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ECHL Attendance Down 2.9%; Cincinnati Cyclones Continue Gains
The ECHL, considered the Double-A level of North American hockey, is averaging 4,052 fans per game this season, down 2.9% from the same period last year. The Ontario (Calif.) Reign lead all ECHL clubs with 6,207 fans per game, up 5.2% from a year ago. The Greenville Road Warriors, who last season played as the Johnstown (Pa.) Chiefs, have seen attendance increase 76.8% during their first season at the BI-LO Center in South Carolina. The Cincinnati Cyclones, the reigning ECHL Kelly Cup champions, saw the league's biggest attendance jump last year and are continuing to see gains at the gate this season -- up 7.7% to date at U.S. Bank Arena. Two ECHL clubs -- the South Carolina Stingrays and Wheeling Nailers -- are seeing double-digit percentage drops in attendance. Listed below is attendance for each ECHL club through Jan. 27, with comparisons to the same period last year (THE DAILY).
ECHL ATTENDANCE THROUGH JAN. 27TEAMGMSTOTALAVG.PREV.% +/-'09-10 GMSOntario Reign20124,1406,2075,8995.2%14Stockton Thunder17104,6186,1546,0062.5%13Toledo Walleye20114,2805,7145,753-0.7%21Gwinnett Gladiators22111,0125,0465,213-3.2%17Bakersfield Condors2099,4404,9725,154-3.5%16Florida Everblades 21100,2334,7735,043-5.4%17Reading Royals 1773,8824,3464,496-3.3%14Alaska Aces 2188,8094,2294,640-8.9%17Cincinnati Cyclones 1976,3424,0183,7307.7%15Las Vegas Wranglers 28107,8283,8514,024-4.3%18Idaho Steelheads 2387,0323,7843,6035.0%18Victoria Salmon Kings 1968,5713,6094,003-9.8%18Utah Grizzlies 1968,3623,5983,679-2.2%19Elmira Jackals 2277,9023,5413,775-6.2%15Greenville Road Warriors* 2380,8223,5141,98776.8%17South Carolina Stingrays 2475,4563,1444,318-27.2%17Kalamazoo Wings 1749,7252,9253,069-4.7%18Wheeling Nailers 2249,0602,2302,538-12.1%16Trenton Devils 2247,0802,1402,1200.9%18ECHL TOTALS 3961,604,5944,0524,175-2.9%336NOTES: Attendance for last season includes the Charlotte Checkers, who relinquished their ECHL membership to become an AHL club. * = The Johnstown Chiefs following last season moved to Greenville, S.C.
