professional hockey, no two teams are created equal — and according to some eye-opening data, neither are the fan experiences.Fans across the country face huge price differences when it comes to attending an NHL game and the hit to the wallet all depends on where you go to games.Online gambling site Time2Play has crunched the numbers of what it costs a fan to attend an NHL game in every franchise city and while it’s not exactly cheap to attend any arena, the cost of an average fan experience in some Canadian cities is nothing short of staggering.
App picks Jets coach Bowness as one of NHL’s ‘most handsome’ Time2Play looked at the price for an individual ticket plus two beers, one hot dog (sadly yes, just one) and parking, adding up the cost of all four to determine their rankings.Canada’s most expensive city, by far — surprise, surprise — is Toronto, where the cost of a Maple Leafs game is going to run a single person $240.78.
In fact, Leafs’ fans pay the second-highest price to attend a game across the entire league, with only the New York Rangers having a higher total, at $247.99.On the other side of the Canadian coin, Ottawa Senators’ fans get the best bang for their buck with the average cost of a game coming in around $123.13.
But the Sens aren’t the cheapest experiences league-wide; it costs less to see the Florida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres and Arizona Coyotes.Canada’s five other teams fall somewhere in the middle, with the Montreal Canadiens coming in as the second-priciest fan experience in Canada at $196.79 per game.