I'm curious, right now, in Seattle, do they care at all for the NHL?
Do they get CBC, Canucks games, or any hockey teams?
Are they a satellite city for Vancouver right now, is the stanley cup finals and are the Canucks treated almost like they play nearby?
I spent the majority of my life there and I'm putting together an article about it at the moment (been sick the past three days so I'm a wee bit behind at the moment) about it. I've been writing about and posting various forms of a 'Hockey in Seattle' FAQ over the years, I figured it's time to put it in a central location.
The Vancouver feed of CBC is available on all basic cable systems in Western Washington which means people can watch HNIC. Seattle is not in the Canucks territory (at last check Seattle is in the Avalanche's territory....go figure) so they don't get Canucks games on Sportsnet outside of NHL Center Ice.
Seattle is not a hockey town (Football is king) but there's a HUGE hockey fan base there not only with four WHL teams in the state (and one in Portland, Oregon) but there's a large NHL fanbase here as well. Don't expect to hear about hockey in the local media (exception - http://twitter.com/Motley_Su ) as they literally don't know the difference between a puck and a Hostess ding-dong. For example, when the Everett Silvertips made it to the WHL finals in their first season:
http://www.everettsilvertips.com/2003_2004
...the local TV stations didn't cover any part of their playoff run until they made the finals.
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