2017 World Juniors

[Albatross]

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Montreal knows there's a canada game on right? And booing their home team wtf?

[Marty Canuck]

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Montreal knows there's a canada game on right? And booing their home team wtf?

I guess they are seeing some of the same sloppy play that I saw when they played the US and are frustrated by it.

[Albatross]

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I guess they are seeing some of the same sloppy play that I saw when they played the US and are frustrated by it.

OK I understand that....but to boo ,how does that help....and stadium is dead empty and quiet

[Jeffc]

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my buddy said he could have had 2 seats along the glass for $40 on stubhub.

[Marty Canuck]

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OK I understand that....but to boo ,how does that help....and stadium is dead empty and quiet

That happened in Toronto too. Canada played an uninspired game and the sell-out crowd got frustrated. It was the game I was most looking forward to and it was a stinker.

my buddy said he could have had 2 seats along the glass for $40 on stubhub.

Yup. Got friends at the game and they just posted a pic of empty seats, and a lot of them. Unbelievable to me really. I was hoping Canada would have had their 1/4 final in TO. Hockey Canada really botched this up.

[P25]

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OK I understand that....but to boo ,how does that help....and stadium is dead empty and quiet

Brutal turnout. Safe to say this experiment is a massive failure.

[Weirfan]

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Yup. Got friends at the game and they just posted a pic of empty seats, and a lot of them. Unbelievable to me really. I was hoping Canada would have had their 1/4 final in TO. Hockey Canada really botched this up.

Hard to believe how many empty seats there are.
Ticket sticker prices are insane, many said that Montrealers wouldn't pay it, they were right.

[Coleslaw]

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This tourney should stick to CHL barns. NHL are far too big.

[Marty Canuck]

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Finally, starting with the shift that lead to the Speers goal they are starting to look like they want to win this game.

Though same thing happened in the US game for the middle of the 2nd period. Hope they can keep it going.....

Just like that 2-1 while TSN was still at a commercial.

[Albatross]

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Here we go

[Weirfan]

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This tourney should stick to CHL barns. NHL are far too big.

They get sell outs or near sell outs for all the TC games in Toronto and I went to 2 games where Canada wasn't playing and they had over 13,000 for each , so double to triple what the average CHL barn holds.

Would think they have 12-13 in Montreal tonight , so still a good number

[P25]

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They get sell outs or near sell outs for all the TC games in Toronto and I went to 2 games where Canada wasn't playing and they had over 13,000 for each , so double to triple what the average CHL barn holds

Toronto is just a better hockey market.

[Marty Canuck]

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They get sell outs or near sell outs for all the TC games in Toronto and I went to 2 games where Canada wasn't playing and they had over 13,000 for each , so double to triple what the average CHL barn holds

Agreed. Inexcusable that we can't sell out a TC game. Hockey Canada has some 'splainin' to do.

[P25]

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They get sell outs or near sell outs for all the TC games in Toronto and I went to 2 games where Canada wasn't playing and they had over 13,000 for each , so double to triple what the average CHL barn holds.

Would think they have 12-13 in Montreal tonight , so still a good number

Doesn't look like 12-13000 to me unless they're dressed up as seats.

https://twitter.com/snseanreynolds/status/816091490900393984

[Albatross]

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2 years ago when it was in toronto and Montreal they said they got better then expected turnouts for lesser games. I remember seeing a Swiss vs Czech game I think that was awesome....people were cheering for the underdogs. Toronto is a better hockey market but they made the commitment years ago to split the duties with Montreal. Now they know better