Alexa Bannerman

Attendance in the National Hockey League: Game Factors That Affect Attendance in the National Hockey League: Post Lock-out Alexa Bannerman

After the lock-out in the National Hockey League attendance started to increase. This thesis looks at game factors that may impact attendance in the NHL. Some factors that are looked at include: goals scored, assists, major and minor penalties,all- stars, and if the team has made the play-offs the previous years. After running regressions on the data collected, the results conclude that some game factors do affect attendance. The results also show that some factors now negatively affect attendance whereas before the lock-out they positively affected attendance.