Biggest hockey town right now

[A Loyal Dog]

Which city has the biggest fans & bleeds hockey the most these days.

P.S. I know Carolina is not a city, but I meant Raleigh and surroundings for the Hurricanes team.

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[Baxterman]

I would say Montreal if it is hockey in general, probably TO if you are talking about NHL team specific.

Either one would be a fine choice and they beat out Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg based on size but I would put those 3 at the top of the list if you were doing some sort of per capita type of assessment.

 

[WillTheThrill]

Toronto is the Mecca for hockey

 

[A Loyal Dog]

Toronto is the Mecca for hockey

Lol no.

 

[WillTheThrill]

Lol no.

You can disagree all you want, its true though.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

I would say Montreal if it is hockey in general, probably TO if you are talking about NHL team specific.

Either one would be a fine choice and they beat out Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg based on size but I would put those 3 at the top of the list if you were doing some sort of per capita type of assessment.

I'm talking about town ratio (doesn't have to be for their own team). Like if 1000 people out of 1500 bleed hockey in Town A, and 3000 people out of 20000 bleed hockey in Town B, then Town A wins because best ratio.

 

[Love]

Voted Carolina for the lols.

As for a real answer, I don’t know who has the “biggest fans”, but I would say Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal are the 3 most hockey crazy markets if I had to guess.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

You can disagree all you want, its true though.

Sunrise, Florida is the Mecca of hockey.

 

[Love]

Lol no.

Why is it not the Mecca for hockey? Look at how many NHL players southern Ontario produces vs any other region in the world.

I say this as someone from Vancouver who’s lived in BC my whole life.

 

[JoVel]

Lol at the bottom 4 being options.

 

[I am not exposed]

Montreal.

Toronto has a glut of other sports to compete with.

 

[PeterForsberg]

If Montreal had the superstars that Toronto has, it would take over Canada.

 

[dortt]

How can you leave off Buffalo and include cities like Tampa Bay or Carolina in this poll?

One is basically a Canadian hockey market. Usually leads the league in local TV ratings. The others regularly get TV ratings less than 2.0 for regular season games

 

[Fourier]

Hockey is pretty much a 12 month of the year thing in Edmonton. There is more hockey talk on the summer sports shows than all others ports combined.

 

[vanarchy]

Why can't I vote for Glendale or Miami?

 

[Skolman]

When you go to Edmonton/Calgary/Winnipeg in my opinion they seem a lot more of a hockey town than Toronto, especially when those teams are doing well.

Toronto is huge though compared to those cities, so maybe that's why there is always so much talk about them being the "Hockey Mecca".

I don't quite understand it

 

[Staniowski]

When you go to Edmonton/Calgary/Winnipeg in my opinion they seem a lot more of a hockey town than Toronto, especially when those teams are doing well.

Toronto is huge though compared to those cities, so maybe that's why there is always so much talk about them being the "Hockey Mecca".

I don't quite understand it

There is no doubt that Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary are bigger hockey towns on a per capita basis than Toronto is. (similarly, Yorkton, Peterborough, and Summerside are bigger hockey towns on a per capita basis than Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary are).

Many people consider Toronto the centre of the hockey universe partly because it's Canada's largest city, by far; partly because the Leafs have more fans than any other team in the country, and are one of the country's 2 O6 teams; and partly because the large majority of the national media - including the sports media - is located there.

 

[M88K]

The Twin cities find you lack of faith disturbing

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I've never liked Toronto. I don't like Toronto. I will never like Toronto, but I can't deny that their city bleeds hockey. That place would go absolute bonkers if they won the big one. Their arena is also incredibly loud. Their significant playoff goals would be more bone chilling if they didn't have Hall and Oates for their f***ing goal song.

 

[7even]

There is no doubt that Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary are bigger hockey towns on a per capita basis than Toronto is. (similarly, Yorkton, Peterborough, and Summerside are bigger hockey towns on a per capita basis than Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary are).

Many people consider Toronto the centre of the hockey universe partly because it's Canada's largest city, by far; partly because the Leafs have more fans than any other team in the country, and are one of the country's 2 O6 teams; and partly because the large majority of the national media - including the sports media - is located there.

Agreed on all accounts. I'd add that Southern Ontario is a hockey factory as well.

 

[NyQuil]

Montreal is a Habs town for sure.

Not necessarily a hockey town.

 

[stl76]

Nice of you to include St. Louis, but this has to be Toronto.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Toronto is the Mecca for hockey

You're funny.

Was that intentional ?

 

[gamer1035]

The only way Toronto loses this would be leafs hate

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

The only way Toronto loses this would be leafs hate

Epitome of "Alas, woe is us"

 

[jetsforever]

I'm talking about town ratio (doesn't have to be for their own team). Like if 1000 people out of 1500 bleed hockey in Town A, and 3000 people out of 20000 bleed hockey in Town B, then Town A wins because best ratio.

Winnipeg is definitely up there for the 'per capita' measurement (and maybe Edmonton/Calgary, can't really speak to those). Toronto has the gross numbers but there are big chunks of people there that aren't hockey fans.