Why doesn't DU have a hockey forum?

[OAITW r.2.0]

And why doesn't the NHL play 1/2 their games outside?

[Glorfindel]

1. Probably for the same reason

there is no Cordwainer Siith forum.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Honestly. that thought never entered my mind.

But I'm glad you thought of that!

[BOSSHOG]

15. The DU headshed considered a Hockey Forum

But was wary of the excessive violence which would go on in it.

[Enter stage left]

2. They thought about it, but put that idea on ice.

[Harker]

6. I nearly larfed my face off. n/t

[WestMichRad]

3. That'd be too Canadian, eh!

[True Dough]

4. Climate change is making the outdoor games tricky

The "Winter Classic" was once a year and sometimes it was dicey. Half the games outside would mean a lot of cancellations.

[msongs]

5. what kind of hockey? nt

[LisaM]

8. I love hockey but expansion and putting teams on the NASCAR circuit

is ruining it. For some reason, too, there hasn't really been a big name since Sidney Crosby (I know there is talent, like Conor Bedard and Ovechkin, but who outside of hockey fans have heard of them?)

There also aren't any fan-grabbing rivalries at the moment.

Too bad, it's a great product, poorly marketed. Stupid names like the Kraken do not help. That was a bone thrown to the tech crowd tastes, but they aren't really sports fans.

(It's also expensive. When the Kraken franchise started I looked into getting tickets to a Red Wings game and it would have been cheaper to fly to Detroit and watch them play there, including the flight and hotel).

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. What if you could create ice and output heat energy that could convert to electrical energy?

Spit-balling here.

[LisaM]

11. Yeah, that's what comes to mind when I think hockey 🏑

Certainly not hockey-related things like dancing to "Cotton-Eyed Joe" and singing "The Good Old Hockey Game" and throwing hats on the ice for a hat trick and drinking beer with Canadians.



Happy New Year!

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. You get the spirit of the idea, I hope.

Start small. Hockey rink size and then bigger.

Here's one idea I bequeath to the University of Maine Orono. Create a paper product, using recycled paper, with seeds and embedded fertilizer. We lost the area of Maine each year to desertification.

[AZ8theist]

10. I played hockey in college long ago..

...and have been a fan my whole life.
But the ignorance of some people to the sport is unbelievable.

[madinmaryland]

13. There was a push for a Chess forum, but that never happened either.

[Callmecrazy]

14. Because hockey is not a sport. nt