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TAnnala said:
Summer hockey is bit more expensive. Usually here, kids take up soccer at summer and hockey at winter. I mean, we are talking about kids here, right? Since makes no sense to compare costs on adults.

My little brother, who is now 10, plays both. Clubs charge pretty close the same amount for each sport/season. Granted, hockey club does bit more work with sales and such to make money. But not a significant difference. The only difference comes from the gear. And even that gets overblown. Full soccer gear is pretty expensive too.

I've actually talked about this with my uncle and stepdad pretty often. Both have kids that play hockey and soccer. I said the same thing, hockey is much more expensive. And they both disagreed. The difference is not that huge.

But again, I'm talking about kids who play soccer in the summer and hockey in the winter.
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I honestly don't know what the costs are for kids in Canada, but it simply has to be more expensive given the cost of ice time. As an adult I know for fact that soccer is basically free in comparison.

It's sad but that's what it is. Also a lot of local ODR's now require skate tags to play on it. I think most are only like 10 dollars for the season, but that's what it is. Granted quite a few of these are just covering costs of boards and materials.
 
All these comparisons with football is silly, The beauty of our game is it's a winter sport, played on ice, it has a magic aura that no other game in the World has. I mean screw summer.

Anyone in the World can play all those other sports but to play Hockey right away one has to know how to skate. Anyone on this planet can run, kick a ball, pass a ball, but the element of skating on water, is so unique, right away that makes Hockey a team sport more so then any other game. Kids are learning to overcome the fear of falling or getting hurt on ice, that brings them together.

Ahhh how can one not love this beautiful sport of ours, the World's Greatest Game :)
 
toewsintangibles said:
If Finland wins World Cup this year, is Finland the most dominant hockey country in the history?
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Unbiased, simple and clear answer is: Yes. Finland is the most dominant in history. KAAAAAASSUUUUU KAPANEN! LAINE! PULJU! AHO! KAAPO! JUOLEVI! :handclap:
 
50% of the population watch the game By ratings. Rest saw it undetected or listened to radio... Hockey for ever
 
Russia has medals in 7 of the last 9 World Championships

Russia has medals in 8 of the last 9 World Junior Championships

Russia has medals in 2 of the last 5 Olympic games.

Sorry, Finland, but you are still ways to go
 
Consuming cuban cigar, snus, beer and koskenkorva never feels better than after gold medal
 
ViD said:
Russia has medals in 7 of the last 9 World Championships

Russia has medals in 8 of the last 9 World Junior Championships

Russia has medals in 2 of the last 5 Olympic games.

Sorry, Finland, but you are still ways to go
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Finland has medaled every time in the Olympics since 1994 except for 2002.
 
Urbanskog said:
Finland has medaled every time in the Olympics since 1994 except for 2002.
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it all does not matter except this...

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Technically Hockey is Native Americans' game. Adopted and perfected by Canadians.

But Finland earned the right to say it regarding this years juniors.
 
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jj cale said:
This thread just cannot be serious.

A world junior win and a win in the world cup makes Finland the best hockey country in history?

Man, looks like this is going to some peoples heads too much.
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As they say, History is written by the victors.

In the meanwhile, best to submit to our new Finnish overlords and enjoy the mandatory sauna sessions.
 
saskganesh said:
As they say, History is written by the victors.

In the meanwhile, best to submit to our new Finnish overlords and enjoy the mandatory sauna sessions.
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We've already written it. 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi.

And a thousand other things.

But I do like the idea of the mandatory sauna.
 
Official ratings are out, 2.4m finns watched the game (peak). Average 2.0m.

I'm pretty certain that this game was the most watched tv ever in Finland.
 
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