The Lowest Attended NHL Game - The 334 Club Story
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- On January 22nd 1987, the Calgary Flames visited the New Jersey Devils for each team's 48th game of the 86/87 NHL season. Though it looked to be a typical, run-of-the-mill regular season game, some terrible weather and a lack of fans would help this mid-season matchup earn its place in the hockey history books.
This is the story of the lowest attended game in NHL history...
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That’s a regular Florida Panthers season game crowd number!
The Devils can't draw flies either.
That, and a typical Thrashers crowd, when they played in Atlanta back in the day too! (L.O.L.!)
You’re a bit off. 331 of them are rooting for the away team.
@@BSTR03Hockey I remember seeing a Panthers home game vs the Lightning where all you could hear from the crowd on camera were "let's go Lightning" chants. That's the moment I started to truly feel bad for the Panthers.
Chandler Farmer they do that for the Pens too. I’ve heard it so many times. I was in Fort Lauderdale in 2019, and a guy at the kayaking place said everybody goes to Tampa 2 hours west, even though Sunrise is right up the road.
Flames vs Devils - The game was too hot for many fans :)
It truly was one "hell" of a game too! ;) (L.O.L.!)
Hahaha
*the city of new jersey*
lol
(I get its a mistake)
Yeah hes British. I've heard American commentators refer to provinces indirectly before. I've heard "in the city of Ontario, Canada" when really they should be referring to the city in the province.
Why do Americans often refer to Canada with either such incorrect titles or just as one general place?
"This video footage from Canada..."
Damn, I was today years old when I learned that NJ isn't a city. I'm Canadian btw.
@@karliekray8290 lol its ok
@@theschof96 i physically cannot understand canadian geography
@@pumpkingreg6673 what dont you understand?
Yes, that really was Brett Hull in a Calgary uniform
"Don't look now, a bunch of your old players just won a Cup with the Flames. At least you got Brett Hull from one of those trades."
-UrinatingTree, "The St. Louis Blues: A Legacy of Failure"
They regretted letting Hully go in that trade!
In March of 1988, the Calgary Flames made one of the worst trades in NHL history.
At the young age of 23, Brett Hull was in the middle of a great rookie season, having scored 50 points through his first 52 career games. It didn’t matter. The Flames traded Hull, alongside Steve Bozek in exchange for Rob Ramage and Rick Wamsley.
Brett Hull wrote the forward for 100 Things (David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated)
Brett Hull (David E. Klutho/Sports Illustrated)
Of the two players the Flames received, Ramage was the most skilled. A strong defender, Ramage could also contribute offensively, yet he only played with the Flames for one full season before he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Goaltender Rick Wamsley was not a standout player either. Wamsley played parts of four seasons with the Flames as a backup before he too was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a huge trade which also made this list.
In Brett Hull, the St. Louis Blues acquired one of the most dynamic goalscorers in NHL history. In his first season with the Blues, Hull scored 41 goals. He followed up this performance by posting totals of 72, 86 and 70 goals in his next three seasons in St.Louis.
All in all, Hull ended up playing in St. Louis for 11 years. In his 744 career games with the Blues, Hull scored 527 goals and 936 points.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.
GlOriA
Do one on Jack Johnson, on how his own parents screwed him over financially by urging him to fire his agent and allowing his parents power of attorney. They would borrow money with high interest rates against his future earnings, while Jack Johnson had no knowledge of what was going on. Jack Johnson was left with $50,000, and was the lowest paid player in the NHL while his contracts went to pay back all the money his parents borrowed.
That's funny! The video you requested is what brought me to this video lol
Your wish is his command 😀
JB TwoFour same
And now he's a Stanley Cup Champion.
334 fans in attendance? Suddenly I don't feel so bad for the Panthers
Aged well, huh?
Should have been 333 club.
Half way to hell.
Let's go devil's.
My dad had a ticket to this game. He was supposed to go with friends, but he couldn’t get their. His friends pushed through the snow tho. He missed out on an exclusive club.
Could've been 335 lol
Nice moves by the Devils to do some neat stuff for the 334 Club. Stay classy New Jersey. I can't believe I just typed that. Lol
lol it did sound kinda lame. Grandmothery, even!
