With it’s sibling sidelined for 113 days, the American Hockey League temporarily enjoyed pro-hockey supremacy in North America. And with that supremacy came more more media interest, more exposure, and apparently, more fans in seats. AHL.com reported that “through Jan. 1, AHL attendance league-wide is up 6.8 percent from the same point last season, with ...
At the beginning of this hockey season, Cablevision in Hoboken decided to play quite the little prank on yours truly. For the first week of the NHL season, I discovered that I had the NHL Network. Unbelievable! I now had a televised 24-hour outlet for constant NHL news, scores and highlights. Then, to my delight, ...
The Florida Panthers are losing money but is a small hockey market really to blame? Forbes recently released their annual list of NHL teams and their current values. The Cats ranked 24 on the list of 30 teams in current value at an estimated $170 million. Forbes estimates that the club was in the red ...
For the first time in American history, a sports season was cancelled. The National Hockey League (NHL) cancelled their 2004 – 2005 hockey season after the league and the Players’ Association failed to come to an agreement to new bargaining terms. While other professional sports league, such as Major League Baseball (MLB), had to either ...