I wonder how full your average AHL game is anyway.
Attendance varies between 9000 (Cleveland Monster and Hershey Bears) to 3000 . Most teams see 5000-8000 a game.
But tickets are cheap, and i'm sure are lots of giveaways.
Looking at the Cleveland Monsters example, they play at Quicken Loans Arena which has a capacity of about 20,000. Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines is more like 16,000. So in either case it looks like AHL teams aren't seeing much more than 50% capacity?Attendance varies between 9000 (Cleveland Monster and Hershey Bears) to 3000 . Most teams see 5000-8000 a game.
But tickets are cheap, and i'm sure are lots of giveaways.
And lines at concessions, the bathrooms, etc. Still, if we're talking about arenas built for twice the capacity it seems like there would be ways to handle all that. Difficult, but worthwhile if you can keep playing games.It's not just the seating, but entering and exiting the rink would have to be managed.
And lines at concessions, the bathrooms, etc. Still, if we're talking about arenas built for twice the capacity it seems like there would be ways to handle all that. Difficult, but worthwhile if you can keep playing games.
I saw that too but it doesn't look like he's actually playing there. They had a game yesterday and he didn't appear on the roster. Not sure what the deal is.Elite Prospects is saying that Khovanov is now playing for the VHL team of Bars Kazan.
I saw that too but it doesn't look like he's actually playing there. They had a game yesterday and he didn't appear on the roster. Not sure what the deal is.
It's not good news for Khovanov, but a KHL team not playing a rookie doesn't say much about the Wild.On the website, it shows that Khovanov on the team. Could be he didn't play, because he just joined the team.
Not a good look for the Wild.
It's not good news for Khovanov, but a KHL team not playing a rookie doesn't say much about the Wild.
I think we'd all hope that he tears the KHL apart, but it's not an easy league to jump into. It's entirely possible that the transition from the CHL to a pro league has been a rude awakening for him, but we'll see how it goes from here. Better to get that out of the way now than later.Fair enough; but I was thinking the Wild was hoping for more from Khovanov.
I think we'd all hope that he tears the KHL apart, but it's not an easy league to jump into. It's entirely possible that the transition from the CHL to a pro league has been a rude awakening for him, but we'll see how it goes from here. Better to get that out of the way now than later.
Cap friendly has Boldy as a C and not C/LW so the hope is alive
13th forward! He’s moving up