Hockey leads all sports in people watching one game and saying “wow this sport is good I should watch it more often” - ThreadSky

rodger.bsky.social • 89 days ago

Hockey leads all sports in people watching one game and saying “wow this sport is good I should watch it more often”

Comments

thehockeyboomer.bsky.social•89 days ago

And then not. Lol

mhjulie.bsky.social•89 days ago

Are there regular top-level hockey games outside of when it is played in the Winter Olympics? That’s the only time I ever see or hear about hockey.

johnny-new-moniker.bsky.social•89 days ago

High level hockey (playoffs, internationals, etc) is amazing, but regular season quality is so low. why??

bubbaprog.lol•89 days ago

i took my wife to a Game 7 for her first hockey game (Lightning vs Red Wings) and it set a bar no game in any sport could reach since. We went to a Game 1 the next years's playoff and she was like, "that's it?"

justtmill.bsky.social•89 days ago

My first game was a late season Atlanta Thrashers at Florida Panhers game. Both teams were well out of the playoffs, so we got two tickets about 8 rows up center ice with a parking pass for like $60. It was incredible.

mellanbysdeadrat.bsky.social•89 days ago

Especially when they see it live and in person

ettouslouie.bsky.social•89 days ago

Said this about rugby after watching 6 nations.

danlawsc.bsky.social•89 days ago

To be fair, this is some elite level hockey. It’s an All Star Game where the players actually give a shit.

wumbology24.bsky.social•89 days ago

I would watch more hockey if the Blackhawks had a pulse.

fenian1978.bsky.social•89 days ago

“Please like my sport”

sfreder8.bsky.social•89 days ago

Also leads all sports in “please like my sport” guys. (Admittedly guilty of this.) I think these things are related.

normcorerockwell.bsky.social•89 days ago

Online hockey fans also had this weird obsession with LeBron James in the 2010s in a way that felt like there were things they wanted to say that they didn’t feel comfortable saying aloud

mightygodking.com•89 days ago

Uh yeah many of them were really comfortable saying it aloud trust me

melissalockard.bsky.social•89 days ago

I watched one triple overtime playoff game in college and it was so perfect I vowed never to watch a hockey game again.

thejbarr.bsky.social•89 days ago

“and then don’t” is the way that sentence is finished

televisedanarchy.bsky.social•89 days ago

This hits so true…

nolan4u.bsky.social•89 days ago

In last place: Iowa Football.

kaiserbrown.bsky.social•89 days ago

otoh, if you find a freak who likes Iowa Football then you know exactly what type of deviant they are from the jump.

irvineghost20.bsky.social•89 days ago

Also leads all sports in people saying "this is too fast what is happening"

craighennigan.bsky.social•89 days ago

I have a nostalgia for the "glow puck"

winterandbaseball.bsky.social•89 days ago

Hockey with stakes is pretty intense stuff and good TV. Regular season doesn’t have the same feel.

dana-m.bsky.social•89 days ago

Only in one country that plays.

skought.bsky.social•89 days ago

It’s human rocket league !

seatjk.bsky.social•89 days ago

Also in learning fun facts like “there are Canadian assholes* too!”

*Brad Marchand

aruschpler.bsky.social•89 days ago

what moving to Boston does to a mfer

llamsoyd.bsky.social•89 days ago

I can’t imagine how many people have only ever watched Game 7 of the 2016 World Series for baseball

cholingo.bsky.social•89 days ago

tylerjerkovich.bsky.social•89 days ago

Don’t forget the part where many of them just never watch it again.

shackleford.bsky.social•89 days ago

Also true of rugby.

howardoark.bsky.social•89 days ago

It’s too fast for TV. Live it’s cool

littletina.bsky.social•89 days ago

So true

kblairstl.bsky.social•89 days ago

I think the randomness of the schedule kills it. Before I had a kid and adult professional responsibilities, I was a die hard STL Blues fan. Now I never even know when they play. NFL is popular because of gambling and schedule predictability IMO.

kblairstl.bsky.social•89 days ago

But nothing beats Game 7 of a hockey series.

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply