October NHL Attendance
With this first month of the season wrapping up on Thursday, I figure it would be a good time to revisit one of my favorite topics of NHL attendance. Let me state this up front, the purpose of writing this up is not to determine who could be a relocate target. Anyone that has been […]
NHL Exec talks up Seattle & a bit of Seattle Arena news
For October, this was a big news day. Two unrelated bits of news about the NHL coming to Seattle today. 1) MLSE executive Tim Leiweke mentioned Quebec City and Seattle are frontrunners for expansion 2) SeattleArena dates moved out with final EIS estimated for March. Let’s dig into the Leiweke’s comments by way of David […]
Quick update on the NHL to Seattle Rumblings
It has been a while since we had an actual NHL to Seattle update. So I figured I would give a quick assessment of some of the news making the rounds before everyone gets worked up. There was a report over the weekend from the local and reliable reporter, Chris Daniels that the NHL is […]
The Next NHL City to be added to the Western Conference could be… Detroit
By Brad There seems to be a prevailing logic in NHL expansion circles that because the league currently has two fewer teams in its Western Conference than the Eastern, any expansion scenario would have to include the addition of at least one, if not two, west coast cities, in order to even things out. This […]
The weeks roundup of news and what it means to NHL coming to Seattle
Last week was another surprisingly busy week on the NHL to Seattle front. Environmental Impact Study on SodoArena was released, Chris Hansen is identified as a backer of the Referendum push for the Arena in Sacramento and an Arena in Great Toronto Area is on the rocks. This is August right? This should be a […]
Canadian impact on Mariners Attendance
by John Long story short but I met a friend outside of Safeco on Tuesday night right around first pitch of the Mariners-Jays baseball game. He was running late so I was loitering around for about 15 minutes. I always knew that a lot of local Canadians would go check out the Jays when they […]
Lots of hurdles for Expansion but expanding in pairs is not one of them.
by Brad In 1978, the NHL’s Cleveland Barons merged with the Minnestoa North Stars, bringing the total number of teams in the NHL down from 18 to 17. The next year, four teams from the World Hockey Association were added to the league, bringing the number up to 21. For the next twelve seasons, the […]
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