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NHL Attendance

National Hockey League teams have not always publicized their attendance data. Team-by-team attendance data is not even available in the current edition of the NHL guide - the league considers this data to be under a team's purview and many teams just aren't interested in publishing this information.

However, the data is indeed historically interesting - we all know that the California Seals did not do well at the box office, but is anyone aware that they averaged just 4,960 fans for their inaugural season? Does anyone know that the Chicago Blackhawks averaged in the low 6,000's in the mid-1950's, at a time when the Toronto Maple Leafs were averaging twice as many fans, near 13,000?

Graphing the data makes easier to visualize, especially when it is assembled in two ways;

NHL Attendance by Season

1917-18
1918-19
1919-20
1920-21
1921-22
1922-23
1923-24
1924-25
1930-31
1932-33
1933-34
1934-35
1935-36
1936-37
1937-38
1938-39
1943-44
1944-45
2004-05
2020-21

NHL Attendance by Team

This data is not yet complete; it will be filled in as more research is finished.

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Caveats: