St. John's Is Not a Hockey Town!

Not having anything to do at work, and my boss being on vacation for 2 weeks, I've been doing a lot of web-surfing lately, which includes news headlines. I got very frustrated this morning when I read on VOCM (again) that St. John's is looking to have a hockey team occupy Mile One (again).

Councillor Dan Breen (I know, I'm also thinking who the hell is that?), says St. John's is a hockey town and he believes the residents will support a hockey franchise. Really? What proof is there of this? They want to bring in another QMJHL team, a team from the same league the debunked Fog Devils played in, and suddenly they think people will support it?

Maybe I am being a little cynical here, because part of the reason the Fog Devils did not work were the economics of the deal, the travel costs, etc. but some of it was definitely a lack of attendance. People complained that they weren't good enough (despite have several NHL drafted prospects), that there is nowhere to park downtown so they don't bother, and some people even boycotted because they had "Devil" as part of their team name. Really a lot of excuses to not go see a hockey game for a so called "hockey town". Whenever I hear that phrase about St. John's, I just cringe. I'm sick of people calling the town that when there is absolutely no proof to support it. St. John's doesn't even have a team in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League, and nobody attends their Junior League games. It's ridiculous for a "hockey town".

I for one would love to see a team back here however. I would support it whenever possible, because no matter what the cost or the parking obstacles, I enjoy going to see a game of hockey. However, this team would have the same problems as the Fog Devils and it would lose A LOT of money. It'd be great if for once the council of St. John's actually provided a new service for its citizens that didn't have the primary goal of turning a profit, and hell the loses could even be covered by additional revenue if they would actually agree to develop downtown. But that's a different rant.

In conclusion: Would love to see another hockey team in Newfoundland, however it is not going to work because St. John's is not a "hockey town".

Gonna try a new thing, recommending a song to download after each blog:
"Ache" by James Carrington (Smallville introduces me to so many good songs)