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The Official 2012 NHL Stanely Cup Finals Thread

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Got on here late today. Missed most of the first period of the New Jersey/Philadelphia game. Seems like Bryzgalov saved them in the first, then got soft the rest of the way. Briere to the rescue with two to win it in OT! (yes, that first was most definitely kicked in!)

Flyers did dominate the OT and hopefully have woken up after being off a week.
 
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MJ5150 said:
I listened to the game on WIP via Sirius. During the first intermission, they mentioned that game two was not sold out. That's kind of embarrassing for Philly.

-Mike
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Wait until they get up the pike to Trenton. Most of the fans in the stands will be for Philadelphia!

If you watched the Detroit/Nasville series, there was a ton of empty seats for Detroit in the Joe. Hockeytown? HAH!
 
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mkandolf said:
Wait until they get up the pike to Trenton. Most of the fans in the stands will be for Philadelphia!

If you watched the Detroit/Nasville series, there was a ton of empty seats for Detroit in the Joe. Hockeytown? HAH!
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Sorry I'm not buying it:

Home attendance at Joe Louis Arena
Year Total attendance
2000–2001 819,795
2001–2002 822,378
2002–2003 822,378
2003–2004 822,706
2005–2006 822,646
2006–2007 822,706
2007–2008 773,696
2008–2009 814,474
2009–2010 781,847
2010–2011 806,892
2011–2012 824,706
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This season was the highest attendance at the Joe in the History of the Franchise. Considering the region is in for all intentions a depression, that's pretty good. Detroit was #4 in the league in attendance last season and isn't close to the fourth largest metro area.

2011-2012 NHL Attendance - National Hockey League - ESPN

Detroit averaged a sellout in every game this home season, to put that in perspective Pho averaged less than 72.5% fill rate (the worse in the league)
 
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burk48237 said:
Sorry I'm not buying it:



This season was the highest attendance at the Joe in the History of the Franchise. Considering the region is in for all intentions a depression, that's pretty good. Detroit was #4 in the league in attendance last season and isn't close to the fourth largest metro area.

2011-2012 NHL Attendance - National Hockey League - ESPN

Detroit averaged a sellout in every game this home season, to put that in perspective Pho averaged less than 72.5% fill rate (the worse in the league)
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Sellouts differ from fans in the stands. I watched the games and even in the middle of the periods when fans should have been back in their seats, there were plenty of empty seats in the lower bowl.

Detroit sports fans still prefer going to a ball game rather than a hockey game.
 
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burk48237 said:
Detroit averaged a sellout in every game this home season, to put that in perspective Pho averaged less than 72.5% fill rate (the worse in the league)
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Maybe so, but Phoenix is still playing while the people of Detroit are watching baseball. I know you're not, but I'm happy for the team, city, and fans in Phoenix.

So Philly guys....why aren't the fans buying tickets?

-Mike
 
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MJ5150 said:
Maybe so, but Phoenix is still playing while the people of Detroit are watching baseball. I know you're not, but I'm happy for the team, city, and fans in Phoenix.

So Philly guys....why aren't the fans buying tickets?

-Mike
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Not just us, jersey is right outside the city limits. I don't really care if they sellout. How many tickets did the penguins sell to thier game this week. Lol. Sorry, couldn't resist.
 
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Hollow Man said:
Devils dominated the first but have spent most of the second chasing their tails. They tied it up on that soft call on Carle, and the game seems much more even now.

I think this is going to be a fun series. Not enough people (particularly Flyers fans) are giving the Devils the respect they deserve; they forget that the Devils only finished one point behind them in the regular season.
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You've never heard THIS Flyer fan being disrespectful to the Devils. They have always been a tough team to play.

Brodeur has been a phenomenal goaltender for many years. Elias and Parise have always been Flyer-killers. I was shaking my head when I heard that the Flyers were "heavy favorites" in the series. "Heavy favorites"??!!! Are you kidding me?! Like you said, there was one stinkin' point separating them in the standings. The season series was 3-2-1 in favor of the Flyers. Pretty close to dead even. I take NO team lightly in the playoffs.
 
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Jeff K said:
You've never heard THIS Flyer fan being disrespectful to the Devils. They have always been a tough team to play.

Brodeur has been a phenomenal goaltender for many years. Elias and Parise have always been Flyer-killers.
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Agreed. I think that generally speaking, Flyers fans are confident that the Flyers can win the series, but we have a lot of respect for Brodeur and the Devils.
 
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Febs said:
Agreed. I think that generally speaking, Flyers fans are confident that the Flyers can win the series, but we have a lot of respect for Brodeur and the Devils.
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I was texting back & forth with my family in Philly...none of them are that confident...thanks to Bryz in goal.

Also, about Regular Season attendance vs. Playoff attendance.
When the Playoffs begin, you lose your Season ticket holders...the diehards, of course, will buy a Playoff package. The Corporate yahoos that had a bunch of Regular Season seats tied up...probably not.
So, a lot of walk-up traffic + not knowing exactly when the games are scheduled are a factor for "less" attendance in the Playoffs (especially the early rounds).
I'm 100% sure Game 2 in Philly will be a sellout & a sea of ornage will be present in NJ for Game 3, 4.
 
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MJ5150 said:
Maybe so, but Phoenix is still playing while the people of Detroit are watching baseball. I know you're not, but I'm happy for the team, city, and fans in Phoenix.

So Philly guys....why aren't the fans buying tickets?

-Mike
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When it comes to PHO, I'm happy for the team, not so much for the city or fans, because its obvious the city and fans don't care.

As far as attendance at the Joe, The Joe was rocking this year during the streak, those last four or five games we're as close to playoffs as anything I've seen down there in the regular season since the Ava-Det rivalry days. But I'd be the first to admit that the educated hockey fans of Detroit don't get as excited about the regular season and the early rounds as the fans in say, Vancouver. We're interested in the Cup not the Presidents Trophy.:D

And what's happened to Nashville? They looked like they lacked intensity to me. Was getting by Detroit such a goal that they're having a let down in the second round? While I think Weber is a very good player, he still seems to lack the maturity to be a leader on a team in a cup run, he took a stupid penalty yesterday and that's not the first time during this run. I was actually rooting for them, its a cool town, and for the South (unlike PHO) they seem to have some real hockey fans.
 
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MJ5150 said:
Maybe so, but Phoenix is still playing while the people of Detroit are watching baseball. I know you're not, but I'm happy for the team, city, and fans in Phoenix.

So Philly guys....why aren't the fans buying tickets?

-Mike
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Could be their stupid webmasters...

First I went to Philadelphia Flyers to find ticket info (like how many are available yet for game 2) and clicked on the tickets spalsh at this link:

Philadelphia Flyers

That takes you to the Wells Fargo page here:

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There's a little note on the Wells Fargo page that says for playoff tickets to follow the link to the Flyers page here:

The Official Web Site - Philadelphia Flyers

On there I follow a link to the tickets and that takes me back to the Wells Fargo page here:

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Uh, maybe if it weren't so hard to find out how to buy tickets... maybe they would be sold out?
 
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