Obviously, the results (help) - we’ve been in the playoffs for the past couple years and that makes a big difference, too. “The past few years here, hockey has been growing and so has the interest in this organization and team.
“The whole playoffs, it’s been amazing,” Florida captain Aleksander Barkov said. But with sold-out crowds and interest at an all-time high, the Panthers - who made the Stanley Cup Final in 1996, their third season after being an expansion team - truly believe they have carved out enough support to say their area is a hockey town now as well. Miami was a football market forever, until the Heat started winning. 1 overall seeds in the first round and now peaking at the right time. Both took similar paths this season - struggles in the regular season, a late-season rally just to get into the playoffs, ousting No. It’s a particularly exciting time in South Florida, with the NBA’s Miami Heat in the conference finals along with the Panthers. 1, and where’ve brought it to places and fans that never would have probably thought it 20 years ago or 30 or whatever,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I think it says a lot about how the game is growing, No.
Florida hosted this year’s All-Star Game, and next month’s draft is in Nashville. That’s been part of a larger trend of so-called non-traditional markets drawing marquee league events such as outdoor games to Nashville and Dallas - a crowd of 85,630 was at Cotton Bowl Stadium when the Stars hosted the Predators on New Year’s Day 2020.
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