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Rink Recap: Minor League Hockey Regular-Season Attendance

Attendance was down for most of the top minor league hockey leagues during the '07-08 regular season, with only the ECHL posting a slight gain. The CHL Oklahoma City Blazers led all of minor league hockey once again with 8,713 fans per game, but saw average attendance at Ford Center drop 2.1%. Visit SportsBusinessDaily.com and click on each league for attendance. The following presents attendance figures for the top-level minor league hockey leagues for the ’07-08 regular season, with comparisons to ’06-07 (THE DAILY).

'07-08 MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCE
LEAGUE
GAMES
TOTAL
AVG.
PREV.
% +/-
'06-07 GAMES
1,160
6,112,703
5,270
5,472
-3.7%
1,080
900
3,756,191
4,174
4,170
0.1%
900
544
2,164,657
3,979
4,388
-9.3%
544
228
774,387
3,396
3,438
-1.2%
380


NOTES: * = Formerly the UHL.

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