The prices are actual slight cheaper than what they were in Buffalo and they had no trouble selling out the Canadian games. Place the game in Hamilton, and they would sell out quickly.
Wow! Tickets were that expensive in Buffalo? How much were they charging? The Canada games in Montreal for round robin play ranged from $78 - $343.
[url=http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/world-juniors/u-s-faces-russia-in-world-junior-quarterfinal-action-at-bell-centre-on-friday]http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke ... -on-friday[/url]Attendance at the world junior tournament has been disappointing at the Bell Centre, in part due to high ticket prices. The largest crowd in Montreal was for the New Year’s Eve game with 18,295 in attendance to watch Canada beat the U.S., with ticket prices ranging from $78 to $343, according to the Hockey Canada website.Tickets for Friday’s quarterfinal games at the Bell Centre range in price from $83 to $278, according to the Hockey Canada website.
The gold medal game $125 - $405 a pop.
Tickets in Buffalo were much lower priced than what they are in Toronto and Montreal. I bought 4 full packages in row 2 in the corner just below the goal line. Great seats and they cost me just over $800 per seat for 21 games or just under $40 per game. The package included 21 of the 31 tournament games including all Canada games, all USA games, key games from the other pool, all quarter final, semi final and medal games.
The same seat in Toronto is about 4X the price, gets you fewer games, and doesn't get you Canada's round robin games. For the price I paid in Buffalo you're sitting in purples at the ACC and getting fewer and less desirable games. The difference is the size of the market you pull from in Toronto and the number of and depth of corporate buyers. You can't charge the same prices in a Buffalo and you'd never fill the building in Hamilton at the prices they're charging in Toronto.
Probably true that a lot of the ticket packages in Toronto were bought by corporations. I ran into a cousin of mine at the ACC last Friday at the Czech - Sweden game. He was there with his son and he mentioned the tickets he had were ‘company seats’ that he had for that game and one of the quarter-finals.
Looking very good for Canada to make it to the Gold Medal game now as they will be up against Slovakia in one semi-final and they will meet the winner of Sweden - Russia in the final. I’m already getting excited for the game Monday - assuming we do beat Slovakia.
I’m sure a Canada- Russia final would be through the roof ratings wise. Already TSN ratings have been fantastic.
Check out the top sports ratings from last weekend where the World Juniors destroyed everything including HNIC. And these numbers don’t even include the New Years Eve USA game yet.
1. World junior hockey, Canada vs. Slovakia, Friday, TSN: 2,478,000
World juniors, Canada vs. Finland, Monday, TSN: 2,240,000
World juniors, Canada vs. Germany, Saturday, TSN: 2,072,000
World juniors, Finland-U.S/Denmark-Russia., Friday, TSN: 1,123,000
NFL, Lions-Packers/Rams-Seahawks, Sunday, CTV: 1,093,000
NHL, Wings-Sens/Jets-Wild/Caps-Pens, Saturday, CBC-Rogers: 899,000
NHL, Oilers-Flames/Sharks-Kings, Saturday, CBC-Sportsnet: 659,000
World juniors, Slovakia vs. Finland, Saturday, TSN: 611,000
NHL, Canucks at Ducks, Sunday, City: 569,000
NFL, Bengals at Steelers, Sunday, TSN: 542,000 (NBC viewers not measured)
Turned on the game tonight and 5-0 Canada, switched the channel, figured it would be a blowout. The Russia-US game earlier on was a lot better of course.
Canada better bring their A Game because the Russians look very good. 
Canucks vs Ruskies
Should be a great game.
The television numbers are going to go off the roof, for a Canadian audience, for this one tonight I bet.
can't get any better than a Rusky's vs Canucklehead's Gold medal match!!!
GO CANADA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And no NFL or anything sports to go up agains't, a recipe for huge numbers. Well maybe the NHL, not sure what NHL is on the tely tonight in Canada.
Does it even matter?
You have a big NFL game on or the Leafs, that will take away a significant amount of viewers even for this game, IMHO. The Grey Cup has to compete for viewers with NFL Sunday, that will take away a fair amount of potential solid football fans.
The boys did it and Richard Nurse player of the game! Congrats Canada and congrats to Team Russia for a gritty comeback that almost did it.
Oops, Darnell, my bad. :oops:
Also congrats to the Slovakian team for beating the Swedes for the Bronze medal earlier in the day. They beat some pretty big powerhouses like Finland and the Czechs to win the Bronze. Their goaltender was Tournament MVP, and they never gave up.
Some pictures I took at last night's games.
[url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10204029553472417.1073741864.1031186146&type=1&l=cfb8a14f82]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... cfb8a14f82[/url]This one probably my favourite just as Canada's 5th and eventual Gold Medal winning goal was scored.
"The boys did it and Richard Nurse player of the game! Congrats Canada and congrats to Team Russia for a gritty comeback that almost did it."
Now you know why we like Darnell so much here in the Sault!
:thup: Too bad he can't show his talent in front of a Hamilton home crowd. But that's a different story and how hockey and politics in this city have shut out that possibility, sadly. :roll:
Sorry but we won’t share 
However, soon enough we too will only be able to see him when he plays for the Oilers. Be thankful in the knowledge that he, as I, am a Hamiltonian at heart and I’m sure that we share the same love for our Cats!
