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Game 7 SCF- The Best Game In Sports
by Paul on 06/10/09 at 08:14 PM ET
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from Christine Brennan of USA TODAY,
Hockey has always been known as the world’s fastest game, a description the sport should play up at every turn as the attention span of the U.S. sports fan lessens year by year. Not only is there more beautiful passing and skating, and less fighting, in hockey’s playoffs than its regular season, it also should be noted that the NHL doesn’t hog your time like the NBA.
When there are five minutes left in an NHL game, that means it will take about five minutes to finish the game, give or take a 30-second timeout or two. When there are five minutes left in an NBA game, it’s time to order a pizza.
No new technology is needed, though, to accentuate hockey’s best attribute: Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, traditionally the best Game 7 in sports. For the first time in three years, the NHL gives us the ultimate finale Friday night. At the end, we can only hope it’s close, that someone is pulling the goalie, that an empty net looms ominously at one end of the ice.
Best of all, the game won’t have to compete with the NBA, which plays tonight, meaning all those basketball fans won’t have to wonder what they missed.
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One nice side affect of the Caps becoming relevant again is that people in DC, where USAToday is headquartered, started to notice hockey again. They hopped on the Caps bandwagon and then stayed along for the ride.
Same goes for Michael Wilbon (although a Michigan native, he works from DC as well) talking about hockey on PTI, so it shows that even a non-traditional market can have a major influence on how the game is covered and how it can grow.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 06/11/09 at 09:19 AM ET
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Good article, Game 7 is sweeeet.. Rooting for the Pens!
Posted by Performance Parts on 06/11/09 at 07:39 AM ET