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The National Hockey League is one of the top attended professional sports in the world, as well as one of the top two attended indoor sports in both average and total attendance. As of the 2018–19 season the NHL averaged 18,250 live spectators per game, and 22,002,081 total for the season.
National Hockey League: Ice hockey: United States / Canada: 2016–17: 30: 1,230: ... and the 2nd highest overall attendance worldwide (behind Major League Baseball).
Total attendance Average attendance Ref National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball United States Canada: 1: 2022–23: 30: 1,230: 22,234,502: 18,077 [114] [115] National Hockey League (NHL) Ice hockey United States Canada: 1: 2022–23: 32: 1,310: 22,402,861: 17,099 [3] [116] Big3: Basketball United States: Independent 2018 8 32 431,500: ...
The National Hockey League was established in 1917 as the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA). Founded in 1909, the NHA began play in 1910 with seven teams in Ontario and Quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey.
For more information, check the History of the National Hockey League. 1949–50 to present Most ... Longest Consecutive Attendance Sellout: 633 games, ...
The Cold War, held November 6, 2001 at Spartan Stadium, had the highest ever attendance of an ice hockey game at that time. The 2008 NHL Winter Classic has the fourth-highest ever attendance of an ice hockey game, and the second highest for a game in a professional league.
Prior to 2017, the NHL's last expansion was in 2000, adding the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild to bring the number of teams to thirty. After the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011, sixteen of the teams in the league were in the Eastern time zone, and the conferences remained balanced with fifteen teams each until the league realigned in 2013.
The history of the National Hockey League begins with the end of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA), in 1917. After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, executives of the three other NHA franchises suspended the NHA, and formed the National Hockey League (NHL), replacing the Livingstone team with a ...