Quote:
Originally Posted by PegCityFlamesFan
My one hope for this tournament is that going forward they start awarding it back to places like Halifax, Saskatoon, etc.. and stop with these big cities that couldn't care less. What a different atmosphere this arena had and the pure joy compared to Toronto or Vancouver.
|
Yeah. This.
Most of these guys are Junior hockey players, award it places that love their Junior hockey.
Hey, I'm not going to say that Calgary doesnt love the Hitmen or that Edmonton doesnt love the Oil Kings or whatever, but not to the same extent as places where the Junior team is the biggest game in town.
The only restrictive problem with that is the size of the arenas, and I get that, like Lethbridge's biggest arena is 5,500 seats, Red Deer is 7,000, but going places where this is their bread and butter really gives you that atmosphere.