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Canadiens Top NHL Club For Facebook Friends, Twitter Followers
Published October 7, 2010
The NHL has 857,830 Facebook fans on its official page heading into the start of the '10-11 season. The league's official page ranks below the NBA, UFC, NFL and NASCAR, but ahead of MLB, the WNBA, ATP World Tour and PGA Tour. The Canadiens top all NHL clubs for Facebook friends with 473,174. The Thrashers have the fewest Facebook friends among NHL clubs, and they have fewer followers than several AHL clubs. On Twitter, the NHL has 440,605 followers, putting them below the NBA, NFL and MLB but ahead of the WPS, WNBA, UFC, NBA D-League and PGA Tour. The Canadiens are also the top NHL team in Twitter followers at 72,362. Listed below are Facebook friends and Twitter followers for each NHL team, as well as for the NHL's official page/feed. All figures are as of yesterday (THE DAILY).
|
RANK
|
TEAM
|
FACEBOOK
FRIENDS |
RANK
|
TEAM
|
FACEBOOK
FRIENDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NHL = 857,830
|
|||||
|
1
|
Canadiens
|
473,174
|
16
|
Hurricanes
|
72,386
|
|
2
|
Blackhawks
|
379,719
|
17
|
Oilers
|
67,942
|
|
3
|
Penguins
|
322,077
|
18
|
Devils
|
63,028
|
|
4
|
Red Wings
|
295,633
|
19
|
Senators
|
46,547
|
|
5
|
Flyers
|
281,733
|
20
|
Flames
|
42,336
|
|
6
|
Bruins
|
271,890
|
21
|
Ducks
|
41,148
|
|
7
|
Canucks
|
227,655
|
22
|
Stars
|
37,509
|
|
8
|
Capitals
|
171,796
|
23
|
Lightning
|
34,198
|
|
9
|
Maple Leafs
|
166,583
|
24
|
Predators
|
21,611
|
|
10
|
Avalanche
|
121,564
|
25
|
Coyotes
|
21,099
|
|
11
|
Sabres
|
116,742
|
26
|
Kings
|
19,726
|
|
12
|
Sharks
|
105,564
|
27
|
Islanders
|
18,692
|
|
13
|
Rangers
|
85,350
|
28
|
Blue Jackets
|
16,251
|
|
14
|
Blues
|
78,471
|
29
|
Panthers
|
15,369
|
|
15
|
Wild
|
74,427
|
30
|
Thrashers
|
8,216
|
|
RANK
|
TEAM
|
TWITTER
FOLLOWERS |
RANK
|
TEAM
|
TWITTER
FOLLOWERS |
|
NHL = 440,605
|
|||||
|
1
|
Canadiens
|
72,632
|
16
|
Kings
|
14,173
|
|
2
|
Penguins
|
44,639
|
17
|
Blues
|
13,643
|
|
3
|
Blackhawks
|
44,607
|
18
|
Stars
|
12,247
|
|
4
|
Canucks
|
38,448
|
19
|
Ducks
|
12,137
|
|
5
|
Red Wings
|
33,899
|
20
|
Wild
|
11,467
|
|
6
|
Flyers
|
25,801
|
21
|
Lightning
|
10,912
|
|
7
|
Maple Leafs
|
21,425
|
22
|
Avalanche
|
10,310
|
|
8
|
Capitals
|
20,362
|
23
|
Senators
|
10,069
|
|
9
|
Bruins
|
19,488
|
24
|
Blue Jackets
|
8,435
|
|
10
|
Oilers
|
19,400
|
25
|
Hurricanes
|
8,195
|
|
11
|
Rangers
|
17,519
|
26
|
Coyotes
|
7,338
|
|
12
|
Sharks
|
17,455
|
27
|
Panthers
|
6,947
|
|
13
|
Flames
|
17,353
|
28
|
Thrashers
|
6,708
|
|
14
|
Sabres
|
14,596
|
29
|
Predators
|
6,231
|
|
15
|
Devils
|
14,407
|
30
|
Islanders
|
5,362
|
