Scout
03-28-2008, 10:38 AM
Courtesy Alan Caldwell
Friday, March 28, 2008
Friday notes
Last night Seattle continued their impressive rebound from falling down 2-0 in their series with Kelowna....the Thunderbirds reeled off their third straight win (and the first home-ice win by either team in this series) and now lead the series 3-2. They could wrap it up Saturday in Kelowna.
Kelowna could possibly be without their captain for that game. James McEwen made a point of running Seattle goalie Riku Helenius at the final buzzer last night, for which he got a double-minor for roughing. We'll see if the league office reviews that or not...I think that given the circumstances (game was over, Rockets had just suffered a big loss) that the league needs to have a chat with McEwen about what he was trying to do. Not sure if a suspension is warranted (I haven't seen the tape) but we'll see if the league does.
Speaking of wrapping things up, there's five games tonight, with four teams facing elimination. Brandon, Medicine Hat, and Everett all have home ice on their side tonight in trying to stave off a first-round exit, while the Hitmen will get to try to finish their series with Moose Jaw on home ice. The fifth game, Swift Current at Regina, features a series tied 2-2.
Finally, as promised, a look at the attendance decline in the playoffs. Here's a chart with the average regular season attendance for each playoff team, contrasted with their average playoff attendance so far (two home games for every team, except one for Everett and three for Seattle), and the amount of increase or decrease over the regular season average. Ordered by highest percentage of decline:
Reg. Playoff Diff. %Diff
Kamloops 4571 2733 -1838 -40.21%
Everett 6434 4217 -2217 -34.46%
Seattle 4091 2904 -1187 -29.01%
Brandon 4132 2977 -1155 -27.95%
Kelowna 6127 5147 -980 -15.99%
Spokane 6566 5631 -935 -14.24%
Calgary 9081 8147 -934 -10.29%
Tri-Cities 4254 3827 -427 -10.04%
Vancouver 8726 7903 -823 -9.43%
Moose Jaw 2371 2237 -134 -5.65%
Chilliwack 4543 4382 -161 -3.54%
Medicine Hat 4015 3955 -60 -1.49%
Lethbridge 3982 3931 -51 -1.28%
Kootenay 2972 2961 -11 -0.37%
Regina 5104 5609 505 9.89%
Swift Current 2101 2601 500 23.80%
Only Swift Current and Regina have increased their attendance in the playoffs. Every other team has seen some degree of decline, although a few of them are so small as to be insignificant since I'm not taking into consideration all factors like whether these were weekend or midweek games, etc - things that affect most teams' attendance to some degree.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Friday notes
Last night Seattle continued their impressive rebound from falling down 2-0 in their series with Kelowna....the Thunderbirds reeled off their third straight win (and the first home-ice win by either team in this series) and now lead the series 3-2. They could wrap it up Saturday in Kelowna.
Kelowna could possibly be without their captain for that game. James McEwen made a point of running Seattle goalie Riku Helenius at the final buzzer last night, for which he got a double-minor for roughing. We'll see if the league office reviews that or not...I think that given the circumstances (game was over, Rockets had just suffered a big loss) that the league needs to have a chat with McEwen about what he was trying to do. Not sure if a suspension is warranted (I haven't seen the tape) but we'll see if the league does.
Speaking of wrapping things up, there's five games tonight, with four teams facing elimination. Brandon, Medicine Hat, and Everett all have home ice on their side tonight in trying to stave off a first-round exit, while the Hitmen will get to try to finish their series with Moose Jaw on home ice. The fifth game, Swift Current at Regina, features a series tied 2-2.
Finally, as promised, a look at the attendance decline in the playoffs. Here's a chart with the average regular season attendance for each playoff team, contrasted with their average playoff attendance so far (two home games for every team, except one for Everett and three for Seattle), and the amount of increase or decrease over the regular season average. Ordered by highest percentage of decline:
Reg. Playoff Diff. %Diff
Kamloops 4571 2733 -1838 -40.21%
Everett 6434 4217 -2217 -34.46%
Seattle 4091 2904 -1187 -29.01%
Brandon 4132 2977 -1155 -27.95%
Kelowna 6127 5147 -980 -15.99%
Spokane 6566 5631 -935 -14.24%
Calgary 9081 8147 -934 -10.29%
Tri-Cities 4254 3827 -427 -10.04%
Vancouver 8726 7903 -823 -9.43%
Moose Jaw 2371 2237 -134 -5.65%
Chilliwack 4543 4382 -161 -3.54%
Medicine Hat 4015 3955 -60 -1.49%
Lethbridge 3982 3931 -51 -1.28%
Kootenay 2972 2961 -11 -0.37%
Regina 5104 5609 505 9.89%
Swift Current 2101 2601 500 23.80%
Only Swift Current and Regina have increased their attendance in the playoffs. Every other team has seen some degree of decline, although a few of them are so small as to be insignificant since I'm not taking into consideration all factors like whether these were weekend or midweek games, etc - things that affect most teams' attendance to some degree.