IIHF WHC importance cannot be underestimated - this brings european kids to the rinks, if there are rinks ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Most of the NHL regular season games - and of course the Stanley Cup playoffs and finals - start at very inconvenient times, you have to be a hardcore fan to follow these - and if you become to be that - it probably started watching the IIHF WHC![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Most of the NHL regular season games - and of course the Stanley Cup playoffs and finals - start at very inconvenient times, you have to be a hardcore fan to follow these - and if you become to be that - it probably started watching the IIHF WHC