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Originally Posted by Red John
Hitmen win again, nice to see. Would love to see a Kamloops-Calgary final. Disappointing to see Calgary not supporting their most successful local hockey team again. They set a WHL attendance record in 2004-05, and really should be getting on board this year. The Hitmen deserve it.
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Edmonton game 1: 6357
Calgary game 1: 5354
Edmonton game 2: 6628
Calgary game 2: 7481
Calgary game 5: 6416
A few factors about attendance: It always drops in the playoffs. That's just part of life in lower level leagues. Even Red Deer came in below their regular season average for game 3. Our first two games of the second round in the 2010 championship year was 8431 and 6976. Some people don't renew tickets for the post season and there are no group sales. I also think the NHL's late season is hurting both the Hitmen and Oil Kings a little, as these schedules seem to be stuck on weekday games. To that end, WTF is up with the three day break over the weekend for round three? I have no idea why our games are Tuesday-Wednesday when they could be Sunday-Tuesday.
That said, for anyone who wants to go to the third round, use the passcode "train" at Ticketmaster's website. It'll discount tickets to $18 (+tax) for the lower bowl and first couple rows of the upper in the middle, and $14 for the rest of the upper bowl.