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NoQuitInNewMexico

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Attendance for the first PWHL NY game in the Devils arena was a bit north of 5000. Which is *okay*, I guess, but I was expecting a bigger number. They had a lot of time to promote it.



They play in Newark again on the 30th and it's a Tuesday game so it should be a decent bit lower. The market is spread out, split up between the three NHL teams and only really used to supporting NHL hockey, so it's tough. I'm sure the league will try to make it work again next year, they're not shipping them out to Milwaukee, but Bridgeport didn't work out for them (not shocking considering how cold it is now as an AHL market)

Long form article about the New York team in the Times: New York’s Newest Hockey Team Has Everything but a Name and Home Ice
 
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GindyDraws

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Attendance for the first PWHL NY game in the Devils arena was a bit north of 5000. Which is *okay*, I guess, but I was expecting a bigger number. They had a lot of time to promote it.



They play in Newark again on the 30th and it's a Tuesday game so it should be a decent bit lower. The market is spread out, split up between the three NHL teams and only really used to supporting NHL hockey, so it's tough. I'm sure the league will try to make it work again next year, they're not shipping them out to Milwaukee, but Bridgeport didn't work out for them (not shocking considering how cold it is now as an AHL market)

Long form article about the New York team in the Times: New York’s Newest Hockey Team Has Everything but a Name and Home Ice

When the Bridgeport team lost their independent identity as the Sound Tigers and became the Islanders, fans did not like the change and felt like it was a matter of time before they would just ship them to Nassau, so interest waned. As for the women's team, I stressed multiple times in this thread that a lack of mid-sized arenas in the area limit the ability to give the team a chance thrive. Ironically, 5K is the best they'll likely ever do.
 

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