Thursday, October 13, 2011

Attendance Watch, aka as Mr. Bettman's Box Office!

While the usual suspects and a few newcomers will play to packed houses this season, other teams will have less than full stands and perolating rumours of potential trouble because of that.

So as the 2011-12 season begins we'll keep an eye on the attendance listings (all be it sometimes perhaps less than, oh shall we say, reflective of the actual numbers) from some of the teams that may make up our talking points later in the season.

For our faithful readers in Quebec City and other would be NHL host cities, the numbers may provide some hint as to who may one day be making moving plans in the future.

It's an arbitrary number on our part, but we will use the 13,000 mark as the cut off for our attendance review, so only those games which are listed as having 13,000 or less in attendance will be listed below. We also will include which team was in town that night to perhaps provide some explanation as to the recorded attendance.

We will be watching with interest to see if the numbers grow or if teams stabilize as the season moves forward, regardless as sure as a puck will find the net, somewhere along the way this year rumours will start to swirl as to possible troubles in some hockey paradise locations, the numbers below will probably help explain some of those percolating points.

The review can be accessed from our GM's office links on the right hand sidebar.

Attendance figures as of April 5, 2012.

Bottom Feeders (our three dim star selection)
Three teams with lowest attendance, most times below 13,000.

1. Phoenix (22)
2. NY Islanders (19)
3. Dallas (15)

Anaheim


February 8-- 12,675 (Carolina)
February 6-- 12,096 (Calgary)
February 1-- 12,701 (Dallas)
January 18-- 12,281 (Phoenix)
January 10-- 12,152 (Dallas)
October 21-- 12,919 (Dallas)


Carolina

December 1-- 12,566 (New York Rangers)
October 25-- 12,083 (Ottawa)


Columbus

March 28-- 12,432 (Detroit)
March 25-- 12,295 (Edmonton)
March 6-- 10,915 (Phoenix)
February 14-- 12,425 (St. Louis)
February 6-- 11,237 (Minnesota)
November 21-- 11,629 (Calgary)
November 16-- 10,833 (Minnesota)
October 18-- 9,158 (Dallas)
October 12-- 8,996 (Colorado)
October 10-- 9,187 (Vancouver)


Colorado


November 28-- 12,015 (Dallas)
November 2-- 12,141 (Phoenix)
October 30-- 12,355 (Los Angeles)



Dallas

February 19-- 11,865 (Nashville)
February 16-- 11,839 (Calgary)
February 12-- 12,191 (Los Angeles)
February 7-- 11,162 (Phoenix) 
January 24-- 12,141 (Anaheim)
December 1-- 10,490 (Ottawa)
November 23-- 11,779 (Los Angeles)
November 21-- 11,458 (Edmonton)
November 16-- 10,175 (Florida)
November 4-- 11,981 (Colorado)
October 29-- 11,740 (New Jersey)
October 27-- 8,443 Los Angeles
October 15-- 8,305 (Columbus)
October 13--  7,949 (St. Louis)
October 10-- 6,306 (Phoenix)

Florida


October 31-- 11,855 (Winnipeg)


New Jersey

October 13-- 12,256 (Los Angeles)
October 10-- 12,096 (Carolina)

New York Islanders

March 29-- 12,018 (Pittsburgh)
March 13-- 11,488 (Washington)
February 18-- 11,818 (Carolina)
February  9-- 12,132 (Montreal)
January 24-- 10,888 (Toronto)
January 16-- 10,755 (Nashville)
January 11-- 11,751 (Philadelphia)
January 10-- 12,864 (Detroit)
December 23-- 12,432 (Toronto)
December 14-- 9,288 (Dallas)
December 8-- 10,711 (Chicago)
December 6 -- 9,486 (Tampa Bay)
November 23-- 11,086 (Philadelphia)
November 17 -- 9,928 (Montreal)
November 3-- 10,157 (Winnipeg)
October 29-- 11,742 (San Jose)
October 25-- 10,681 (Pittsburgh)
October 13-- 9.759 (Tampa Bay)
October 10-- 11,278 (Minnesota)


Phoenix


March 25-- 12,585 (St. Louis)
March 12-- 11,518 (Nashville)
March 8-- 11,716 (Minnesotat)
March 1-- 10,989 (Calgary)
February 21-- 10,842 (Los Angeles)
February 9-- 10,048 (Calgary)
February 6-- 12,687 (Detroit)
February 4-- 12,979 (San Jose)
January 31-- 10,579 (Anaheim)
January 24-- 8,061 (Ottawa)
January 21-- 12,714 (Tampa Bay)
January 16-- 12,757 (Colorado)
December 23-- 12,650 (St. Louis)
December 17-- 12,172 (New York Rangers)
December 10-- 10,976 (Minnesota)
November 23-- 9,124 (Anaheim)
November 3-- 6,738 (Nashville)
October 29-- 10,379 (Los Angeles)
October 27-- 7,434 (New Jersey)
October 25-- 6,948 (Dallas)
October 20-- 7,128 (Los Angeles)
October 18-- 11,051 (Chicago)

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