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Originally Posted by TheSquatch
Let me re-word Frankster's point, if I am seeing it correctly:
His claim isn't that Calgary is worse than other places at supporting other forms of hockey than top-tier-pro. His claim is that the support isn't huge, and this is backed up by the fact that the arena is mostly empty.
"Ahh, but 6000 people at a Hitmen game is better than the Brampton Beavers draw, so support is high!"
No. That's the wrong conclusion. The better conclusion to draw is that even in a hockey-mad large center like calgary, interest in hockey other than top-tier pro is limited, and it's even more limited anywhere else. There isn't enough interest here, and the objectively weak (numbers) attendance rather than the subjecively strong (we get more people to the rink than the Sarnia Shinglers or whoever prove that.
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One could argue that UofC is better hockey and draws way less then the Hitmen. SAIT, equal level of hockey drawing nowhere near what the Hitmen do. Go one step down and the Canucks draw nothing. All excellent levels of hockey and other then family and friends and some of the student body, nobody goes.