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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
CBC losing Saturday night hockey is going to further erode youth hockey in this country, which has been dropping in enrollment for some time now. I've had many conversations with Asian Canadian co workers who state that they don't bother subscribing to cable sports packages, meaning less chance that their kids might get excited about the game. At least with HNIC on CBC, those kids might get some exposure to the game, even accidentely.
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Many reasons for declining numbers in youth hockey but television could hardly be considered one of them.