Chicago over mpls/st Paul is crazy talk. Source: I'm a Minnesotan living in the Chicago areaMy List:
Toronto
Edmonton
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Calgary
Winnipeg
Boston
Detroit
Philly
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Which top ten NHL cities are the most hockey crazy right now?
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Hockeyholic
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Agreed. I want to see how well the Blackhawks draw when they aren't cup contenders. Thats when you find out how legit a city is as a
" hockeytown".
Hockeyholic
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My List:
Toronto
Edmonton
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Calgary
Winnipeg
Boston
Detroit
Philly
Ready for the hate
Chicago is too high.
BruinsFan1990
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Doesn't Buffalo get by far the strongest out of market ratings for hockey compared to any other US market?
I suspect it's local ratings are also near the absolute top, if not also the top for a team out of the playoffs.
I suspect it's local ratings are also near the absolute top, if not also the top for a team out of the playoffs.
Hockeyholic
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Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston all get disqualified then because they didn't sell out games before their Cups.
Some of us have followed hockey before 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Edmonton
Toronto
Montreal
Buffalo
Boston
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Some places obviously don't stay top ten when the teams suck, but right now these are the top ten hockey mad locales.
Toronto
Montreal
Buffalo
Boston
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Some places obviously don't stay top ten when the teams suck, but right now these are the top ten hockey mad locales.
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Anyone not putting Montreal first needs to realize this: In no other city than Montreal has a league commissionner been physically in danger due to hockey events. 
I know, that was long ago. But that alone should seal the deal as far as who the "craziest" fans are.
Even without these events, I think Mtl should be first tbh. Hockey is the only true sport there, just come here during the playoffs. You hear about it everywhere, at every corner store, you see night workers asking the cashier the score (less true now with wifi available everywhere, but they still talk about it). That might be true for Toronto too, but when I was there, the magic just didn't seem as big. Actually, the funniest thing is that corner stores (which have been serving beer to fans for decades in Mtl
) almost don't exist in Toronto (due to laws about alcohol), and probably in Edmonton, so it might be different.
I'm not even a Canadiens fan btw. I despite them as a former Nordiques fan, now a Flyers fans during the... whatever, it may last forever at this point. But I have no choice but to admit how big hockey is in Montreal.
I know, that was long ago. But that alone should seal the deal as far as who the "craziest" fans are.
Even without these events, I think Mtl should be first tbh. Hockey is the only true sport there, just come here during the playoffs. You hear about it everywhere, at every corner store, you see night workers asking the cashier the score (less true now with wifi available everywhere, but they still talk about it). That might be true for Toronto too, but when I was there, the magic just didn't seem as big. Actually, the funniest thing is that corner stores (which have been serving beer to fans for decades in Mtl
) almost don't exist in Toronto (due to laws about alcohol), and probably in Edmonton, so it might be different.I'm not even a Canadiens fan btw. I despite them as a former Nordiques fan, now a Flyers fans during the... whatever, it may last forever at this point. But I have no choice but to admit how big hockey is in Montreal.
Sounds like you're not coming here during Hockey season. If its the time of year that the team is playing, it's basically the only sport in town -- even though we also have a soccer and football team. All any of the local sports media talk about is the Canucks.
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Interesting to hear that. As a Leafs fan in Windsor, all I heard the last 20 years is how great Holland is, etc., etc. How Leafs fans should be jealous, and Wings fans "feel sorry" for us Leafs fans... First off, we don't want, nor need, sympathy - especially from Detroit fans.
All things go in cycles though. It's Detroit's time to have a down period. Did Holland run out of luck with his scouts hitting late round homeruns? Did the years of late 1st rnd picks finally catch up to them? Has there been changes in their farm system that is not developing players like in the past?
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Spoken like teenagers/twenty-somethings, with no understanding of the historical roles these teams have had in Chicago. Keep on parroting that BS, and continue on in your ignorance.
edit: Love the intro to this Youtube video. Note the relatively sparse crowd for Ernie's 500th.
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A better way to measure how mad a hockey city is would be to survey random people and ask them how much they know about hockey and their team. I.E. Name 5 players, What is offside, icing etc...
Guarantee no american team would be ahead of any of the Canadian teams.
It's lunacy to compare American hockey cities to Canadian. It'd be like comparing NFL fans in the US to CFL fans in Canada. Sure, Canadians support their CFL teams well but the majority of people couldn't name a single CFL player in their home city (I can't name one Stampeder since Burris besides a guy from high school). Yes, there are fans that can name plenty of CFL'ers, but the majority of the city? Not a chance. That's what American cities are like with Hockey.
Guarantee no american team would be ahead of any of the Canadian teams.
It's lunacy to compare American hockey cities to Canadian. It'd be like comparing NFL fans in the US to CFL fans in Canada. Sure, Canadians support their CFL teams well but the majority of people couldn't name a single CFL player in their home city (I can't name one Stampeder since Burris besides a guy from high school). Yes, there are fans that can name plenty of CFL'ers, but the majority of the city? Not a chance. That's what American cities are like with Hockey.
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I think Edmonton takes the cake, even in other Canadian cities the arena would've been half empty after about the 6th or 7th straight year of missing the playoffs and keep in mind the Oilers were charging sky high ticket prices to watch a bottom 5 team in the 2nd oldest arena in the league (tickets were more expensive than the Miami Heat when they were NBA champions with LeBron James, lol).
Canucks have missed the playoffs only for a couple of years now and you're already starting to noticeably see empty seats.
Canadian's love their hockey, but in Northern Alberta in particular I think it goes to another level.
Cities like Toronto and Montreal are passionate for sure, but they are huge cosmopolitan cities that have all sorts of other things going on and in Toronto in particular other sports that are rapidly gaining in popularity. In Edmonton, it's a blue collar town and it's hockey ... all the time, all day. It's like what football is to Texas.
Calgary is a bit different too in that it's a more corporate city and a larger part of the population is from originally from somewhere else, so the Flames are more of a bandwagon thing. There is definitely a core, loyal fan base, but there is also a large chunk of the city that only really gives a poop if it's an excuse to party (i.e.: will only give a crap if the team is half way good).
Canucks have missed the playoffs only for a couple of years now and you're already starting to noticeably see empty seats.
Canadian's love their hockey, but in Northern Alberta in particular I think it goes to another level.
Cities like Toronto and Montreal are passionate for sure, but they are huge cosmopolitan cities that have all sorts of other things going on and in Toronto in particular other sports that are rapidly gaining in popularity. In Edmonton, it's a blue collar town and it's hockey ... all the time, all day. It's like what football is to Texas.
Calgary is a bit different too in that it's a more corporate city and a larger part of the population is from originally from somewhere else, so the Flames are more of a bandwagon thing. There is definitely a core, loyal fan base, but there is also a large chunk of the city that only really gives a poop if it's an excuse to party (i.e.: will only give a crap if the team is half way good).
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5Cups beats 2Cups
fans in cities with metro populations > 5M (and in one case >20M) are bragging about their attendance vs fans with a fraction of the population and same seating capacity
congrats on being sooooo "die-hard".... cuz that's what it is.... your "die-hardness"
congrats on being sooooo "die-hard".... cuz that's what it is.... your "die-hardness"
fans in cities with metro populations > 5M (and in one case >20M) are bragging about their attendance vs fans with a fraction of the population and same seating capacity
congrats on being sooooo "die-hard".... cuz that's what it is.... your "die-hardness"
This doesn't make sense though. Chicago and Boston didn't sell out for over a decade and they're between 5-10 million in metro population (Boston 4.8/Chicago 9.5)
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