from Renaud Lavoie of RDS (translated),

The NHL has sent me the following statistics and they are bright.
1-An average of 17,723 spectators attend every game, which means that arenas are filled to 97%.
2-The Stars, Panthers, Devils, Coyotes and Hurricanes have seen an increase of at least 10% each at the audience.
3-There are only three teams in the NHL have decreased the number of spectators per game.
4-subscriptions to GameCenter Live, nhl.com, are rising 170%.

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