A couple of months ago, I was venting about the lack of local hockey coverage in Lafayette. Since the SPHL came to town five years ago, hockey has been covered about as well as elementary school dodgeball games. This was a town where 20 years ago (my goodness, has it been that long?) the ECHL IceGators played to sold-out crowds in the 11,000 seat Cajundome. Last season, the SPHL IceGators were last in the league in attendance.
So I complained. Loudly.
That's when it was brought to my attention that the people in the print and broadcast media who originally covered hockey during the ECHL IceGators era moved to other media markets once the team folded in 2005. Since then, internet-based and social-based media have proliferated at the expense of traditional news formats. This is not just an isolated situation. The nine teams in the SPHL have - at best count - two or three professional reporters who regularly cover the league, and neither of them are in Lafayette.
So our mission is simple - provide the passionate hockey fans in Louisiana with local hockey news and increase awareness of hockey.
We aim to accomplish this - one step... one post... at a time.
It also makes a great beer bottle opener.
So I complained. Loudly.
That's when it was brought to my attention that the people in the print and broadcast media who originally covered hockey during the ECHL IceGators era moved to other media markets once the team folded in 2005. Since then, internet-based and social-based media have proliferated at the expense of traditional news formats. This is not just an isolated situation. The nine teams in the SPHL have - at best count - two or three professional reporters who regularly cover the league, and neither of them are in Lafayette.
So our mission is simple - provide the passionate hockey fans in Louisiana with local hockey news and increase awareness of hockey.
We aim to accomplish this - one step... one post... at a time.
It also makes a great beer bottle opener.