We're probably splitting hairs here, but I heard it was closer to 8k than 7k. In either case, that's not good.
I thought I read on twitter that they count season ticket holders are paid attendance regardless if they show or not.
Standard operating procedure for most of the sports world. It's called "tickets distributed." Turnstile count is not good PR, especially for teams with poor attendance.
Pens do this also (or so it would seem), since they just had their 335th consecutive sellout the other night, yet there were plenty of seats unused.
We're probably splitting hairs here, but I heard it was closer to 8k than 7k. In either case, that's not good.
I thought I read on twitter that they count season ticket holders are paid attendance regardless if they show or not.
Standard operating procedure for most of the sports world. It's called "tickets distributed." Turnstile count is not good PR, especially for teams with poor attendance.
Pens do this also (or so it would seem), since they just had their 335th consecutive sellout the other night, yet there were plenty of seats unused.
BEPF
Correct. This is because a sell out simply means that all tickets were sold. You could technically play in front of an empty arena and still have a sell out. The Pens work around this with student rush tickets.
The Sharks/Capitals game is my early game tonight. Orpik just got beat by John Scott or roofed one on Holtby to end his night and give the Sharks a 3-0 lead...first period isn't half old in the Phone Booth...
NBCSP really hit the jackpot with this BUF/CAR game.
Hard to say what number will be bigger -- people watching this game or those in attendance in Florida last night. Fortunately, there's baseball tonight so there's NBCSN's built-in excuse for a bad rating.
Pens have to stay out of the box when they play the Flyers. Their PP is one of the brighter spots for them so far this year; it's gotten them 2 out of their 3 goals tonight.
