i attended a few arizona state games last winter (it
     didn't feel like winter).  the attendance was pretty
     sparse - maybe a couple hundred.  and this was for the
     "big" games, i.e. michigan-dearborn and iowa state.
     the rink they play in is pretty small, and i'm sure it
     doesn't compete with the tucson convention center (i'll
     know better next year).
 
     i saw ucla play usc a couple of times last year, and
     the draw was about 500, maybe.  funny thing was, usc
     brought a band and there was a guy there selling tapes
     of the game.
 
     it will be interesting to see if asu can set something
     up with the coyotes to play before or after the coyotes
     games.
 
     srq
 
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Subject: Re: hockey quotes from today's gazette
Author:  [log in to unmask] at SMTPGATE
Date:    06 04 1996 02:08 AM
 
 
At 6:18 PM 6/3/96, Nathan Boyle wrote:
 
> I have my own thoughts on the subject, but I was wondering what the list
> thinks the move of the NHL into the south and south-west will have on the
> development of college hockey in those regions?
 
> ...could this be the kind of jolt needed to awake interest in the sport
> down and around there?
 
Just F.Y.I...
 
I think the interest is already there!  The U. of Arizona Icecats (A.C.H.A.
Division I) rank near the top of attendance polls, year in and year out -
for ALL of college hockey!  Arizona's average attendance - more than 6,000
per game - is on par with all the top draws in college hockey.  And their
rink, the Tuscon Convention Center (a.k.a. "The Madhouse on Main Street")
rivals any college arena in the country.  Likewise, I understand other
teams like Arizona State and a few in California and Florida, also draw
well...
 
The interest is definitely there.  But then again there's lots of interest
and little action in other places too...
 
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