Comments on: The NHL Is On Thin Ice http://www.totalprosports.com/2009/02/17/the-nhl-is-on-thin-ice/ Play Like A Pro Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: wow http://www.totalprosports.com/2009/02/17/the-nhl-is-on-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-37284 wow Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:53:15 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-37284 You have no clue what you're talking about. Average NHL attendance was never "just under 22, 000". In fact, average attendance is higher now than it was pre-lock out. The avg. attendance figure for 2008-2008 is 17,309, and for 2008-2009 it was 17,475. For the 5 years pre-lock out it was roughly 16,500. As a point of comparison the NBA averages in the mid-to-high 17k. As for your contention that, "if you are close enough to the ice you hear 3 or 4 different languages being spoke, the least of which is English.", the percentage of Americans in the game is about 22%(one of the few nationalities that has increased in the last 5 years). The percentage of Canadians is 55%. No other country is above 7%. Even if half of those Canadians spoke only French, then 49% of the league would have English as their primary language. I can't believe someone employs you to write about the NHL when a simple internet search reveals your contentions to be completely baseless. You have no clue what you’re talking about. Average NHL attendance was never “just under 22, 000″. In fact, average attendance is higher now than it was pre-lock out. The avg. attendance figure for 2008-2008 is 17,309, and for 2008-2009 it was 17,475. For the 5 years pre-lock out it was roughly 16,500.

As a point of comparison the NBA averages in the mid-to-high 17k.

As for your contention that, “if you are close enough to the ice you hear 3 or 4 different languages being spoke, the least of which is English.”, the percentage of Americans in the game is about 22%(one of the few nationalities that has increased in the last 5 years). The percentage of Canadians is 55%. No other country is above 7%. Even if half of those Canadians spoke only French, then 49% of the league would have English as their primary language.

I can’t believe someone employs you to write about the NHL when a simple internet search reveals your contentions to be completely baseless.

]]> By: Habs 4 life http://www.totalprosports.com/2009/02/17/the-nhl-is-on-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-12830 Habs 4 life Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:48:09 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-12830 impeach Gary Bettman impeach Gary Bettman

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