Interesting stat

[Rupert Prince]

54 minutes ago, Tim Streets tache said:

Here are the Ice hockey attendance figures for last season, if anyones bothered:

 

Sheffield Steelers		183,832	30	6,127
Nottingham Panthers		172,920	30	5,764
Belfast Giants		129,968	30	4,332
Cardiff Devils		88,947	30	2,964
Glasgow Clan		81,847	30	2,728
Coventry Blaze		62,627	30	2,087
Guildford Flames		53,989	30	1,799
Fife Flyers		49,116	30	1,637
Milton Keynes Lightning		46,973	30	1,565
Manchester Storm		43,120	30	1,437
Dundee Stars		36,200	30	1,206
TOTALS:		949,539	330	2,877

That's a lot of loop fixtures!

[JonM]

1 hour ago, Rupert Prince said:

That's a lot of loop fixtures!

Sometimes (especially for Belfast) they play the same fixture twice in two days. The English teams going to Scotland often play the three Scottish clubs on three consecutive days. They have a (two-legged) cup and play-offs too, so it's not uncommon to play the same team 10 times in a season.

[Clogiron]

5 hours ago, Tim Streets tache said:

Here are the Ice hockey attendance figures for last season, if anyones bothered:

 

Sheffield Steelers		183,832	30	6,127
Nottingham Panthers		172,920	30	5,764
Belfast Giants		129,968	30	4,332
Cardiff Devils		88,947	30	2,964
Glasgow Clan		81,847	30	2,728
Coventry Blaze		62,627	30	2,087
Guildford Flames		53,989	30	1,799
Fife Flyers		49,116	30	1,637
Milton Keynes Lightning		46,973	30	1,565
Manchester Storm		43,120	30	1,437
Dundee Stars		36,200	30	1,206
TOTALS:		949,539	330	2,877

So if you reckon the Sheffield Tigers speedway ave 800+, the Stock Cars also at Owlerton get more than that and of course the Greyhound's run there then the Eagles are way down Sheffields sporting pecking order, and likely to remain so. If in 35 years including a Challenge cup win you can't attract more than 500 your very unlikely to in the future or is it like the Speedway where the support base is literally dying away.

[Damien]

2 hours ago, Clogiron said:

So if you reckon the Sheffield Tigers speedway ave 800+, the Stock Cars also at Owlerton get more than that and of course the Greyhound's run there then the Eagles are way down Sheffields sporting pecking order, and likely to remain so. If in 35 years including a Challenge cup win you can't attract more than 500 your very unlikely to in the future or is it like the Speedway where the support base is literally dying away.

When Sheffield Eagles were in the top flight they attracted far more than 500 and for a number of years attracted crowds pretty similar to the likes of Warrington and Castleford.

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

6 hours ago, JonM said:

Sometimes (especially for Belfast) they play the same fixture twice in two days. The English teams going to Scotland often play the three Scottish clubs on three consecutive days. They have a (two-legged) cup and play-offs too, so it's not uncommon to play the same team 10 times in a season.

How can they play consecutive days? Thought it was a bit of a bashy sport?

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

8 hours ago, Tim Streets tache said:

Here are the Ice hockey attendance figures for last season, if anyones bothered:

 

Sheffield Steelers		183,832	30	6,127
Nottingham Panthers		172,920	30	5,764
Belfast Giants		129,968	30	4,332
Cardiff Devils		88,947	30	2,964
Glasgow Clan		81,847	30	2,728
Coventry Blaze		62,627	30	2,087
Guildford Flames		53,989	30	1,799
Fife Flyers		49,116	30	1,637
Milton Keynes Lightning		46,973	30	1,565
Manchester Storm		43,120	30	1,437
Dundee Stars		36,200	30	1,206
TOTALS:		949,539	330	2,877

Astounded they are so high- good for them with no coverage in the media

[Mr Wind Up]

32 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

How can they play consecutive days? Thought it was a bit of a bashy sport?

In a 60 minute game, the average player will play 20 odd minute. They have ‘lines’, from best to worst, that take turns on the ice. It is unique among sports in that the best players in the game will play less than half of each game. 

[yipyee]

Total UK so union will include Scotland, Wales and Ireland. It would be interesting to see England only. 

Horse racing and greyhounds are on 364 days a year and horse racing have been adding in live music to boost attendances. 

Ice hockey is the surprising one for me. To be ahead of netball as well! 

 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

48 minutes ago, Mr Wind Up said:

In a 60 minute game, the average player will play 20 odd minute. They have ‘lines’, from best to worst, that take turns on the ice. It is unique among sports in that the best players in the game will play less than half of each game. 

How many players on team and in the interchange....is it unlimited how many changes?

[NERugbyDad]

34 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

How many players on team and in the interchange....is it unlimited how many changes?

Squad of 22, 20 outfield and 2 net-minders. 1 Net-minder and 5 skaters on ice at a time, changes constant with player's other than net-minder tending to be on ice not much more than a minute at a time. Net-minders will play the full 60 mins unless they're having a mare. Game in play for 60 mins as clock stops with every stoppage. Top defencemen will play up to 30mins a game, forwards more like 20. Playing games on back to back days considered normal.

[TheReaper]

In this thread : "but,but, if you take away what they're good at, those other guys are barely good at anything!"

[Oxford]

For all those who constantly tell us we get what we deserve

that would mean our coverage should be more or less equal to cricket.

That figure is not for a simple backwater sport to be given a few column inches or a late night show relegated to the North.