# How Many National Hockey League Games Have You Been To? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 23, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104 "2014-05-23T16:49:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/21 "2014-05-24T08:55:36Z")
Four Maple Leafs vs. Thrashers in Atlanta twice Sabres vs. Lightning in Tampa Sharks vs. Kings in LA ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/22 "2014-05-24T10:30:13Z")
More than 50. Probably half of them in a single season. Go Red Wings šŸ™‚ mmm ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/23 "2014-05-24T14:35:39Z")
Iā€™m a Canes STH, so 30+ a year.šŸ˜ƒ Plus 4 playoff games(in 8 years) 2 Atlanta Thrashers games 20+ College club hockey games 1 High School game innumerable C-League games ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/24 "2014-05-24T20:34:33Z")
I used to be obsessed with the Blues and Brett Hull in the 90s. They played a regular season exhibition game in the Richfield Coliseum versus the Whalers, and I was there. Brett Hull got into a fight. Best non-baseball sports event Iā€™ve ever been to! Iā€™ve not been to another. But every time I go to a minor-league hockey game, I always think ā€œthat was fun. I should go to more hockey games.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/25 "2014-05-25T01:18:42Z")
None, as sadly, I canā€™t afford it. If I could, Iā€™d be there all the time to root for my Pens. (Seriously, the prices have gotten outrageous) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/26 "2014-05-30T01:37:50Z")
Weā€™ve been going to a lot of Wild games. Started by getting them through various charity auctions then started buying them from co-workers with season tickets. Went in with some friends to split season tickets 4-ways for next season. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/27 "2014-05-30T02:31:10Z")
Saw the Rangers beat the Caps, 3-2, at MSG on the day Liberace died. My father got two tickets from his office somehow. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/28 "2014-05-30T21:40:24Z")
I donā€™t live in or near an NHL city (well, I live _kinda_ near one but itā€™s not near enough for me to want to travel to it just for hockey games) but when I was in the navy I once went to an L.A. Kings game (it was a regular season game, as I recall, and I have no memory of their opponents that night). Thatā€™s my one. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/29 "2014-06-02T23:36:22Z")
Couple hundred over the yearsā€¦as a So-Cal, I root for the Kings and Ducks, but head-to-head, I always root for the Kings since I started watching back in the late 80s when Bernie Nichols was a rookie. Yelled for our team down in the tunnels between periods at the ā€œFabulousā€ Forumā€¦Gretzky, Robitaille, Kurri, Blake, McSorely, etc. and then onto the Staples Centerā€¦love watching all the belligerent East Coast fans blow hundreds on tickets, beers and grub, only to go home losers in the end. Also watched the Ducks at the Arrowhead Ponda Center over the years as well, even saw Selanne (as a Winnipeg Jet) shred his achilliesā€™ heel at the Pondā€¦loved watching Kariya and Selanne pairing up and lighting the lamp early and often. Hockey is definitely the definitive live sport to watchā€¦hands down. When you watch 60 minutes of hockeyā€¦YOU ACTUALLY WATCH 60 MINUTES OF ACTIONā€¦even more so if there are some ā€œdisputesā€. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/30 "2014-06-03T00:17:50Z")
One. But I didnā€™t have a choice. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/31 "2014-06-03T11:06:55Z")
Boston Garden - Hundreds Fleet Center/TD Garden - one Great Western Forum (Los Angeles) - two Chicago Stadium - one Buffalo Aud - one Montreal Forum - five Le Colisee (Quebec) - two Hartford Civic Center - two Brendan Byrne Areana (Meadowlands) - one Madison Square Garden - one Lotta games in buildings no longer standing. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/32 "2014-06-03T11:22:07Z")
Season tickets for the Caps since 2009 and I go to about 30 per season. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104/33 "2014-06-04T03:49:12Z")
Zero, unless you count a preseason game between St. Louis and Detroit in Peoria, IL in the mid-1980s. I donā€™t like hockey anymore, so I was relieved that Chicagoā€™s team got eliminated the other night. I was getting sick of hearing about them from coworkers, news media, etc. Not only that, but when they win the championship and have a parade, the commuter train prohibits alcohol for the day. Now I can drink alcohol on the Metra whenever I damn well please. šŸ˜ƒ Fortunately I was away last year on the day of the parade (I was in Tampa to visit friends and see a Kesha concert), but I donā€™t have any Kesha concerts to run away to this time around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-hockey-league-games-have-you-been-to/689104.md?page=1)