CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — As I tend to do, I spent the weekend thinking about minor league hockey. The National Hockey League is coming back on January 13th, but, much like how non-revenue college sports and minor league baseball provide a more intimate community, the same thing can be said for minor league hockey. Why is this so important of late? Well, it is and it isn’t.
Throughout the pandemic, we’ve still gotten to see a lot of the professional sports we know and love. College football played a season, with fans! I think in March, to hear that there was a World Series, bowl season, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, all of it would be seen as a gigantic win.