How popular is the NHL?

hotcabbagesoup

why u guys want Celebrini, he played like a weenie
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Pretty sad how nobody knows about NHL players. I’m sure if you asked who was Pat Mahomes or Kevin Durant most people would be able to answer.

I typed these two guys into the eliteprospects search bar (it's my homepage) and I couldn't find these guys. Turns out, they play football and basketball.

However, it looks like the Durant surname has a couple of hockey players.
 

Cricket Green

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Sad? It's a niche sport. The cost of the equipment alone makes it effectively inaccessible for recreation. Almost every community has soccer, football, baseball and basketball leagues/camps/school teams for youngsters. Not hockey. Viewing-wise, tracking the puck for new fans can be frustrating. As i learned with my kids, the best way to get them into hockey is to take them to an NHL game, particularly up against the glass during warmups. Absolutely no better sport in-person.
 

the4thlinegrinder

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"Can you tell me who Auston Matthews is?"

"Does he do porn?"

So he's at least seen Matthews.

matthews.jpeg
 

Barnum

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Still too high, forgot Nascar, golf, anything NCAA...

In USA for pro sports

1. NFL
2. NBA
3.MLB
4. Pro Gamers
5.UFC/Paul bros


6.NHL
Why do these myths continue?


The NHL is the 4th most watched sport in the USA, though it sometimes flips with soccer for 5th depending on the year. Nascar/car racing is 9th.

Top 10 Most Popular Sports in America 2021 (TV Ratings)

Top-10 Most Popular Sports In America 2021 | SportyTell

What are the 5 most popular sports in the USA? | STATSCORE - News Center

10 Most Popular Sports in America 2021 - SportingFree
 

Confucius

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Pretty sad how nobody knows about NHL players. I’m sure if you asked who was Pat Mahomes or Kevin Durant most people would be able to answer.

Durant is Basketball, Mahomes is football but that one is a guess. It really boils down to what city the questions are asked in.
 

habsrule4eva3089

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It's a shame that this America-First league is also ruining Hockey in Canada for growth in a country that will never take to the game.

America is the biggest reality show in the world. To gain notoriety in that type of society you need personality apart from talent. And it's true Connor McDavid is the most boring human that be might living on this planet today, so can see why the average sports fan doesn't know him.

Truthfully even in Canada, more non-sport people would respond Crosby than McDavid if asked who's the best player in the World today. He's so unknown it's ridiculous.
 

Hatfield

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Sad? It's a niche sport. The cost of the equipment alone makes it effectively inaccessible for recreation. Almost every community has soccer, football, baseball and basketball leagues/camps/school teams for youngsters. Not hockey. Viewing-wise, tracking the puck for new fans can be frustrating. As i learned with my kids, the best way to get them into hockey is to take them to an NHL game, particularly up against the glass during warmups. Absolutely no better sport in-person.

Exactly. We should all be impressed that hockey is as popular as it actually is in the US.
 

Confucius

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Feb 8, 2009
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Not all hockey fans are sports fans. I haven't watched a baseball game since the jays were in the post season and I only watched the last half of that year because they were playing well. I haven't watched a basketball game since the Raptors championship game. I watched the last Superbowl but that was the only football game I watched in 10 plus years. Yet I watched every Leaf game for the last 5 years And most of them since I was 10.
 

Golden_Jet

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Why do these myths continue?


The NHL is the 4th most watched sport in the USA, though it sometimes flips with soccer for 5th depending on the year. Nascar/car racing is 9th.

Top 10 Most Popular Sports in America 2021 (TV Ratings)

Top-10 Most Popular Sports In America 2021 | SportyTell

What are the 5 most popular sports in the USA? | STATSCORE - News Center

10 Most Popular Sports in America 2021 - SportingFree

I thought so,
surprised at badminton though, I could pick way more sports above that one.
 

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