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Interest In Hockey Declining In Canada
by Paul on 08/06/09 at 04:22 PM ET
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from Misty Harris at the Vancouver Sun,
In a nation long ruled by hockey, it’s the equivalent of high treason.
According to one of the country’s top sociologists, interest in the National Hockey League has been declining over the past two decades, with the game’s largest proportion of fan losses occurring among teenagers. The University of Lethbridge’s Reginald Bibby says his findings debunk the myth of “hockey-mad” Canadians, and call into question the game’s endurance as our national winter sport.
Between 1990 and 2005, the percentage of adults who “very” or “fairly” closely follow the NHL dropped to 30 per cent from 36 per cent. Among teens, fandom over the same 1992 to 2008 period — fell fully 10 points, to 35 per cent from 45 per cent.
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