All you people out there that think hockey is boring and think it is so extremely unpopular compared to basketball, read this and weep.
Currently the average NHL attendance this year is 17,147 fans per game and the average NBA attendance is 17,141 per game. That's right, the NHL is averaging 6 more fans per game (with slight help from the Winter Classic in Buffalo).
Also, the NHL only has 1 team that is averaging under 14,000 fans per game at home while the NBA has 6 in the same category.
Wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that all but 5 teams in one of the conferences are above .500. That's how I lost interest in watching the Pistons and attending their games. It's turned into a joke following the regular season and come playoff time....well....I choose exciting, grind it out, fast paced action over game after game of fans and players yelling at referees at the end of the 4th quarter, which is usually sequence after sequence of foul shots.
Thus the name of my blog.....
:)
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