Perhaps everyone does love a train wreck, after all.
Or, more accurately, folks are inclined to slow down for a gander at the
carnage.
Crazy as it seems, the Newmarket Hurricanes-Stouffville Spirit matchup at
the Ray Twinney Complex in Newmarket drew by a mile the largest crowd among
four games scheduled Thursday night in the Provincial Jr. A Hockey League.
In fact, the contest drew 758 fans to watch the Spirit hand a plucky
Hurricanes team, which battled from three-goal deficits twice only to lose
6-5 in the final minutes its seventh straight loss and 11th in 12 starts.
This is a Hurricanes team that is fighting to remain out of the North
Conference basement and was playing under the dark cloud of an internal
issue which saw five players, including four defencemen, suspended earlier
in the week for violating teams rules.
And then it surpasses its nightly average of 625 fans with one of its best
draws of the season.
At the same time, games in Markham, Kingston and Brampton — all teams with
winning records and situated in the top half of their conferences — drew a
combined 413 customers, topped by 175 in Markham.
Crazy, huh?
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