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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:51 am Post subject: Canadians and hockey |
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Anybody surprised? I'm not.
From the Globe and Mail online:
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After a season without NHL hockey, how do you feel?
I really miss the games
1072 votes (9 %)
I miss the games a bit
1529 votes (13 %)
I don't miss the NHL much
2062 votes (17 %)
I don't miss NHL hockey at all
7475 votes (62 %)
Total Votes: 12138
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:59 am Post subject: ... |
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Does Canada have its own hockey league like CFL? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:25 am Post subject: |
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Are you joking? |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:36 am Post subject: ... |
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Lol. No. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:43 am Post subject: |
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Oh.
From Wikipedia:
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By 1926, having increased player salaries to a level that couldn't be matched by other Canadian leagues, the NHL was alone in Stanley Cup competition. The league had also expanded into the United States, and from 1926 to 1931 the league featured 10 teams. |
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supernick
Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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I think Nowhere Man was asking about a clearly seperate league from the NHL. There is the Junior League and players are paid a much lower salary. These teams are also farm teams of the NHL. |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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If those were the three options, no wonder they got those resutls. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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It looked like that might have been what he was getting at, but the mono-syllabic response can only leave one wondering.
Four options. |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: The Y.C.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: ... |
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Nowhere Man wrote: |
Does Canada have its own hockey league like CFL? |
In a word: No
The professional leagues (AHL, IHL, ECHL) are mostly spread out across North America. The AHL Is home to the most Canadian teams of the North American leagues. Of the professional leagues the NHL is the top league with none of the other leagues being close.
There was talk of forming a professional league (WHA) in the absence of the NHL but it fell apart before they could even sign players to contracts.
There are also amateur leagues that played in the different regions of the country (QMJHL, OHL, WHL) which are governed by the CHL and play for a championship each season. The level of play would be comparable to the NCAAs (football, basketball, baseball), but that league is consider amateur. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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I knew nothing but peace in Seattle, a non-hockey town. No morons honking their horns at midnight because the Leafs won. No bewildered suburbanites down in the evil city core trying to figure out how to wipe their asses. Most of all, I could pick up a paper and not have some hockey fight picture gracing the cover. |
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 1:59 am Post subject: |
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I don't believe Seattle has ever won anything, so it would be a nice quite town. |
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Draven
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Alias wrote: |
I don't believe Seattle has ever won anything, so it would be a nice quite town. |
I think the 1979 NBA Champion Supersonics would disagree with you about that...
Good looking bunch, aren't they? |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: The Y.C.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 4:26 am Post subject: |
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Alias wrote: |
I don't believe Seattle has ever won anything, so it would be a nice quite town. |
Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists
Year Winning Team Coach Finalist Coach
1917 Seattle Metropolitans Pete Muldoon Montreal Canadiens Newsy Lalonde
http://nhl.com/hockeyu/history/cup/champs.html |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Alias wrote: |
I don't believe Seattle has ever won anything, so it would be a nice quite town. |
Exactly. Just like the Leafs. But Toronto people still can't keep their trap shut over their losing team. |
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Konundrum
Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Boston
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: |
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I love the "DUB"....WHL junior hockey is awesome to watch...some speed, hard checking, the occasional tussle...everything you want/need in a hockey game. |
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