I don't really like Hockey all that much either, but I really love the Winter Olympics. What I don't like about the winter olymics though is the fact they let high paid professionals (IE: NHL Players) participate. I've always considered the Olympics to be the best of the best of amateur athletes, how the professional NHL players are able to enter the games amazes me.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi