and sports, that's why they cover them more.
EDIT: Oh and also Canada is 50% of the NHL and the USA is 22%. Russia is only about 2% and Sweden 3%. I think it's a lot more popular in the USA than you think.|||Popular for who. If ur talking about poor inner city kids or people in the deep south than yeah it isn't popular. Maybe the fact that it is really expensive and that ice is hard to find is a reason why they don't like it. But places like upstate NY, LI, New England, Minnesota, Michigan. New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois and now even California hockey is very popular. You say a lot of people watch Basketball that's why only 8 NBA teams had relative sellouts (98.5% or higher) while 16 NHL teams had relative sellouts while 10 of them are American teams. The NHL just got its highest ratings for the Stanley Cup finals this year. The NBA finals are high because it's two biggest draws are the Lakers and Celtics who are in the finals every year and only like 8 organizations have money so there the only ones that win which increases ratings more. U also didn't see the Olympics either because the gold medal game had 30 million people watch it and was one of the highest rated games watched this year besides the Super bowl and BCS championship game. Next time u want to write a stupid comment about how BBall is popular in America and Hockey isn't try some research first.
ESPN doesn't talk about hockey because they don't cover it. They don't cover the NHL because the NHL was given a low ball offer to be covered by ESPN, they said no and signed with versus for twice the money. If the NBA and NHL flipped channels than ESPN would always talk hockey and not Basketball
And Sammy maybe u think hockey is a blood sport because ur head is shoved so far up ur a** that u can't an actual hockey game. There's maybe one fight a game in hockey and some of the big hits, great moves, goals, saves are much better than the fights|||A sport with several hundred fights every season will always be a niche sport. It will appeal to the same creeps who watch dog fighting or cage fighting. Blood sports will never be family entertainment.|||There's never too many Eagles fans around here. As you can see, I'm a fan of soccer too.
I feel that hockey has a long road to travel in order to emerge from it's regional appeal. It can work in warmer climates, but they are facing a long, hard sell. I'd like to use the only town I know as an example of why hockey is a niche sport.
I used to like the Flyers but they aren't compelling even if I look at them as mere entertainment. Outside of 1,000 people who actually care about hockey and winning the Stanley Cup, the other 17,000 who will fill the WFC for each home game this season are there for three reasons:
1) Someone else paid for their ticket.
2) They paid their way and are there to be entertained.
3) They paid their way and want to see someone lose a limb.
The Flyers do well only out of sentiment for the ways of a team that bruised their way to the top and thus into their hearts. Before they won the Cup in 1973, the Spectrum was hardly filled. Now, the figureheads sell the Broad Street Bully mantra to fill the seats under the premise of being entertained for the dollar.
I think Philly has steadily become less than a hockey town over the decades as the fans who lived through the Cup years have gotten older, wiser and tired of the Flyers affinity for coming up short for their fans.
Outside of the traditional hockey markets, a team can sustain itself in one of two ways:
1) Entertaining (distracting) the fans with attention-getting baubles like division/conference title banners, colorful enforcers and otherwise wacky personalities.
2) Winning a Stanley Cup at least once a decade.
On the front doorstep of a new decade, the Flyers have whiffed on the last three.
What is the best material for building a hockey goal?
I am thinking a hard wood. PVC pipe would break when hit with a puck. This is a net for on ice play not street hockey.|||I have had a PVC goal for less than a year. It's already busted.
I would do a wood goal with chains for the net, or a metal goal like they sell in stores.|||DO NOT USE PVC, waste of time. we built one and had it outside on the rink for maybe 45 min, a few slap shots later it was in shambles. needless to say its gonna take a few rolls of duct tape to repair. If your are going to build one with PVC, do yourself a favor wrap it good with duct tape FIRST
|||Maybe steel or some metal for the bars. If not PVC, then maybe some kinda wood... use nylon for the netting.|||PVC...can be sturdy ENOUGH to not break. %26amp; Nylon netting.
I would do a wood goal with chains for the net, or a metal goal like they sell in stores.|||DO NOT USE PVC, waste of time. we built one and had it outside on the rink for maybe 45 min, a few slap shots later it was in shambles. needless to say its gonna take a few rolls of duct tape to repair. If your are going to build one with PVC, do yourself a favor wrap it good with duct tape FIRST
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|||Maybe steel or some metal for the bars. If not PVC, then maybe some kinda wood... use nylon for the netting.|||PVC...can be sturdy ENOUGH to not break. %26amp; Nylon netting.
How much does it cost to play ice hockey?
My 10 year old brother wants to play ice hockey. How much does it cost to sign up and for all the equipment? We live in Denver, Colorado. Also, does anyone know a good league for him to sign up with?|||Here's a list of places in the Denver area. Call and talk to them about it - they probably know of places for him to find used equipment that will fit him since he's a beginner.
http://www.rinktime.com/skating_rinks/co鈥?/a>|||The league we looked at was approximately $975.00. With a payment plan of half now and half in two months.
