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NHL Tickets 2011-2012 - Late Season Updates

12/20/2011Update: This week we get to see the surprisingly prolific New Jersey Devils' offense face tri-state rivals the New York Rangers. In other news, the Kings announced that Darryl Sutter will be the new coach. The Bruins extended their win streak to 5 with a tight 3-2 victory over the Canadiens. The Boston Bruins are currently at the top of the Eastern Conference, with the Flyers and Panthers rounding out the three divisional leaders. In the Western Conference the Chicago Blackhawks are at the top with a NHL leading 46 points. The Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars are the remaining divisional leaders in the Western Conference. As reported in the stats updated over at ESPN there is currently a three-way tie for the points lead as Phil Kessel, Claude Giroux and Henrik Sedin. While Steven Stamkos is the current leader in goals (20) with Kessel just one goal behind.

On the defensive side of things, Brian Elliott leads in both 'Goals Against Average' and 'Save Percentage' while Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings has the most wins with 20.

And lastly, we have the more whimsical list of "ruffians" aka those that lead the league in penalty minutes. The two players that stand clearly at the top are Zac Rinaldo and Zenon Konopka. Keep, "Keeping it gangster" on ice guys.

12/7/2011 Update: The big news in the hockey world this week was the fairly extreme and unexpected realignment of teams. What is the NHL realignment The crux of the change is switch to four "conferences" in place of the existing 6 "divisions". This allows for for reciprocating home series' for all the teams. When is the NHL realignment going into effect Potentially as early as next season, but there hasn't been a hard date set. Why is the NHL realignment going into effect To adjust for the move of the Atlanta Thrasher to the Winnipeg Jets.

There were many potential issues with this change such as breaking up local, divisional and historical rivalries, but for the most part these are intact and their hasn't been too much outrage over the shift.

NHL Tickets-All Star Game

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NHL Tickets - The Ticket Pricing

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NHL Tickets - Average Prices

As of 11/15/2011
Not much movement at the top this week, here are the top 5 most expensive NHL teams as we enter mid-November: 1. Toronto Maple Leafs $206.23 2. Winnipeg Jets $181.26 3. Vancouver Canucks $160.54 4. San Jose Sharks $160.39 5. Montreal Canadiens $159.06.

With not much changing at the top, I wanted to look at New York vs Boston. New York Rangers come in at $124.74 and the New York Islanders have averaged $51.78 over the last 7 days. The Boston Bruins come in 2 spots behind the Rangers with avg. ticket prices of $99.96.

As of 11/8/2011
As the NHL season enters it's "dog days of November" so to speak, the big-time stories have been few and far between. In fact if you Google "nhl" right now the Benching of Ovechkin is one of the top 3 stories given prominence as top news. So news is light, but prices are maintaining steady. You might expect a demand increase with the NBA on continued strike, but we haven't necessarily seen a significant change compared to expected NHL ticket sales. There was new entry in the top most expensive NHL tickets this week (the Flyers): 1. Toronto Maple Leafs $221.69 2. Montreal Canadiens $186.86 3. Winnipeg Jets $161.14 4. Vancouver Canucks $144.73 5. Philadelphia Flyers $135.36.

As of 10/28/2011
No major changes within the top 5 most expensive NHL tickets this week: 1. Toronto Maple Leafs $205.89 2. Montreal Canadiens $181.07 3. Winnipeg Jets $153.79 4. San Jose Sharks $149.88 5. Vancouver Canucks $136.75
This weak the Phoenix Coyotes were the least demanded team in the NHL based off resale ticket prices: 26. Colorado Avalanche $42.29 27. Carolina Hurricanes $42.23 28. New York Islanders $41.77 29. Tampa Bay Lightning $33.21 30. Phoenix Coyotes $31.06.
With the NBA lockout still lingering, maybe NHL will finally get the mainstream viewing it deserves. Until next time...
As of of 10/18/2011
Although the top team remained the same this week, there were some minor shakeups in the 5 most demanded NHL teams as we leave the honey moon phase of the 2011-12 NHL season. The top 5 teams over the last 7 days were: 1. Toronto Maple Leafs $184.67. 2. Winnipeg Jets $174.89. 3. San Jose Sharks $158.77 4. Montreal Canadiens $150.30 5. Vancouver Canucks $143.70.
The Toronto Maple Leafs hold down the top spot again with the brand new Winnipeg Jets moving up a spot to number 2. Yall Canadians love your hockey though, no doubt about that. Our numbers are just another way to look at it, with 4 of the top 5 teams ranked by average ticket price hailing from the country of Canada.
On the opposite side of things, the least demanded teams included no Canadian franchises, but rather teams that tended to be in the Southern half of the United States (coincidence? We don't think so, see NHL prices by location): 26. Anaheim Ducks $43.46 27. Carolina Hurricanes $43.31 28. Florida Panthers $39.19 29. Phoenix Coyotes $38.54 30. Tampa Bay Lightning $34.07
As of 10/13/2011
The team's with the five most expensive tickets over the last 7 days are: 1. Toronto Maple Leafs $221.05 2. Montreal Canadiens $197.38 3. Winnipeg Jets $166.56 4. Vancouver Canucks $144.08 5. San Jose Sharks $135.38 (Canada dominated...surprise surprise, even the brand new Winnipeg Jets are making waves). On the other end of the spectrum the least demanded (or cheapest) tickets are: 26. Anaheim Ducks $40.30 27. Phoenix Coyotes $36.48 28. Columbus Blue Jackets $34.72 29. St. Louis Blues $34.44 30. Carolina Hurricanes $29.04. Congratulations Carolina Hurricanes fans! Your team is officially the least demanded in the NHL right now.

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