Stop generalizing. Where I live in the U.S. hockey is huge.
Lol.
People I know from the North, especially around the Boston area really like hockey, always talk about the Bruins or whatever. Southern Americans are the ones that typically don't give a damn about it. And honestly, most Americans don't give a damn about Canada enough to hate a sport because of them. Us in the south have low attention spans, we need more than 1 or 2 goals a game.

Well actually, I do like soccer....depending on what teams are playing.