Columnist for the Hockey News Stephen Ellis believes that the low interest of North American fans for the world Cup due to the fact that currently in the National hockey League are decisive stages of the struggle for the Stanley Cup.
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“The world Cup not paying attention because this moment is the Cup of Stanley. That’s why local fans think: “There is no strongest players, why would I watch this tournament?” I like this tournament. We pay him much attention, regularly published articles about the events. In addition, this year in the world championship with the best player of the regular NHL season, Nikita Kucherov, as well as one of the strongest goalkeepers — Andrey Vasilevskiy”, said Ellis in an interview with RT.
The journalist also suggested that low interest in the world Cup by American fans stems from the fact that the last time team USA won the world championship in 1960.
Previously, a North American Explorer, made a surprising prediction for the match Russia — USA.