Sens buy 5,000 leftover Zellers mannequins to fill empty seats

[VintageVibe]

Sens buy 5,000 leftover Zellers mannequins to fill empty seats

... seriously though, this is embarrassing on so many levels for Canada and our hockey markets.

[ericdaoust]

Are 5k mannequins even enough?

[The Bottlenecker]

Maybe after today's game that will change. Fantastic victory!

[Atomic Wedgy]

Was there really that many empty seats in game one? Seriously, not being able to sell out a playoff hockey game in Canada seems almost impossible. Come on Ottawa.

[blayze]

It's pathetic.

If it was Sens vs Leafs every game would be sold out.

[forsbergfan]

so this story is actually a joke, for those who didn't read the whole article! I watched most of game 2, and that crowd was loud. definitely not 5000 empty seats. I especially loved the pageau chants.

[notch4077]

Empty seats doesn't mean in wasn't sold out.

But yeah, let's keep this non-topic going instead of talking about the Sens being up 2-0. Confusing to most when it shouldn't be.

[The Comish]

Woo Hoo, date night!!

[Mr. Guru]

That's what happens when the team plays in Kanata. One of the worst located stadiums in the NHL.

[Tobias Funke]

Can't someone setup some sort of shuttle bussses from the city or something for these home games or something like that

[rataylor22]

Empty seats doesn't mean in wasn't sold out.

But yeah, let's keep this non-topic going instead of talking about the Sens being up 2-0. Confusing to most when it shouldn't be.

There are pictures of the ticketmaster website just before puck drop of all the unsold seats in the arena. This isn't just a narrative, for game 1 it was actually true.

Now also, I don't care. But there were a bunch unsold seats.

[ericdaoust]

I heard it was 2000 unsold seats for game 1. I could be wrong though, only heard it once on NHL Network radio channel.

[Dobber]

That's what happens when the team plays in Kanata. One of the worst located stadiums in the NHL.

Yes, but I can't really speak against it - one of my closest friends lives in Kanata and it's quite handy

[newfcollins]

Can't someone setup some sort of shuttle bussses from the city or something for these home games or something like that

They have those. There are city buses, plus many of the bars/restaurants have shuttles to and from the game. There's really no excuse why they can't sell out that building for a second-round playoff game.

[Sulla]

Wonder if everyone assumed it was sold out and didn't even try to get tickets... Seems really odd but can't believe it is the apathy of the senators fans