I was bored last night watching a video on Sochi (and how absolutely gorgeous it looks), video is
here:
I've heard people call it a 'Tropical paradise' before but didn't actually realise it was one!
That then got me on to HC Sochi, obviously! So other than having one of the best logos/uniforms in the league during their first few seasons (I'm not a fan of this current rebranding), a fantastic arena, and such a great looking place to live, work and play for the players - why isn't HC Sochi more popular with players/fans etc?
Season 1: Playoffs
Seaosn 2: Playoffs (4th finish in west conf)
Season 3: No Playoffs (just missed out Jokerit)
Season 4: Playoffs
Current season 5: on track for Playoffs
I wasn't aware of their unbelievable PO appearances record till I looked. They just flew under my radar for some reason and they seem to with everybody else? What gives?
Their attendances according to hockeyarenas.net are.. well decent I guess but surely with such a great team, great arena and great location they should be filling the place out?!
Capacity 12,000
Season 1: 7,556
Season 2: 5,213
Season 3: 5,312
Season 4: 5,453
Is it a demographic problem? I read the population is around 350k people but something like 20% is Armenian. Or is it the location of the arena? But looking on the map its a 40 minute journey from the city centre to the arena, surely for such a well performing team people would take a 40 minute journey?
here:
I've heard people call it a 'Tropical paradise' before but didn't actually realise it was one!
That then got me on to HC Sochi, obviously! So other than having one of the best logos/uniforms in the league during their first few seasons (I'm not a fan of this current rebranding), a fantastic arena, and such a great looking place to live, work and play for the players - why isn't HC Sochi more popular with players/fans etc?
Season 1: Playoffs
Seaosn 2: Playoffs (4th finish in west conf)
Season 3: No Playoffs (just missed out Jokerit)
Season 4: Playoffs
Current season 5: on track for Playoffs
I wasn't aware of their unbelievable PO appearances record till I looked. They just flew under my radar for some reason and they seem to with everybody else? What gives?
Their attendances according to hockeyarenas.net are.. well decent I guess but surely with such a great team, great arena and great location they should be filling the place out?!
Capacity 12,000
Season 1: 7,556
Season 2: 5,213
Season 3: 5,312
Season 4: 5,453
Is it a demographic problem? I read the population is around 350k people but something like 20% is Armenian. Or is it the location of the arena? But looking on the map its a 40 minute journey from the city centre to the arena, surely for such a well performing team people would take a 40 minute journey?