I’m saving to go to Canada for next hockey season (so September to April). The aim is to watch as many games as I can and also see Canada. I reckon I’m gonna do Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal over 10 to 12 days.

What’s the best time to visit? I’m cautious about games being cancelled due to rubbish weather

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    The key to getting affordable Hockey Games tickets like all pro sporting games is timing.

    Last year my wife and I wanted to see a Capitals Game (NHL team in Washington DC) so we made dinner reservations across the street from the rink and saw that the tickets were like 350 a head. So we decided to just do dinner and roll home. While getting our apps she checked the price of the tickets and they were now 120 a head. We got the tickets and missed a bit of the start of the game, but the seat were three rows from the glass and we got to see Ovechkin tie Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record.

    Not being a big hockey follower we were oblivious that was even happening. So Gretsky was at the game.

    The next time the Capital were playing was in New York at the islander’s rink and the tickets were going or 3500 bucks a piece.

    Sooooo… plan your stadium trip around games and just be willing to be flexible about getting tickets and you should be able to do it for pretty affordable.

    Also look for teams that have loosing records then tend to not sell out…