I watched the Hockey East semis on MSNBC yesterday, and it seemed as though the Garden was nowhere near full. The crowd size in the clips they were showing from the ECAC tournament in Lake Placid looked appalling -- as if were a team's intra-squad practice session.
From what I was able to see on TV, turnout in the other conference tourneys also looked to be pretty meager. Am I wrong on that?
Has broader interest in college hockey fallen so that large arenas are no longer because of poor turnout by the general public? Is it because more of these can be seen on TV these days, or is this now the norm?
Thoughts?
I'll cut Hockey a bit of slack because for the first time ever none of the three Boston teams made it to its Final Four.
From what I was able to see on TV, turnout in the other conference tourneys also looked to be pretty meager. Am I wrong on that?
Has broader interest in college hockey fallen so that large arenas are no longer because of poor turnout by the general public? Is it because more of these can be seen on TV these days, or is this now the norm?
Thoughts?
I'll cut Hockey a bit of slack because for the first time ever none of the three Boston teams made it to its Final Four.
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