Empty seated games! Look at the Florida Panthers games, barely any fans there
They still crack nearly 10,000 though. That's at least competent. Their stadium isn't THAT empty. Compared to Montréal it is, but in the grand scheme of things, it isn't horrific. THIS is horrific.
Sees lowest attend hockey game
Me: 2020 NHL playoffs
Yeah...they don't count
Clearly you didn’t watch the whole video
Odd Man Rush, the voice of hockey.
Due to the recent virus, shows corona beer bottle 😂😂😂
"The City of New Jersey" ! That was the best! Great video! I subbed!
Lowest attendance to a NHL game
Panthers fans: am i a joke to you?
Yes..... Yes you are definitely a joke to everyone. Lol!!!!
Yeah... Keep your mouth shut.
A British-based NHL channel?? What a rare find!
Also I notice the subtle, unusual pronunciation of 'to' and 'move' (in which the o's are actually pronounced like o's) in his accent.
Thanks for the story. I was not aware of this occurrence. And I agree that it was very classy to send them items for attending and celebrating it 25 years later.
Ha, good stuff! Like other Devils fans, I can safely tell you that getting to the Meadowlands can be a *massive* headache even on regular traffic days, thanks to the lack of public transit in that area and how clogged Route 3 often becomes. It's one of the biggest reasons I'm so glad the team moved to Newark, NJ, where tons of train lines converge and make for an infinitely less frustrating trip in, even if it did largely mean the end of tailgating before a Devils game.
And hey, at least that '87 Devils team became the miraculous '88 squad that made the Cinderella run to the conference finals.
A game with only 334 people could have only happened at the meadowlands arena. The arena was in the middle of no where, with no mass transit to the arena. There's also no towns, downtown areas or cities anywhere near the arena. It was the perfect storm (no pun intended) for there to be an nhl game with 334 people in attendance. Could not have happened at any other arena in North America. Had nothing to with the devils or flames.
At 5:14 that picture is I-85 in Durham NC
From the February 12th 2014 Snowstorm we had down here.
The snowpocalypse
You deserve so many more fans
No they don't.
I'm excited for sports to be going again. The UFC has been helping a lot but I really miss hockey and basketball too. Once I have all three again I'll be happy lol
Love your videos Odd. One comment, it sounds funny when you say "score points". I always thought it was you "score goals", but "get points"?
Cast your minds back even further to January 1982. The Edmonton Oilers were due in Largo, Md. on the 13th to take on the Washington Capitals.
My wife & I were still newlyweds living in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond still had a minor league hockey team called the Rifles, and I was one of their most rabid fans, stopping just short of foaming at the mouth (Karen also enjoyed the games). I had spent the past couple of seasons reading in The Hockey News about some kid named Wayne Gretzky who was apparently turning the hockey world upside down with his superhuman skills. Naturally, with both of us working and no kids just yet we had a little extra cash on hand, so I purchased 2 tickets to the game. Largo was only about a 2-hour drive so the plan was to return home after the game, rather than staying somewhere overnight.
On game day, the weather forecasts were calling for heavy snow so we left early to give ourselves plenty of time to get there. We were driving our new 1982 Ford Escort which had front-wheel drive, which turned out to be a real blessing. By Fredericksburg, the snow was coming down hard and traffic slowed to about 35 MPH. By the time we reached what is now known as The Mixing Bowl in Springfield, we were down to a crawl on I-95 before exiting to the Beltway, where traffic was a little lighter but the roadway was in terrible shape. The plows just couldn't keep up, but I vowed to press on until we reached our goal. Nothing was going to stop us from getting to the game. Finally, we crept into the Cap Centre parking lot thankful that the temperature was just above the freezing point and we didn't hit any icy patches.
Once inside, we were offered free coffee and hot chocolate and told we could sit wherever we wanted. We watched the warmups, then got some dinner and settled in to watch what I expected to be a great game. #99 didn't disappoint as he netted the game's first goal less than 2 minutes in, and added 2 assists on Jari Kurri's 2 goals later in the 1st. The Caps clawed their way back to tie the game in the 2nd period, and each team scored once in the 3rd to bring the game to a 6-6 conclusion.
The trip home was slow but uneventful. The next day we watched the evening news hoping to hear more about the previous day's blizzard. It was then that we learned of the tragic Air Florida flight that clipped the 14th Street bridge and slammed into the Potomac River. I thought I had really accomplished something, but what happened that day in the river was a sobering lesson in what's really important.
