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With Giroux and Briere, if lockout goes on, Eisbaren is main (again!?) title challenger.
Tommorrow on Laola live streaming Nurnberg - Eisbaren
Tommorrow on Laola live streaming Nurnberg - Eisbaren
I already informed abit and the Germans want to play but how about the Canadians, Slowaks and the Switzerland guys?
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DEL is my favourite league and I've been watching tons of highlights and streams when possible, but why is Hannover's attendance so low? I know they're not doing great, but they're far from the worst team so why is it so bad?
what can you say about Calle Ridderwall? Putting up some nice numbers, if im correct his team is one the worst in the league aswell.
Season done, close final, Berlin pulling it off yet again. Don't want to lose too many words on everything, just thought this picture from game 3 was a pretty good advertisement for German hockey over here...
18,600 fans in Cologne. It was intense.
They play at LanxessArena (f.k.a. KölnArena). The arena has a capacity of about 18600 for hockey games and is the largest multi-functional arena in Germany.Just WOW, did they play in the soccer arena or which arena is able to handle over 18k of people in Cologne?
Just WOW, did they play in the soccer arena or which arena is able to handle over 18k of people in Cologne?
They seemed to win quite some sympathy among German hockey fans with their play this year. And it was really fun to follow. They had a great mix of players, played physical, but with a lot of skill, could beat you in many ways. They could out-hit even teams that traditionally get into their game that way like Straubing, and they could still out-skill speedy/slick teams like Wolfsburg (the impressive 2013-calendar-year version of them, at least, not the 2012-version). It wasn't quite enough against Berlin's experience in the close finals.Congratulations to Köln for playing a fantastic season. They definitely won a nice chunk of my sympathy in the past few months.
Just WOW, did they play in the soccer arena or which arena is able to handle over 18k of people in Cologne?
It's the Lanxess arena in Cologne.
I'd say it's one of the best arenas in Europe.
Yup, that's it. When it's (somewhat) packed, it's beautiful. Averaging 12,642 over the season (which was thankfully quite a rise from last year), it's a bit of a shame it just is a fair bit too big for the average hockey game in Germany. Playing Ingolstadt on a Tuesday in November in front of 9,000 isn't much fun, but that's the way things are in Germany. Got to take the good with the bad, and that picture above at least illustrates that the good is pretty damn good at its time. With the club's upward trend I have some hope that we'll be looking at increased averages next year again.
As a fan of Hertha BSC I know the feeling. 30,000 in a stadium like the one in Mainz is great. 30,000 in the Olympiastadion, not so much.
If they can keep it going they should be able to bring the average attendance to about 15,000 which would be awesome.
Yeah, solid comparision to the Oly, same exact issue. Well, 15,000 is quite a bit beyond my wildest dreams, quite honestly. Getting to ~13,200 for next year would be great, and if there's another good season maybe another smaller rise the one after that, but I don't think much more is attainable. Might lose some to the Effzeh should they end up winning promotion, as well, but that's a bit of a long shot for this year, at least (more because I have a hard time seeing them win the relegation matchup than the two points they are out of 3rd).
Either way, the Haie after these devastating years are in a beautiful situation, even with the pain of the freshly lost final. Having gotten from selling t-shirts to avoid bankruptcy to almost winning the league in just a few years was a rollercoaster and makes most appreciate the season through the sting of losing the last game.
Welcome back to the DEL Wild Wings.
Can't really say that i'll miss the Scorpions, sorry to Hannover, but ever liked their game..
I don't think many people will miss them, judging by their attendance figures.
They had an average attendance of 3,114 in the regular season. Only Wolfsburg was worse.
Schwenningen had 2,934 in the 2.Bundesliga (regular season) and more than 5,000 in the playoffs. And this isn't a big city like Hannover.
I am definitely glad to see a team like Schwenningen back at the top level. I hope they do well.