No fans

[TomppaKoo]

It is really embarrassing. Let Finland host the WJC from now on.

 

[VainGretzky]

Number 1 reason is outrageous ticket prices, when I saw the prices I laughed $800 for lower bowl tickets I don't like being extorted to watch some 18/19/20 year old kids play

 

[FrankMTL]

WTF!? Don’t these players have any family or friends?

 

[Three On Zero]

What a f***ing embarrassment, every Canadian game should be a sell out. What the hell are they doing in Edmonton?

Middle of summer, people aren’t going to be travelling to Edmonton of all places to vacation for some hockey games. This summer make up tournament would likely have a higher turn out if it was in a European destination

 

[Mathieukferland]

2,779 show up for the Canada-Latvia game. Not even the Gold Medal game with attract over 12,000 fans. I was thinking of attending one of the non-Canada games, but just too expensive, and hockey is the last thing on my mind in August usually.

I saw yesterday curtained off the upper terraces, so the maximum is probably set well below that

 

[SoundAndFury]

WTF!? Don’t these players have any family or friends?

They do. People who have lives on a different continent.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

Seems like Hockey Canada needs the money (hence high ticket prizes) to pay off more allegations.

 

[FrankMTL]

They do. People who have lives on a different continent.

I meant nobody wanted to come see their friends/family play? 12 people is comical.

 

[NyQuil]

I meant nobody wanted to come see their friends/family play? 12 people is comical.

They all got lost at the West Edmonton Mall.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I meant nobody wanted to come see their friends/family play? 12 people is comical.

It's possible that these family members made the trip for the FIRST go-round, back in December, and then didn't want to shell out again less than a year later.

I think the main culprit is still just fan apathy at this point, and it's not even an Edmonton thing. Regardless of where in Canada this event took place you would've seen similarly underwhelming attendance figures.

No one cares.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I meant nobody wanted to come see their friends/family play? 12 people is comical.

Would you fly to Germany to see your friend play in the WJC? Do you have time and money for it? Most people don't.

 

[kaiser matias]

Noteworthy that for half the games they haven't officially released attendance. Don't know why that is, but it certainly is unusual.

 

[Tuggy]

I turned on that game and I thought Covid restrictions were back.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

They all got lost at the West Edmonton Mall.

What do they even have there? 50+ Tim Hortons?

 

[FrankMTL]

Would you fly to Germany to see your friend play in the WJC? Do you have time and money for it? Most people don't.

Ok but what about parents and family members? You wouldn’t go watch your child play in an international tournament?

Anyways the whole point of my comment was that 12 people in attendance borderline doesn’t make sense.

 

[Dr Pepper]

What do they even have there? 50+ Tim Hortons?

When I was there as a kid, probably around 30 years ago, I remember they had a water park and a rollercoaster.

No clue if they've since been replaced with separate Tim Hortons locations, but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[ViD]

No one misses Russia, they’re also the worst team on the planet (right now).

Worst team ? Are you on drugs or something ?

 

[Sweetpotato]

I was going to go to a few games but as soon as I found out a lot of the players who have been drafted werent going because of camps being soon I decided not to.

 

[britdevil]

Ok but what about parents and family members? You wouldn’t go watch your child play in an international tournament?

Anyways the whole point of my comment was that 12 people in attendance borderline doesn’t make sense.

Have you seen the prices of transatlantic flights between Germany/Austria and Canada?

Let alone the price of food, hotels, taxis etc etc.

 

[DeeQ]

Lol I payed 15€ for a ticket in Helsinki 2016. And the Finnish ice hockey association is known to be very greedy. This is just stupid.

 

[Whalers Fan]

Seems like Hockey Canada needs the money (hence high ticket prizes) to pay off more allegations.

Well, if they are getting only a dozen or so people buying tickets, I doubt that Hockey Canada's making any money. Wouldn't it make more sense to heavily discount the tickets to possibly lure more people in the arena? It would at least give them more concession sales.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

Worst team ? Are you on drugs or something ?

I mean, in the sense that no one wants to play them, win or lose. Worst team to face for everyone, nothing good can come with facing Team Russia these days.

Ok but what about parents and family members? You wouldn’t go watch your child play in an international tournament?

Anyways the whole point of my comment was that 12 people in attendance borderline doesn’t make sense.

It's "working weeks" here in Europe (people usually take vacation in July). And, it's just a B-tier tournament in a really boring, far-away location. Where's all the canadian "This is OUR game!"-fans that usually fills the stands these days?

 

[K1984]

I'll just put this here for the dolts that seem to think this is an indictment on Canadian hockey fans somehow. This is from the last time Edmonton hosted the tournament at a normal time when people were actually allowed to go:

Alberta world juniors sets attendance record

 

[iCanada]

I'll just put this here for the dolts that seem to think this is an indictment on Canadian hockey fans somehow. This is from the last time Edmonton hosted the tournament at a normal time when people were actually allowed to go:

Alberta world juniors sets attendance record

And tickets then were exorbitant as well.

Just apathy for the makeup tournament as well as scorn for Hockey Canada right now.

No one wants to be associated with Hockey Canada right now.

 

[K1984]

And tickets then were exorbitant as well.

Just apathy for the makeup tournament as well as scorn for Hockey Canada right now.

No one wants to be associated with Hockey Canada right now.

Tickets were very expensive to that tournament.