"cast your minds ba-" Aaaaaaand I'm out.
lol jk, I'd read if not so tired.
New Jersey is a state!
Can confirm. I live in Jersey. Let's go Flyers!*
Can confirm, have seen a map before
OF MIND.
yo this video was top! really interesting
in 2018 there was an AHL game played without fans due to weather as well
Great video very interesting! Wondering if anyone is selling any of the 334 jackets.
What a great story!
Everyone talks about the Pittsburgh Penguins past low attendance & financial woes
But a lot of the American markets struggled financially outside the original 6
Teams like the Devils, Panthers and Islanders they're barely keeping their head above water
Cool story, Thx 🙂👍🏼
Great info do they have winter storm in Miami too...Just asking Garry
The music has been disappointingly quiet in the exhibition games I've watched so far, especially the goal horns and songs. Although I would like to know if Edmonton and Toronto had better sound in their games...
Its awesome i have met joe cirella he was the assistant coach for my Favourite Ontario hockey league team
I went to a Philadelphia Phantoms-Syracuse Crunch game in Philly during an ice storm on 2/12/08 and there couldn't have been more than 334 people there. And probably less. But I had to see Jon Mirasty play.
4:35 I go to that gym lol. That’s the physio room in the back
I think this happened once in Buffalo & one of the players had use his Skidoo to get to the arena.
Well in Buffalo half the fans have their own snowmobiles, so they could get there fine
I love the Devils, they're my favorite team. Half my closet is Devils jerseys and shirts. And, I can say, this is what our arena would look like now.
I remember that storm. I was living in NY at that time.
I was 1.5 away from death in my prior life as an aardvark. I mostly just walked around and ate some ants that day.
Yeah, I can imagine 300 people at an NHL game. Check out the Florida Panthers. I swear I remember a game in which only family and friends showed up. Temperatures were balmy. There may have been a slight breeze coming off the ocean, but that didn't stop everyone from going to the game. p.s. I love your creative content. It's fun to watch. P.P.S. I will never forgive the Devils for abandoning the red white and green uniforms. They were awesome.
That was so nice of them.
At 3:17 we have a picture of a European track in the USA which is on the side with maybe less then a foot of snow. it just makes it weird and out of place
Only 300+ fans? Sounds like a majority of Carolinas regular season games before last year. Fans only showed up it seemed once it was a series winning game or the second round...that's hella classy of New Jersey to do that, really don't think any other sports league would do that
I thought it would be a Seals or Scouts game
Or even a Barons game, considering where their arena was located at the time. I remember reading about this somewhere before.
bluebear1985 yeah they were like 30 min away from Cleveland
@@dababy8007 I think Richfield, where the arena was, was about halfway to Akron. To think someone actually used it until around the late 90s.
They still have more fans than florida buffalo and arizona combined
HockeyDude98 yeah😂
The TV broadcast of this game back to Calgary showed a male fan who would get up after every stoppage of to change seats. The color commentator Harry Neale suggested on air near the end of the game that perhaps some fans should see if a few players needed a ride home!!
Crazy to say the least.
luv it!
2:28 is the stadium today, no teams play there it’s now a film/tv set...
3:17 this photo doesn't look like it's from 1987 . . . . or New Jersey
Still more than at a regular coyotes game ....
Edgy.
The 334 club is so great. It really shows they cared about the fans back then
7,311 was the lowest attended Florida Panthers game for comparison reasons.
Flames and Devils melted ice , game postponed.
No one liked your joke :( ... But I got it, Buff Barnaby. I noticed.... Godamnit, I noticed.
The city of New Jersey... NJ is a state and the arena was in East Rutherford.
The green devils gear is as goofy as it is appealing. I think a modern rebrand that brings the green back would be rad. As long as it doesn't bring back our record from back then.
This is how it is at KeyBank Center home of my Buffalo Sabres I never ever used to be like this fucking said when we played in the old AUD tickets were always sold out our teams are always competitive nowadays I don't even know who the Sabres teams are
My mom went to that game!!!
I was there. My girlfriend and I thought it was a great time. She decided to blow me in the stands during the second period. Great head, great game.
I saw you. I was Cleveland steaming up on balcony D.
@@d-rockanomaly9243 Haha! Damn, all kinds of antics!
The city of New Jersey. Wow
Reminds me of the thrashers games
I forgot about them... Already hah.
