NEW YORK (AP) -- NHL attendance was up 2.4 percent from the last season before the lockout, with the league setting records for average and total fans and the Montreal Canadiens selling out all of their home games to set a team record.
The NHL played to 91.7 percent of capacity, drawing 20,854,169 fans for 1,230 regular-season games for an average of 16,955. In 2003-04 -- the last season before the lockout -- the league drew 20,356,199 for an average of 16,550. The previous records of 16,760 a game and 20,614,613 overall were set in 2001-02.
Twenty-four of the 30 NHL clubs finished even with or ahead of their 2003-04 performance. The top gainers were Pittsburgh (up 33 percent), Carolina (27 percent), Calgary (16 percent), Tampa Bay (15 percent), Nashville (10 percent), Buffalo (10 percent), Ottawa (10 percent), Boston (7 percent) and San Jose (6 percent).
either the public really missed the NHL, the new rules make for much better hockey, or both but it's good to hear that things are going well for sure. Now if they can just keep things rolling
Do NHL players make a good amount of money? Probably not as much as basketball, football or baseball players but I'm just interested to know how much the average hockey player makes.
it's something like 1.5 mill, down a chunk from before the strike but still pretty decent. The max last year was something around 7.5 mill (certain % of total salary cap)
it's something like 1.5 mill, down a chunk from before the strike but still pretty decent. The max last year was something around 7.5 mill (certain % of total salary cap)
That's actually more than what I thought it was. I thought it was like $500k average.
They definitely have to take more of a beating than baseball and basketball players.
