I also noticed that the 13,000 Colisee attendance figure for a believed sell-out was a tad low as the NHL Nordiques did draw over 15,000.

One explanation could be the displacement of those seats for all those absurdly placed Skoda vehicles.

On another topic, if there is hockey in Nashville and Raleigh, its nuts why there isn't any in both Winnipeg and Quebec City where hockey is worshipped.

Well, there is TONS of hockey in those cities, just not on the same level as this...

I doubt it will end up like the Jrs being here every other year!
More like once a decade....
Russia is emerging as a viable cash cow in respect to hockey, Sweden, Finland & Czechs need this tourney in their backyard ....

But if we are correct and the IHWC ends up here more often the bar could be raised for the other host nations....ultimately hockey will be the winner!

I have met Bob Nicholson a few times, he is from Penticton & his folks still live here.
I have fired off an e-mail to him asking him about our little discussion....
Any luck he'll reply....
Oh in case you don't know he is the President of Hockey Canada.

Did you send him the url of this forum?