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Cowboy89 · 03-12-2009, 12:32 PM

I don't think there's anything wrong with the individual fans per se other than that there should have been more of them to properly support a hockey team of that calibre. Also I bet a losing AHL team in a Canadian city would do better (Almost any Canadian city above 100,000 people). I mean come on, the ticket prices in QC are cheaper than Hitmen tickets here in Calgary and comparable with prices in such 'large' urban centers like Cranbrook BC, Medicine Hat Alberta, Prince Albert, SK (that oddly enough manage to draw over 2,000 people a night to watch Major Junior hockey at the same or higher price points). Quad Cities is losing the team because, aside from our CP die hard friends, they don't deserve them. Blame Sutter, blame Ken King, blame marketing, blame whoever, blah, blah, blah. The novelty effect alone probably would have supported an AHL team regardless of team performance, for at least two years, in much smaller and poorer Canadian markets.

03-12-2009, 12:32 PM	#37
Cowboy89 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toledo OH Exp:	I don't think there's anything wrong with the individual fans per se other than that there should have been more of them to properly support a hockey team of that calibre. Also I bet a losing AHL team in a Canadian city would do better (Almost any Canadian city above 100,000 people). I mean come on, the ticket prices in QC are cheaper than Hitmen tickets here in Calgary and comparable with prices in such 'large' urban centers like Cranbrook BC, Medicine Hat Alberta, Prince Albert, SK (that oddly enough manage to draw over 2,000 people a night to watch Major Junior hockey at the same or higher price points). Quad Cities is losing the team because, aside from our CP die hard friends, they don't deserve them. Blame Sutter, blame Ken King, blame marketing, blame whoever, blah, blah, blah. The novelty effect alone probably would have supported an AHL team regardless of team performance, for at least two years, in much smaller and poorer Canadian markets.