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ENGLISH forget they have a overtime in hockey ...haha..sleeeepping.......
cant bet in overtime...NO MARKET ....
cant bet in overtime...NO MARKET ....
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ice hockey not a real sport, like snooker and darts, according to the english
not a very big sport in england but go on north american forum,nhl fred few english on there
lazy english jokes.....have no clue about best sport on planet!!
Betfair really are mugs. Why not have a moneyline thread from the start like they do for NHL games?
Ice hockey only an excuse for fighting, not a sport.
what a game !
Brodeaur was little bit more busy than Luongo in the first one:-)))
Swiss are very solid team ..I ll go full steam on them against Norway .
well Canada just cant play now..headache for Steve Y ..and Bobcock
I think they will beat US . ..but must be couplke levels up ..
defense so pathetic for Canada..Pronger and others..they were losing pucks all nite long..
Brodeaur was little bit more busy than Luongo in the first one:-)))
Swiss are very solid team ..I ll go full steam on them against Norway .
well Canada just cant play now..headache for Steve Y ..and Bobcock
I think they will beat US . ..but must be couplke levels up ..
defense so pathetic for Canada..Pronger and others..they were losing pucks all nite long..
4:30 face off ?...hmm .will be watching at work ..on TV...will be a cracker :-)
The UK hockey scene is not small, but it has been larger. Sheffield Steelers would average 7-8000 people a game and for the big games of the era (Cardiff, Nottingham, etc) the Sheffield arena would sell out all 9,900 seats.
This was not as 'occasional' an occurence as you make out and for a few years in the mid to late 90's, Ice Hockey was the biggest indoor spectator sport in the UK and 4th or 5th most watched overall. But despite this popularity it did not get the credit or exposure in the press (not just the BBC, but all media outlets) that it deserved.
Despite many of the clubs doing everything right commercially and creating these fan bases, i feel they were betrayed by the media who refused to budge from their traditional coverage of cricket and Rugby Union, despite the fact that attendance at ice hockey matches were comparable, if not greater, than both these most 'British' of sports.
This was not as 'occasional' an occurence as you make out and for a few years in the mid to late 90's, Ice Hockey was the biggest indoor spectator sport in the UK and 4th or 5th most watched overall. But despite this popularity it did not get the credit or exposure in the press (not just the BBC, but all media outlets) that it deserved.
Despite many of the clubs doing everything right commercially and creating these fan bases, i feel they were betrayed by the media who refused to budge from their traditional coverage of cricket and Rugby Union, despite the fact that attendance at ice hockey matches were comparable, if not greater, than both these most 'British' of sports.
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