hockeyisgreat Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Pa Hockey said: Crowd at the Well Fargo Game between Holy Ghost and Malvern Prep - 11/172021 That's impressive! The picture of the Willow game at Lemieux is equally as impressive. Why can't we get the board to start promoting a game of the month and try to get the places packed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Pa Hockey said: Crowd at the Well Fargo Game between Holy Ghost and Malvern Prep - 11/172021 Right, that's it. The "crowd" is 2 sections. And that's the issue. They can't make enough money to justify it. They used to do it..... and then the $ became far more important than the game or the players or the fans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Shore Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) Yep, as far as Pitt goes the administration and the school doesn’t like the hockey club and sticks it to them whenever they can. Tryouts used to have 100+ kids at it every year for two teams. Now it’s about 35 for just one team. This is not how an organization gets treated in a “hockey town” ? Edited November 19, 2021 by Eddie Shore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ref33 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 10:06 AM, Pa Hockey said: Pegula did not work I was there for one of the years. Thought it was pretty cool but it was the same as having it in one of the NHL arenas. No atmosphere. Iceline or Iceworks on the east side hold enough for the interest that is there for the state finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Do any High School Sports Championships in Western Pa sell out the venues they play in? Basketball, Football etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckerandgrinder Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Attendance is directly influenced by winning and losing everywhere. Even in major markets. I won’t bore anyone with stats but the Rangers, Bruins, Flyers and Blackhawks have played for less than 100% attendance in lean years. Given the regional population here that is way less than 50% of NY, Boston, Philly or Chicago it far less damning of the fan base when the Pens play to less than 100% capacity than a major market. I think the percentage of people who are knowledgeable and passionate about hockey here is in direct correlation to the size of the population. I’m not sticking up for Pittsburgh but just looking at numbers. High School hockey has been an institution in Minnesota forever. Yet they lost a franchise. And North Stars attendance was way down well before Green started the sale. The Wild have not played to 100% every year since they began playing in Minn. Winning = asses in the seats. Everywhere. Oh, and Detroit is the self proclaimed “HockeyTown”. They are at 84.4% in a new arena. We can throw in covid etc. but still. As far as HS hockey here, it’s not the kids or general population’s fault that hockey is treated like the red headed stepchild in HS sports. Just like PAHL… PIHL could do a better job with placements and divisions. When you have a very good TJ team playing AA with 5-6 AAA players on their roster the last few years I see a competitive balance problem. Not TJs fault at all. PIHL does a very vanilla job in evaluating teams and placing them correctly. The only time PIHL does a thorough job is with their constant book checks and boy oh boy, do they love the power of discipline aspect of their operation. Put some of that energy toward something constructive for the teams/kids and things could begin to get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis8679 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 What or who is TJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, nemesis8679 said: What or who is TJ? Thomas Jefferson High School 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Anybody go to any WPIAL Football championship games? I saw a few on TV. They sure didn't have many fans at Heinz Field. Other than Students and Parents it does not look like High School sports in Western Pa is a big draw at any sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Hockey Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) Total 12000 on Saturday for 3 Games Edited November 29, 2021 by Pa Hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Total attendance for the 3 games? Or total for each game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spear and Magic Helmet Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) On 11/29/2021 at 3:27 PM, hockeyisgreat said: Total attendance for the 3 games? Or total for each game? https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-football/2021/11/26/WPIAL-football-championship-notes-factoids-2021/stories/202111240007 According to Mike White, they usually sell tickets that are good for all of the games, but this was the first time they had games on separate days and had separate tickets, i.e. a ticket for Friday's games and a ticket for Saturday's games. I can't find a figure for the sales on either day, but I imagine 12,000 for the two days is on the low side. A lot of these high school teams fill stadiums seating 2500 or so people. With 10 teams worth of people, you could imagine there might have been 20,000 tickets sold for the 2 days. Edited December 1, 2021 by Spear and Magic Helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Hockey Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 Morehouse is out and this is gonna be an objective of the Fenway Group ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spear and Magic Helmet Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Pa Hockey said: Morehouse is out and this is gonna be an objective of the Fenway Group ? I'll believe it when it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Hockey Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) Action coming Official: Kevin Acklin to be named Penguins president of business operations | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Edited June 16, 2022 by Pa Hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Hockey Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 5:00 PM, Spear and Magic Helmet said: I'll believe it when it happens. Official: Kevin Acklin to be named Penguins president of business operations | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 26 minutes ago, Pa Hockey said: Official: Kevin Acklin to be named Penguins president of business operations | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Is that a good or bad thing? I wonder if they will be moving forward with the Hunt Armory Ice. I heard that they were thinking of making it a permanent rink! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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