| Of all the sports left out there, the only truly pure one | | | | dominant receiver or dish the ball to the dominant |
| left is college hockey. And although hockey in general | | | | center the entire game if you need some quick points. |
| is sort of like the red headed stepchild of the sports | | | | But in college hockey, even the most dominant |
| world, college hockey really should be paid more | | | | forward on the ice can get stonewalled by a no-name |
| attention. Not only does it prove that college athletes | | | | goalie that happens to catch a hot streak at the right |
| don’t need to stupid to participate in sports, it goes | | | | time. |
| to show that teamwork and perseverance actually do | | | | Also, a low scoring game in hockey can still be exciting. |
| matter in sports still. | | | | If there is a low scoring game in basketball or football, it |
| With many teams in the college arena having big name | | | | is ruled to be boring. But a 1-0 score in hockey could |
| recruits that the team is centered around, college | | | | feature over 50 shots on net by both teams and go |
| hockey enjoys a sort of anonymity when it comes to | | | | into triple overtime. Of course, that is really rare, but |
| that. Of course there are still big name recruits, but | | | | generally hockey is a low scoring game anyway, so |
| since hockey is not as popular or given as much | | | | high scores are somewhat of an anomaly. Another |
| analysis and scope as some other college sports, they | | | | thing that sets college hockey apart from other college |
| seem to not be as affected as some players who | | | | sports is the rivalries. Obviously, there are some really |
| make the jump to the pro ranks after their football or | | | | big rivalries in football and basketball, but college |
| basketball careers. College hockey players also seem | | | | hockey has the added benefit of fights. Sure, the |
| to excel in academics more often than do football or | | | | players are not supposed to drop the gloves, but at |
| basketball players, though that is a pretty broad | | | | some point, it is bound to happen. Take for instance |
| generalization, I do believe that hockey players, in | | | | the Minnesota Gophers and the University of North |
| general, are smarter than most football players who | | | | Dakota Fighting Sioux. I would put that rivalry up |
| can hardly even compose a coherent sentence. | | | | against any other rivalry in college sports for fan |
| College hockey is also more of a team sport. If all of | | | | participation, school pride and heatedness. |
| the guys on the ice are clicking, then the team will do | | | | Although college hockey does not get the same sort |
| well. Even if there is one stand out, he cannot | | | | of coverage that the other college sports do, it is still |
| dominate the entire game because there are too | | | | the most team oriented and the one that has been |
| many other people on the rink that will either try to | | | | least diluted by outside interests and major advertisers. |
| take him out or will want the puck. On the football field | | | | In short, college hockey is still pure and untainted by |
| or the basketball court, you can throw to the same | | | | modern society, and I hope it stays that way. |