Popularity of Juniors Tournament Crosses Border (NY Times)
From The New York Times:
by JEFF Z. KLEIN
Published: December 22, 2010
On Sunday, the world juniors will begin again, this time in Buffalo and on the campus of Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y.
The world juniors are a Canadian tradition, wildly popular north of the border. The last final drew a peak audience of 7.5 million viewers in a country of 33 million, until the Vancouver Olympics the largest audience in Canada for any telecast of any kind since 2005.
“In Canada, it’s a unique part of their culture,” said Keith Allain, coach of the United States team at this year’s tournament and the coach of Yale, the nation’s No. 1 college team. “Whole families get together to watch the day after Christmas the way American families watch football on Thanksgiving.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/sports/hockey/23juniors.html?ref=hockey
by JEFF Z. KLEIN
Published: December 22, 2010
On Sunday, the world juniors will begin again, this time in Buffalo and on the campus of Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y.
The world juniors are a Canadian tradition, wildly popular north of the border. The last final drew a peak audience of 7.5 million viewers in a country of 33 million, until the Vancouver Olympics the largest audience in Canada for any telecast of any kind since 2005.
“In Canada, it’s a unique part of their culture,” said Keith Allain, coach of the United States team at this year’s tournament and the coach of Yale, the nation’s No. 1 college team. “Whole families get together to watch the day after Christmas the way American families watch football on Thanksgiving.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/sports/hockey/23juniors.html?ref=hockey
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