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Jay Random · 11-23-2021, 01:00 AM

To put it in perspective: Average attendance at NHL games so far this year has been 15,859. That's the lowest in at least 20 years, excluding the no-fans COVID season. (I don't have numbers handy before that.)

At the tail end of the dead puck era, when games were boring, most small-market teams had no hope, and a third of the teams in the league were reportedly in danger of relocating or folding – with all that, average attendance for the same period in the season bottomed out at 16,122 in 2003-04.

This year is worse, and if you look at the figures so far, there is no sign of a rising trend from game to game:

https://soundofhockey.com/2021/11/16...cross-the-nhl/

I stand by my choice of the word ‘crisis’.

11-23-2021, 01:00 AM	#421
Jay Random Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Exp:	To put it in perspective: Average attendance at NHL games so far this year has been 15,859. That's the lowest in at least 20 years, excluding the no-fans COVID season. (I don't have numbers handy before that.) At the tail end of the dead puck era, when games were boring, most small-market teams had no hope, and a third of the teams in the league were reportedly in danger of relocating or folding – with all that, average attendance for the same period in the season bottomed out at 16,122 in 2003-04. This year is worse, and if you look at the figures so far, there is no sign of a rising trend from game to game: https://soundofhockey.com/2021/11/16...cross-the-nhl/ I stand by my choice of the word ‘crisis’. __________________ WARNING: The preceding message may not have been processed in a sarcasm-free facility. ‘You see in Calgary, [Ryan] Huska is no joke. It’s good. He’s really set on a specific model defensively. If you can be reliable, you have the freedom to play offence.’ —Ethan Wyttenbach