Wow! What ratings for last night’s game.
[url=http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/TSN/Press/Golden-Record-World-Juniors-Breaks-All-Time-Audience-Record-in-Canadian-Specialty-TV-History-with-71-Million-Viewers]http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/TSN/P ... on-Viewers[/url][b]Golden Record: World Juniors Breaks All-Time Audience Record in Canadian Specialty TV History with 7.1 Million Viewers – Last night’s Gold Medal Game becomes most-watched broadcast ever on specialty television in Canada –– Overall, 13.4 million unique Canadian viewers watch Team Canada reclaim World Junior gold –
– Canadians consumed 105 million hours of the World Juniors on TSN and RDS over 11 days – three hours of viewing for every person in Canada –
– 2015 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP wraps up as most-watched World Juniors tournament ever –
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Jan · 06 · 15TSN
To tweet this release: http://bmpr.ca/1FiVFPqTORONTO (January 6, 2015) – Team Canada’s epic World Juniors gold medal win on home ice was an unforgettable moment that united fans across the nation. Preliminary overnight data confirms a record-breaking average audience of 7.1 million Canadians watched Canada’s thrilling 5-4 victory over Russia on TSN (6 million) and RDS (1.13 million), making it the most-watched broadcast on record on specialty television in Canada.
Last night’s game ranks as the most-watched World Juniors game ever – 6% higher than the 2011 Gold Medal Game (6.7 million viewers on TSN and RDS).
Overall, 13.4 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in to watch Team Canada reclaim World Junior gold. Audience levels on TSN and RDS peaked at 9.7 million viewers at 10:31 p.m. ET in the game’s dying seconds as Canada held on for the victory.
“Team Canada’s gold medal performance at the World Juniors has once again inspired fans across the country, and this massive audience demonstrates that fan engagement in the tournament has reached staggering new heights,? said Stewart Johnston, President of TSN. “Everyone at TSN is so proud to showcase the drama and excitement of this incredible tournament for viewers in Canada and around the world.?
“This IIHF World Junior Championship proved once again the passion Canadians have for hockey, and for this tournament,? said Tom Renney, president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada. “We are extremely proud of the work TSN and RDS did this year in Toronto and Montréal, and have done over the last 25 years. The networks have played an integral role in growing the World Juniors into the holiday tradition it has become, and we are thrilled to continue to strengthen our partnership with Canada’s Sports Leaders.?
World Juniors Audience Snapshot
TSN’s average audience for the dramatic game was an outstanding 6 million viewers, the second most-watched program ever on English specialty television (behind the 2011 World Juniors Gold Medal Game – 6.1 million), and the most-watched telecast on English television since THE 86TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS®
RDS registered its highest audience ever for a World Juniors game with 1.13 million viewers
Overall, 19.4 million Canadians – or more than half the country’s population – tuned in to watch some or all of TSN and RDS’s wall-to-wall coverage of the 2015 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP in Montréal and Toronto – a 14% increase compared to the last time it was played in Canada
Collectively, Canadians consumed 105 million hours of the World Juniors on TSN and RDS over 27 games in an 11 day period – three hours of viewing for every person in Canada
Every one of Team Canada’s 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship games ranked as the most-watched program of the day on Canadian television in all key demographics – elevating TSN to the #1 network in Canada on all seven days that Team Canada played, ahead of all conventional networks
The average audience for the seven Canada games was 3.8 million, a new all-time high
Team Canada’s semifinal victory over Slovakia on Sunday was the second most-watched game from the tournament, attracting an average audience of 4.5 million viewers on TSN (3.9 million) and RDS (617,000)
Russia’s semifinal victory over Sweden on Sunday was the most watched non- Canadian World Juniors semifinal game ever, with an average audience of 1.46 million viewers on TSN and RDS
World Juniors Audience Digital HighlightsComplementing the television broadcast, TSN and RDS Digital platforms set a new standard for fan engagement during the tournament. Highlights include:
TSN Digital platforms garnered more than 16 million pageviews, 1.9 million video views throughout the tournament
TSN GO recorded 427,000 streams during the tournament, an increase of more than three times its normal engagement. In addition, TSN.ca recorded 27,000 unique views for its multi-cam view of games from the tournament.
TSN.ca generated 1.8 million page views on Jan. 5 alone, a 65% increase compared to the last time Canada won a medal game (2012)
The @TSNHockey Twitter account delivered more than 20 million organic impressions against World Junior related content between Dec. 26 and Jan. 5, including exclusive in-game video content of the biggest moments of the tournament, live tweets of all World Juniors games, and breaking news and information
TSN’s #BigPlay Twitter Amplify execution in partnership with Canadian Tire raised $45,657 to help give kids the opportunity to play minor hockey
TSN’s hashtag for the tournament, #HereWeGo, trended across the country on multiple days throughout the tournament
RDS Digital platforms recorded 1.6 million pageviews throughout the tournament
World Juniors posts garnered more than 80,000 interactions on the RDS Facebook page
Twitter recorded more than 1 million tweets related to this year’s World Juniors, including a peak of 3,034 tweets per minute when Canada claimed the gold medal