I’m an American, and I’m a hockey fanatic. It’s a strange time to be both

The Globe and Mail · Nick Paumgarten · 2026-11-06 11:00 UTC

The U.S. public’s attitude toward international hockey is more idiosyncratic. It veers from indifference to triumphalism

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Nick Paumgarten is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the new book The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game.

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