Steve Scebelo gets paid to promote NHL players to the masses, and even he admits the league has a problem.
¡°When you go into any sports bar, you have sports fans, and they can¡¯t tell you who the top hockey players are,¡± said Scebelo, the chief commercial officer of the NHL Players¡¯ Association. ¡°We need to change that.¡±
Among the four major U.S. pro leagues, the NHL¡¯s popularity has lagged for decades.
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