Oh where oh where have the Sens fans gone
A less-than-full house for the Battle of Ontario cannot be a good sign in the fight for the hearts and minds and wallets of hockey fans in the nation’s capital.
Tuesday night’s meeting between the Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs — usually a slam-dunk sellout — drew an announced crowd of 17,406 to Scotiabank Place, which has an official capacity of 19,153 but can hold up to 20,500.
“That’s come down a long way from the Battle of Ontario 10 years ago, to see that happen for the Leafs. It used to be it didn’t matter if it was a Tuesday night in November, it would be a sellout,” said an NHL executive, who admitted he was “shocked” to see the attendance figure.
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Can’t say I am surprised, not many teams sellout when they’re struggling, in fact its only arguably the Leafs who still sellout.
The announced attendance for Tuesday’s game against the Leafs was just over 17k and half of the building were Leaf fans.
Does Ottawa need a winner to get support?
I know if I were in Senators management I would not be very happy with this, on Tuesday night the arena staff on the microphone kept talking to Sens Army, but the only people I saw were in Leafs Nation.
