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Originally Posted by Bingo

any stat I've seen on that era was that paid vs show was the biggest gap, not the actual sales

http://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/

only checked 2 years in that era but the averages were 16000 and 15700

Heh, look at the graph:

http://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendan...h.php?tmi=5090

Then, without looking at the year numbers, try and guess which year had a big success in it.