This person is obviously looking at the wrong places then, or they aren't playing any decent hockey. Field hockey youth grades will cost around $200 to $300 a year, more if they are selected for representative teams and have to travel for tournaments. Ice hockey is somewhat more, but prices found on the websites of several clubs ranged from $600 to $800, for a travelling team; a home-team would probably be $200 to $300 less.|||equiptment , for a 10 year old, im assuming it could be in the 500-100 dollar range, and an extra several thosound dollars to play. all my equiptment is probably $1,200 and the league im in is $5000. usually you have to try out to play on a hockey team|||He wouldn't be in the same league since I'm 18 but my season costs $6,500, I play Junior hockey in Massachusetts.
http://www.rinktime.com/skating_rinks/co鈥?/a>|||The league we looked at was approximately $975.00. With a payment plan of half now and half in two months.
This person is obviously looking at the wrong places then, or they aren't playing any decent hockey. Field hockey youth grades will cost around $200 to $300 a year, more if they are selected for representative teams and have to travel for tournaments. Ice hockey is somewhat more, but prices found on the websites of several clubs ranged from $600 to $800, for a travelling team; a home-team would probably be $200 to $300 less.|||equiptment , for a 10 year old, im assuming it could be in the 500-100 dollar range, and an extra several thosound dollars to play. all my equiptment is probably $1,200 and the league im in is $5000. usually you have to try out to play on a hockey team|||He wouldn't be in the same league since I'm 18 but my season costs $6,500, I play Junior hockey in Massachusetts.
Which warrior hockey gloves are made out of a fabric material and are one solid color?
My friend has a pair of warrior hockey gloves and they are made out of a fabric material(not leather) and they areone solid color(no stripes) and all of the gloves I've seen are either striped or made out of leather. Are they just an old model or am I just not finding them? If you think you know what I'm talking about please tell me the name of the gloves and leave a link or pic. Thnx for the help!|||Not sure (I have Winwell) because they might have been customised for your friend.
Hockeygiant.com may be of help to u as they sell lots of Warrior hockey equipment.|||more then likely there custom u should ask your friend|||You probably saw the warrior fubars which came out at the end of last year or the new warrior hitman which i would be surprised because they dont come out for another 3 months but they are also a possibility.
Hockeygiant.com may be of help to u as they sell lots of Warrior hockey equipment.|||more then likely there custom u should ask your friend|||You probably saw the warrior fubars which came out at the end of last year or the new warrior hitman which i would be surprised because they dont come out for another 3 months but they are also a possibility.
What are some good snacks while watching a hockey game?
We like to watch every hockey game during the season, but I need some good idea's for snacks, what do most guys like for snacking while watching sports?|||nachos
tortilla chips with rotel cheese dip
pizza
pretzels
pigs in a blanket
chili|||How about easy Sweet and Sour meatballs
1 16oz packace of precooked meatballs
1/2 jar of grape jelly (about 8oz)
1small jar of salsa ( hot or mild is your preference)
Mix these ingredients into a small crockpot for a couple hours to warm befor serving. You can increase the recipe for larger groups, alter either more or less salsa and jelly can change the sweet and sour strength. Trial and error is the best way to find your favorite strength. Always a hit, enjoy!|||anything you see on a pub menu. hot wings and celery with ranch or bleu cheese to dip, nachos, quesadillas, chips, potato skins, etc.
enjoy the game. :)|||Giant pretzels. They are good, and not that messy.|||Try mini burgers. They grill or griddle up a lot faster than regular sized burgers. Buy the pull apart rolls from your grocery store slice the whole thing in half. make little burgers using the same amount of meat as a meatball and grill or griddle them up. Dress the rolls with mayo, ketchup, mustard place the little burgers on and top with the top half of the rolls. Fast easy and much less mess.
Enjoy--Good Stuff|||Hello:
Mini corn dogs with dip (Ketchup,Mustard,etc)
Chicken Nuggets with assorted dips
French Fries
Onion Rings
Buffalo Wings
Pizza
Nachos
Cheese and Crackers
Chips and dip
Pretzels
Mixed nuts
Potato chips
Pizza Rolls|||WEll first off , I will be specific about HOckey, and not all sports, I would go for a hot dish of meatballs in BBQ sauce, or mini weenies and such. Stay away from chips and go for mixed nuts with popcorn , chek mix type stuff with seasoning that you can warm in the oven with a little butter and seasoning all mixed together. But if all that is to much than Pita chips and Hummus. Oreo cookies to represent hockey pucks, and slim jims for sticks.
