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NHL Attendance Mid-Season Report
As we head into the homestretch of the NHL Season, I thought I would take another look into the attendance figures across the NHL. Attendance alone should not be the only metric used when evaluating the financial success or health of a sports franchise. Ticket prices, sponsorships, and TV agreements can greatly offset any perceived […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 21 – Have a Cold One! Featuring NHL.com’s Nick Cotsonika
HUMONGOUS EPISODE! It’s Episode 21 of Sound of Hockey (meaning the guys can finally enjoy a cold beer while recording!), and NHL.com‘s Nick Cotsonika returns for a very fun interview. This show goes a little more in depth with Nick than the version a couple months ago, when Andy and Darren were shouting at him […]
Midseason: Buy, Sell, or Hold
With a All-Star break come and gone, the NHL to Seattle staff is doing another round of Buy, Sell, or Hold. Tampa Bay Lightning end the season with over 125 points Andy: Sell. They would have to stay on their current pace to hit that mark and while they have the talent to do so, […]
Great hockey options this weekend
Junior action this weekend: Lethbridge coming to town The Lethbridge Hurricanes are doing their bi-annual swing through the Greater Seattle Area this weekend and, if you are an NHL fan, this is a team worth checking out. Lethbridge has top prospect Dylan Cozens on the team who, according to the NHL Central Scouting midseason ranking, […]
The Seattle Junior Totems Honoring Tradition With Fun Brand Of Hockey
By Andy Eide During his senior year in high school, Jimmy Frey wasn’t your average Seattle area student. Rather than focusing on playing traditional sports like football, basketball, soccer or baseball, he was manning the blue line for the Seattle Junior Totems. Now three years later, at age 20, he’s half way through his last […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 20 – Let’s Get Analytical
On the latest episode of Sound of Hockey, NHLtoSeattle.com contributor Emily Jo joins to get “in the weeds” a bit in terms of hockey analytics, and also discusses the upcoming Seattle Hockey Analytics Conference, which will take place March 8th through 10th. With Emily Jo, the guys also have a good laugh about Air Force Coach Frank […]
What is the best division in the NHL?
Listeners of the Sound of Hockey podcast have probably heard Darren and me refer to our favorite NHL teams’ divisions as “stacked”. Darren is still riding the fantasy world, known as the first 6 weeks of the season, when the Central Division had a quiver of teams that could legitimately make a run at a […]
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