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By Tom Yawney Wake up, Canada. Every morning when I wake up, I read online daily newspapers from all over North America. As an avid sports fan that has been living overseas, it has been my best way to keep in touch with what is going on back home. Currently, the big news in European hockey is the upcoming IIHF world championships. For those who do not know, the top division world championships will be taking place in Halifax and Quebec starting in about three weeks. It will mark the first time the world championships have taken place on Canadian soil. Yet as I peruse the newspapers day after day, I wonder why no one back home seems to be talking about it. In Germany, the World Championships takes precedent over their top national league. The first round... Read Full Post: World
Hockey Championship should become bigger deal in Canada
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I think you ask a good question Tom Yawney.
The juniors to me are more important probably because they are played during a time (Christmas Break) when a lot of folks get time off from work/school and have the time to watch a lot of hockey...
The Worlds take place in April. If your team is still in the hunt for Lord Stanleys mug, thats all you are into..If your team is golfing, the nice weather is rolling in, and after 6 months of hibernation, the worlds come a distant second in my opinion..
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Great first article.
I think the answer to why more isn't made of the World Hockey Championships in Canada is because of the complete lack of coverage by Canadian (North American for that matter) media coverage. With the NHL Playoffs going on at the same time as the World's there simply isn't the media coverage available. Games aren't televised and the highlights take a backseat to the NHL Playoff coverage.
Also, with the exception of guys like Rick Nash, who seems like he'll never play an NHL Playoff game, the World's simply don't have the biggest Canadian names. That's not to discredit the players who do go as guys like Nash, Dwayne Roloson, and others have had extremely impressive showings in the past. The problem is without the Iginla's, Lecavalier's and Brodeur's the average canadian hockey fan just doesn't take an interest. Unfortunately the average fan just isn't interested in guys like Jason Chimera, Jamal Mayers, and Steve Staois.
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