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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin View Post
Keep NHL players in the Olympics and continue to have the World Championships. This grows the game all over the world, especially in the USA.
Yes you did.
The majority of people watching the Olympic hockey are already hockey fans, and it will attract some adults to the game. The kids that need to be attracted to the game, and playing the game, are the kids in the grass roots programs. Kids like Emerson Etem, Seth Jones and others from non-traditional hockey markets got into the game through these programs. The traditional US hotbeds, Michigan/Minnesota/New England/Wisconsin have had hockey programs going back 30-40 years because of the NHL viewership and sponsor programs. People want to credit the Miracle on Ice team but ask the question, whey did those kids start playing hockey?
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You don't have very good reading comprehension skills. Please point out where in my quote I said "The Olympics is the only way to grow hockey in the USA."
Again, I never disagreed with the grassroots argument. I agree with you.
If you want to argue against my points, please tell me why my friends / colleagues, who have had no exposure to grassroots hockey programs, started following hockey more closely after the 2010 Olympics.