TODAY: NHL Attendance Through November 10
HOME '96-97 YEAR-TO-DATE '95-96 +/- '95-96
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP AVG. GAMES SEASON
MON^ 7 20,733 145,134 97% 18,233 + 20% + 14%
PHL^ 9 18,822 169,398 96% 17,345 + 9% + 9%
NYR 9 18,146 163,314 100% 18,200 - 1% - 1%
TAM^ 7 16,660 116,617 85% 18,868 - 10% - 12%
PIT 5 15,838 79,192 92% 16,467 - 4% - 4%
BUF^ 6 15,743 94,455 85% 13,732 + 26% + 15%
NJD 8 15,553 124,426 82% 16,493 - 2% - 6%
WAS 7 15,493 108,448 85% 15,155 + 19% + 2%
OTT^ 7 15,103 105,722 82% 13,251 + 62% + 14%
BOS 9 14,889 134,004 85% 17,474 - 15% - 15%
FLA 8 14,703 117,624 100% 13,279 + 28% + 11%
HAR 9 13,342 120,078 91% 11,983 + 7% + 11%
NYI 7 11,067 77,469 68% 11,356 - 3% - 3%
HOME '96-97 YEAR-TO-DATE '95-96 +/- '95-96
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP AVG. GAMES SEASON
DET^ 10 19,970 199,696 101% 19,930 + 1% + 1%
CHI 10 17,437 174,369 85% 20,415 - 6% - 15%
SJS 7 17,406 121,842 100% 17,190 + 1% + 1%
ANH 9 16,844 151,592 98% 17,155 - 1% - 2%
VAN^ 8 16,830 134,640 91% 17,796 - 5% - 5%
CAL^ 7 16,164 113,149 86% 18,000 - 13% - 10%
COL 9 16,061 144,549 100% 16,017 + 1% + 1%
EDM^ 7 15,859 111,015 96% 12,335 + 33% + 29%
TOR 10 15,662 156,620 100% 15,730 - 1% - 1%
DAL 8 15,550 124,402 92% 15,572 + 7% - 1%
STL 7 15,375 107,623 80% 18,806 - 12% - 18%
PHO^ 9 14,942 134,475 92% 11,315 + 57% + 32%
LAK 7 11,348 79,437 71% 13,551 - 19% - 16%
NOTES: Buffalo and Philadelphia are playing at
the larger Marine Midland Arena and CoreStates Center,
respectively. Tampa Bay plays at the smaller Ice
Palace. Montreal and Ottawa play their first full
seasons at Molson and Corel Centres, respectively.
Phoenix relocated from Winnipeg and plays at the larger
America West Arena. Detroit increased capacity
slightly from '95-96. Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver
decreased capacity slightly from '95-96. The '95-96
average is for the season as a whole. The '95-96
comparisons are for both the season as a whole and
through the same number of home dates. Overall, the
league is averaging 16,065 per game and is playing to
90% capacity.
