Mike Augello: Is Toronto A Hockey Town Or An NHL Town?

TO is the cash cow of the league...

In theory, the Marlies should be selling out every game until the lockout is over.

Let's see how that turns out.

That's easy...it's neither, Totonto is a Leafs town.

Top 20 Canadian Hockey League Average Attendance 2011-2012:

1. Quebec Remparts (11,724)
2. Calgary Hitmen (8973)
3. London Knights (8953)
4. Vancouver Giants (6944)
5. Halifax Mooseheads (6608)
6. Ottawa 67s (6507)
7. Spokane Chiefs (6443)
8. Edmonton Oil Kings (6421)
9. Kitchener Rangers (6365)
10. Kelowna Rockets (6082)
11. Portland Winterhawks (6075)
12. Windsor Spitfires (5859)
13. Victoria Royals (5660)
14. Everett Silvertips (5278)
15. Saskatoon Blades (5048)
16. Red Deer Rebels (4858)
17. Tri-City Americans (4653)
18. Saint John Sea Dogs (4561)
19. Oshawa Generals (4383)
20. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (4316)


The OHL in general doesn't do very well attendance wise.


Hockey league's average attendance:

1. NHL 17,455
2. WCHA 6,386
3. AHL 5,638
4. WHL 4,716
5. ECHL 4,281
6. Hockey East 4,071
7. Central Hockey League 4,042
8. OHL 3,915
9. CCHA 3,494
10. QMJHL 3,489

Top 20 Canadian Hockey League Average Attendance 2011-2012:


1. Quebec Remparts (11,724)
2. Calgary Hitmen (8973)
3. London Knights (8953)
4. Vancouver Giants (6944)
5. Halifax Mooseheads (6608)
6. Ottawa 67s (6507)
7. Spokane Chiefs (6443)
8. Edmonton Oil Kings (6421)
9. Kitchener Rangers (6365)
10. Kelowna Rockets (6082)
11. Portland Winterhawks (6075)
12. Windsor Spitfires (5859)
13. Victoria Royals (5660)
14. Everett Silvertips (5278)
15. Saskatoon Blades (5048)
16. Red Deer Rebels (4858)
17. Tri-City Americans (4653)
18. Saint John Sea Dogs (4561)
19. Oshawa Generals (4383)
20. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (4316)
- woopstash

Good on the Rebels. We support our juniors pretty strong here.

Good on the Rebels. We support our juniors pretty strong here.
- sanfordnson

The WHL seems to be doing a great job with attendance. A lot higher averages compared to the OHL and QMJHL.

That's easy...it's neither, Totonto is a Leafs town.
- Juice

I hate Totontonians.

Top 20 Canadian Hockey League Average Attendance 2011-2012:

1. Quebec Remparts (11,724)
2. Calgary Hitmen (8973)
3. London Knights (8953)
4. Vancouver Giants (6944)
5. Halifax Mooseheads (6608)
6. Ottawa 67s (6507)
7. Spokane Chiefs (6443)
8. Edmonton Oil Kings (6421)
9. Kitchener Rangers (6365)
10. Kelowna Rockets (6082)
11. Portland Winterhawks (6075)
12. Windsor Spitfires (5859)
13. Victoria Royals (5660)
14. Everett Silvertips (5278)
15. Saskatoon Blades (5048)
16. Red Deer Rebels (4858)
17. Tri-City Americans (4653)
18. Saint John Sea Dogs (4561)
19. Oshawa Generals (4383)
20. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (4316)


The OHL in general doesn't do very well attendance wise.


Hockey league's average attendance:

1. NHL 17,455
2. WCHA 6,386
3. AHL 5,638
4. WHL 4,716
5. ECHL 4,281
6. Hockey East 4,071
7. Central Hockey League 4,042
8. OHL 3,915
9. CCHA 3,494
10. QMJHL 3,489
- woopstash

Didn't think WCHA would beat out the AHL.

Didn't think WCHA would beat out the AHL.
- Thehabsfan93

I can believe it. It's certainly spread across winter sport states.

Alaska, Michigan, two teams in Denver, three teams in Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and a few others.

Wisconsin would make a great location for a hockey team. Better there than Phoenix or Florida. Same with Alaska, if they had more than 700,000 people. Travel would be brutal though.

