It's not Detroit anymore, but who is it? I know, but do you?
2007-12-09 09:50:42 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
28: It's just now Voted on by Sports Illustrated that a new place is hockeytown.
2007-12-09 10:02:29 · update #1
St. Paul, MINNESOTA!!
Home of the Wild!! :)
Says so on http://www.wild.com
GO WILD!
2007-12-09 10:22:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋
In my opinion, it's anywhere in Canada. If you think Detroit is nuts about hockey, you haven't seen anything until you've been to hockey games in Canada. Hockey is a way of life there, not just a side interest. Most every person plays hockey or ringette at some point in their lives. There aren't people who haven't been to a hockey game or watched a hockey game there. Even if they don't like hockey (which, some don't), they've been to or watched it. You just don't see that here in the States. The closest you would come to it would be Minnesota, NOT Detroit. EDIT: I love how people are mentioning the number of times Montreal has won the Cup and have that number wrong. Just because a team/city has won a lot of cups doesn't mean they're Hockey Town. I think it has more to do with the passion of the fans and people in the area of the sport, and not the athletes a franchise can bring in. The North Stars/Wild have never won a Cup, but do you honestly think that people in Anaheim, Raleigh, or Tampa care more about hockey than people in Minnesota? Because by counting Cups as a method for determining "Hockey Town", that would be a true statement. However, hockey is a way of life in Minnesota, and not so much in the southern cities, and I would argue that Minnesota is more of a hockey town than those three cities.
2016-05-22 09:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you can "vote" all you want, but I see no reason why Detroit isn't still Hockeytown. Mind you, it was a marketing slogan cooked up quite a few years ago, but it caught on, and simply because for the first time in a decade or so they aren't selling out every single game, someone "decides" to hijack the name?
If you go to a Wings game at the Joe, you'll come away with an understanding.
Sport Illustrated? They feature boxing and call it a "sport" when all it really is, is two guys beating each other up.
2007-12-09 17:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hockeytown" is a name, not an award. It is a moniker that Detroit came up w/ a long time ago. To try to change it would be ridiculous. Detroit will always be Hockeytown because they came up w/ the designation. Simple.
2007-12-09 12:43:55 · answer #4 · answered by MajorTom © 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stop beating this dead hoarse. Its a self given name, it means nothing. You want to call Minnesota hockey town, go right ahead, they still cant win in the D!!! Once you guys win something, then ya got room to talk trash, but until then, be thankful you got a second chance to have a pro team. BTW, if you dont realize it, nobody really cares about high school hockey, unless they have a connection to that school. SO, give yourselves any little title you want, I will be happy with the 9 Stanley Cups we have had here. Oh yeah, let me know when you catch up!!!!!
2007-12-10 09:02:48 · answer #5 · answered by Puck me, puck u 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol I thought this question was done. If you want to base your facts on a clueless Sports Illustration magazine go head kid just stop asking this question. You've asked it twice in 1 week. Your the "state of hockey" were "Hockeytown". ITs been like that for years and its not gonna change
2007-12-09 10:53:42 · answer #6 · answered by Vinny 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋
As a Minnesotan I will say thanks, but no thanks. We'll let Detroit keep their moniker. Who needs to have Hockeytown when you live in The State of Hockey?!
I am glad that we're getting attention for our outstanding hockey traditions, but it just wouldn't be Minnesota nice to take away someone else's moniker.
Who doesn't think of Detroit and the Red Wings when they hear "Hockeytown"? We'll keep our "State of Hockey" and Detroit can remain "Hockeytown" and the whole hockey world can be at peace and stop beating this dead horse.
Go Wild!
"We will fight to the end
We will stand and defend
Our flag flying high and free
We were born the child
Of the strong and Wild
In the State, the State of Hockey."
- Wild Anthem Chorus
2007-12-09 10:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by tboneund 3 · 6⤊ 5⤋
NOTE: This following has NOTHING to do with you Spud, just my thoughts on this issue in general. :)
You know... all of Pittsburgh's steel mills have been shutdown, but it's still called "The City of Steel", "Steel City" and "Steel Town". I know that might be in part due to the Steelers, but they're names used in reference to Pittsburgh's history... You can't just erase history. Detroit still has their Red Wings.
Who came up with the idea of having this "Miss Hockey Town, USA" pageant anyway? Sports Illustrated is a joke if they think they have the "authority" to strip Detroit of their title.
Most importantly though, why would St. Paul want DETROIT'S title? I'm sure they can come up with their own, so as to never be associated with Detroit and to be solely recognized for THEIR hockey passion.
LOL, the Wild have an ANTHEM? That IS pretty rabid.
2007-12-09 10:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by Erica 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋
hey erica is that glass factory back yet.
oh you start your kids at age ten ... the ice rink at the mall we got 5 year olds out there playing in practicing. dam alaska low population if we had quarter of these other places we too could get a favorable nod for state of hockey. btw if u havent ever seen a 5 year old playing hockey u should its the cutes thing... they skate as a group this lil hudle going up and down the ice. always that one player not in hudle calling for the pass and when they pass it moves slower then they skate but its cute and innocent and when they get in a schuffle coaches pick up the lil guys by back of the jersey. ahhhh winter sports ....
bill think that about the only thing they get right...
2007-12-09 11:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by Jay Argentina 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Again
Detroit is Hockeytown
Toronto is Hockey City
Montreal is La Ville du Hockey
Windosr, Nova Scotia is 'The Birthplace of Hockey'
2007-12-09 11:06:38 · answer #10 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 11⤊ 2⤋
SI has something to do with sports?
Dag, I thought they were an annual issue that featured a bikini-clad model yearbook.
2007-12-09 12:20:00 · answer #11 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