Same day as the infamous Budd Dwyer incident.
Empty seats at poor little Devils games were a common occurrence. @ 3:19 Nick Fotu! Ah, 'life' in the city of Jersey...
If you dent the 'net and there's nobody to see it does it count?
Had nothing to do with the devils. The meadowlands arena was in the middle of no where. No mass transit went to the arena. Couldn't have happened at any other arena in North America
2:58 my man said the city of new jersey
I became a devils fan back when cable tv just began and the devils home games were on the USA network with Al Trautwig and Gary Green calling the games. Hockey is still the best game going although the game has been ruined by all the ridiculous rule changes.
Plot twist the flames lost because they were in such shock from how the devils reacted to the snow
we dont have to imagine an nhl game with zero fans
I don't know what's weirder, the low attendance at this game or that some British guy follows hockey. Didn't even think they knew what hockey is.
lol . Now imagine a British guy PLAYING hockey. That puts funny imagery in my head for some reason.
That looks like a normal Florida Panthers game to me
I just posted that!
You should do What ever Happened to Cam Barker?
I subbed
For how long?
5:39 Yeah, just watch a Florida Panthers home game.
Surprised it wasn’t a panthers game lol
Or coyotes or sabres
The only reason I watched this is cause the flames are my favourite team and I’m still sulking that they lost against Dallas in the first round
New Jersey drivers cannot handle driving in snow. It never ends well.
2 feet wouldn't stop anyone in Calgary
As a canadian I can tell you : 1- almost 2 feets of snow is a lot, enough to bring traffic to a jam
2- this ain't no reason to ditch a hockey game
Have you ever driven in northern NJ? There’s way too many people. Especially if there’s a snowstorm, people probly werent able to make the end of the game because of the traffic. I got stuck in a traffic jam in between little cobourg and Bowmanville Ontario because of snow, and it took me six hours to get out of it, now picture the millions of people in north jersey/nyc area haha
@@Dalt21 i'm from montreal i know what snow storm and traffic are like
Jonathan Côté all I’m saying is that the greater nyc population vs the greater Montreal population is a lot bigger. 18 million people versus 4 million people. Not only that, we’re not used to getting many snow storms like in Montreal. So it’s extra chaotic lol.
you could've told me this was a florida panthers game and i probably would've believed you
Everybody gangsta until the British guy starts talking about hockey
'The city of New Jersey'
mlb would dream of those numbers
Didnt this happen in a game with the devils and whalers
No what happened in that game is two players had to ref
City of New Jersey?
“Hello hockey faaaaans” ah yes
With 2 games going at my house league arena (and the 4 teams playing being the teams that have the most players & parents) we would have around 330 people in attendance 🤣🤣🤣
2:55 I know you didn’t just say the city of New Jersey
The only way a Flames game could get so few seats is in New Jersey.
Or Florida.
This game had low attendance!
2020: haha
Here for all the panthers jokes
Coming right up, my man - What did the panther say at the poker party? I'd be lion if I said I was a cheetah.
2:58 City of New Jersey? 🤦♂️
New Jersey is my city
At 2:59, he says "bringing the 'city' of New Jersey to a standstill." I know New Jersey isn't the biggest state in size, but the narrator has to do a better job!
And Buffalo did not make the playoffs back then either. What a mess.
And they were coached by scotty bowman. An even bigger mess
Sorry man, they were playing 80 games per season back then, not 48.
2:56 the CITY of New Jersey?
He’s British give him a break 😂
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Yeah and now we have teams loosing their fucking minds right now because of the bubble. Fleury and his agent, Marchessault and his wife vs Instagram for some reason, the capitals having an on Ice meltdown, the pens leaving early and giving up, Tukka Rask fucking off back to Boston, and a couple players on st Louis boarding themselves, not to mention the refs giving the helmet to an opposite teams player. Don't forget the NHL thanking it's four oscillating floor fans, and thanking absolutely no one in attendence, and we'll as them telling us how to safely leave our couches at the end of the game lol
@M Detlef yeah probably
Imagine if there were 666 people instead 😅
420...before it actually happened
2ft of snow is nothing lmao we got like 4 one day
You sound like a CZcamsr, modest pelican gaming
Georgemasontv sounds like memeulous
There was a snowstorm
Just saved you 11 minutes