TIME FOR SUNBELT WJC

Moving the world juniors to a Sun Belt destination would grow the game in southern markets and attract Canadian heat seekers

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SOME TRADITIONALISTS WOULD RATHER SEE HOCKEY DIE IN THE SUN BELT, BUT THE ‘GRETZKY EFFECT’ OF THE 1990S IS REAL

TCHREEACMROOPF Hockey is no longer a fallback sport for elite U.S. athletes clihkeooJsoeneitsa. sMtahneyir primary career path now.