TODAY: NHL Eastern Conference Attendance Through January 29
HOME '95-96 YEAR-TO-DATE '94-95 +/- COMPARED TO
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP AVG. '93-94 '94-95
NYR 25 18,200 455,000 100% 18,200 + 2% n/c
TAM 23 17,862 410,817 64% 19,933 - 10% - 10%
BOS^ 26 17,441 453,462 99% 14,301 + 25% + 22%
PHL 25 17,322 433,056 100% 17,160 + 1% + 1%
MON 24 17,158 411,781 106% 16,964 + 2% + 1%
PIT 26 16,272 423,060 95% 16,108 - 3% + 1%
NJD 26 15,518 403,462 82% 16,379 + 15% - 5%
WAS 26 14,082 366,141 78% 14,159 - 4% - 1%
BUF 25 13,027 325,674 80% 15,053 - 10% - 13%
FLA 25 12,786 319,650 87% 14,192 - 7% - 10%
HAR 24 11,417 274,003 73% 11,835 + 11% - 4%
OTT^ 21 11,154 234,230 87% 9,879 + 8% + 13%
at Pal 6 16,333 97,998 88% n/a n/a
NYI 23 10,795 248,285 66% 12,574 - 9% - 14%
NOTES: Boston is playing in the larger Fleet Center.
Ottawa began playing in the larger Palladium January 17, 1996.
The '93-94 averages are as of this point during the season. The
'95 averages are for the season as a whole. Overall, the league
is averaging 15,493 per game and is playing to 88% capacity.
Month-by-month capacity: October 87.2%; November 87%; December
88.4%; and January 90.3%. At this time in '93-94, the NHL's last
full season, the league was averaging 15,440 and playing to 90%
capacity.
