Isn't dissing hockey in Canada punishable by deporation to Texas? or NYC? With only Canadian currency on your person? And a "translator" from Quebec?
Everyone gets interested when the home team is doing really well. It really isn't that different in the hub of championships, Boston (rub, rub). (I am kidding. I had nothing to do with any Boston team's success. Nothing.) I will have a bearing on the Yankees' season, after the sex scandal breaks next week.
Always call the place you live a house. When you're old, everyone else will call it a home.