After reading the first paragraph of this article, I was enraged. Upon reading some more, I realized that the author makes some good points.
- Hockey IS the most exciting sport in the world. It combines all the skills of every other professional sport.
- Americans have no culture.
Americans are fair weather fans. If Americans are dominating a sport the fans come out in droves (1980 Miracle on Ice, Women's Olympic Soccer, etc). The American media is mostly to blame in my humble opinion. Most sports writers and commentators don't understand the game. The other problem is that most Americans have never played the game. If you ever tired playing hockey, you would probably fall in love with it.
I live in Las Vegas and play in a men's hockey league. People think it's a little weird to play ice hockey in the desert, but I really couldn't care less what they think. I know where to get my hockey news and I subscribe to the NHL package on DTV (I also get the NFL package). Other hockey fans I know have just learned to live with the complete lack of coverage and understanding of the Greatest Game on Earth here in the US.