tortilla chips with rotel cheese dip
pizza
pretzels
pigs in a blanket
chili|||How about easy Sweet and Sour meatballs
1 16oz packace of precooked meatballs
1/2 jar of grape jelly (about 8oz)
1small jar of salsa ( hot or mild is your preference)
Mix these ingredients into a small crockpot for a couple hours to warm befor serving. You can increase the recipe for larger groups, alter either more or less salsa and jelly can change the sweet and sour strength. Trial and error is the best way to find your favorite strength. Always a hit, enjoy!|||anything you see on a pub menu. hot wings and celery with ranch or bleu cheese to dip, nachos, quesadillas, chips, potato skins, etc.
enjoy the game. :)|||Giant pretzels. They are good, and not that messy.|||Try mini burgers. They grill or griddle up a lot faster than regular sized burgers. Buy the pull apart rolls from your grocery store slice the whole thing in half. make little burgers using the same amount of meat as a meatball and grill or griddle them up. Dress the rolls with mayo, ketchup, mustard place the little burgers on and top with the top half of the rolls. Fast easy and much less mess.
Enjoy--Good Stuff|||Hello:
Mini corn dogs with dip (Ketchup,Mustard,etc)
Chicken Nuggets with assorted dips
French Fries
Onion Rings
Buffalo Wings
Pizza
Nachos
Cheese and Crackers
Chips and dip
Pretzels
Mixed nuts
Potato chips
Pizza Rolls|||WEll first off , I will be specific about HOckey, and not all sports, I would go for a hot dish of meatballs in BBQ sauce, or mini weenies and such. Stay away from chips and go for mixed nuts with popcorn , chek mix type stuff with seasoning that you can warm in the oven with a little butter and seasoning all mixed together. But if all that is to much than Pita chips and Hummus. Oreo cookies to represent hockey pucks, and slim jims for sticks.
How can i become a hockey athelete?
I just started getting into hockey and watching it and everything but i never have played it and i am ok at ice skating and in ok shape. What can I do to be completely ready to go into a league my age (15-16)
p.s if you no any good hockey tips or workouts i can do that would be great, thanks!|||You will be completely out of your element, trying to keep up with 16 year olds who have been playing for 10 years, or more.
Forget that idea, and look for a "beginners school" that teaches BASICS, like skating, passing, shooting and most importantly, sportsmanship and correct hockey rules. You will never be able to make up all those years that you missed when you weren't playing hockey, in the past. But that doesn't mean that you can't LEARN how to play well, now.
Jim B. Toronto. 62 and still playing 3 times a week.|||Skating at a "public skate" is NOTHING like playing in a GAME even at the rec level.
I suggest looking into a "learn to play program" at your local rink and skating lessons (with a hockey player as that is what you want to get into) on the side. Roller / Street hockey helps if you can't get a lot of ice time, but is slightly different.|||Cardio is important for one, a lot of exercising is a key, a daily workout plan that should be about a hour long at home or at the rink, a 1/2 to an hour of solid skating, eat healthy, work on puck handling, those are some key elements to become a better athlete hope this helps. and good luck on playing|||Just play hockey every day. You will get used to it if you work yourself hard. Remember to train really hard in the trainings. You dont really need to work out but if you really want to here are some ideas:
Walk the dog every if you have one
Bounce on the trampoline for half and hour
Shoot pucks in the garage or outside.
trust me you get worked out in the trainings|||Average NHL/Superstar players start skate at 4 years old.|||Any kind of work out will help
p.s if you no any good hockey tips or workouts i can do that would be great, thanks!|||You will be completely out of your element, trying to keep up with 16 year olds who have been playing for 10 years, or more.
Forget that idea, and look for a "beginners school" that teaches BASICS, like skating, passing, shooting and most importantly, sportsmanship and correct hockey rules. You will never be able to make up all those years that you missed when you weren't playing hockey, in the past. But that doesn't mean that you can't LEARN how to play well, now.
Jim B. Toronto. 62 and still playing 3 times a week.|||Skating at a "public skate" is NOTHING like playing in a GAME even at the rec level.
I suggest looking into a "learn to play program" at your local rink and skating lessons (with a hockey player as that is what you want to get into) on the side. Roller / Street hockey helps if you can't get a lot of ice time, but is slightly different.|||Cardio is important for one, a lot of exercising is a key, a daily workout plan that should be about a hour long at home or at the rink, a 1/2 to an hour of solid skating, eat healthy, work on puck handling, those are some key elements to become a better athlete hope this helps. and good luck on playing|||Just play hockey every day. You will get used to it if you work yourself hard. Remember to train really hard in the trainings. You dont really need to work out but if you really want to here are some ideas:
Walk the dog every if you have one
Bounce on the trampoline for half and hour
Shoot pucks in the garage or outside.
trust me you get worked out in the trainings|||Average NHL/Superstar players start skate at 4 years old.|||Any kind of work out will help
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