Top 20 Canadian Hockey League Average Attendance 2011-2012:

1. Quebec Remparts (11,724)
2. Calgary Hitmen (8973)
3. London Knights (8953)
4. Vancouver Giants (6944)
5. Halifax Mooseheads (6608)
6. Ottawa 67s (6507)
7. Spokane Chiefs (6443)
8. Edmonton Oil Kings (6421)
9. Kitchener Rangers (6365)
10. Kelowna Rockets (6082)
11. Portland Winterhawks (6075)
12. Windsor Spitfires (5859)
13. Victoria Royals (5660)
14. Everett Silvertips (5278)
15. Saskatoon Blades (5048)
16. Red Deer Rebels (4858)
17. Tri-City Americans (4653)
18. Saint John Sea Dogs (4561)
19. Oshawa Generals (4383)
20. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (4316)


The OHL in general doesn't do very well attendance wise.


Hockey league's average attendance:

1. NHL 17,455
2. WCHA 6,386
3. AHL 5,638
4. WHL 4,716
5. ECHL 4,281
6. Hockey East 4,071
7. Central Hockey League 4,042
8. OHL 3,915
9. CCHA 3,494
10. QMJHL 3,489
- woopstash

kitchener rangers are always sold out so they are making the stadium way bigger this year

In theory, the Marlies should be selling out every game until the lockout is over.

Let's see how that turns out.
- Two_For_Truth

not really
people go to leaf games to be seen
people go to marlie games to watch hockey

not really
people go to leaf games to be seen
people go to marlie games to watch hockey
- Sammich

Leafs fans=poser?

not really
people go to leaf games to be seen
people go to marlie games to watch hockey
- Sammich

With the season ticket waiting list being as long as it is, the sheer number of Leafs fans out there, a winning Marlies team and with a lockout in effect, the Ricoh Coliseum should be sold out until the end of the lockout.

The WHL seems to be doing a great job with attendance. A lot higher averages compared to the OHL and QMJHL.
- woopstash

I believe Red Deer, Sault St.Marie, Saint John and maybe Oshawa are the only cities there with populations under 100 000. Good on all of them.

Leafs fans=poser?
- Symba007

only the corporate d-bags wearing suits, guys who bring their wives/girlfriends and anyone seen on camera using a phone. So about 70% of fans who attend games.

edit: forgot about kypreos, doesn't matter what he wearing or who hes with

I can believe it. It's certainly spread across winter sport states.

Alaska, Michigan, two teams in Denver, three teams in Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and a few others.

Wisconsin would make a great location for a hockey team. Better there than Phoenix or Florida. Same with Alaska, if they had more than 700,000 people. Travel would be brutal though.
- Two_For_Truth

Having go from Alaska to anywhere in Florida would be a brutal plane trip for the NHL players.

only the corporate d-bags wearing suits, guys who bring their wives/girlfriends and anyone seen on camera using a phone. So about 70% of fans who attend games.

edit: forgot about kypreos, doesn't matter what he wearing or who hes with
- Sammich

So all 20,000 people at the ACC are corporate suits?

If you're lucky, the suits occupy the lower bowl which is probably in the 6 to 8 thousand people range. The other 12,000 people and the other hundreds of thousands of people who can't even get in the building should easily fill up the Ricoh.

Hell, even without a lockout, the Ricoh Coliseum should be filled.

Having go from Alaska to anywhere in Florida would be a brutal plane trip for the NHL players.
- Thehabsfan93

Solution? Get rid of the Panthers.

Toronto is, always has been, and always will be Leafs country.

Solution? Get rid of the Panthers.
- Two_For_Truth

and the Lightning.

and the Lightning.
- sanfordnson

If they spend their money right, they can survive. But two teams in Florida, forget it. One is enough.

If they spend their money right, they can survive. But two teams in Florida, forget it. One is enough.
- Two_For_Truth

1) Tampa won a cup, you dont get rid of franchises that won cups.

2) I like going to florida to watch cheap NHL games on vacation, BACK OFF

Solution? Get rid of the Panthers.
- Two_For_Truth

florida is a nice play to live and a nice place to play in, and tickets are cheap. And have pretty good fans, they like hockey there.

On the other hand, id like to see columbus just fold so we can get rid of columbus and see quebec finally get their team. So THEN when a player gets drafted to columbus they wont be like oh (frank) im on the worst team in the world. If it was quebec, theyd say im on a team with alot of history and a team with amazing fans and a team that the player can look forward to, to be getting drafted too. Not (frank)ing columbus

TO is the cash cow of the league...
- Symba007

your mother is the cash cow of the streets.