NHL experiencing sustained growth with female, younger fans (2024)

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What percent of NHL fans are male? ›

Most of those new fans are likely within the coveted 18-49 age demographic, too, since nearly 40% of all NHL fans are under 50.

Manon Rheaume: First woman to play in NHL

Just to showcase women's hockey was a big moment.

But there are still large demographic inequities in the NHL. According to the report, 83.6% of employees across the NHL and its teams are white, 4.17% Asian, 3.74% Black, 3.71% Hispanic/Latino and 0.5% Indigenous, while 2.48% of employees opted not to answer.

According to NHL research, 37 percent of hockey fans are female.

According to NHL research, 37% of hockey fans are female, including an eye-popping 26% growth in that demographic since 2016. Most of those new fans are likely within the coveted 18-49 age demographic, too, since nearly 40% of all NHL fans are under 50.

The NBA has the youngest audience, with 45 percent of its viewers under 35. It also has the highest share of black viewers, at 45 percent—three times higher than the NFL or NCAA basketball.

Registered teams play in the classifications of 8-and-Under (mite), 10-and-Under (squirt), 12-and-Under (peewee), 14-and-Under (bantam), 16-and-Under (midget) and 18-and-Under (midget), and USA Hockey's Youth Council wants to emphasize these benefits.

Playing with boys helps, but it is a personal decision

In conclusion, playing on a boy's team during key developmental minor hockey years appears to provide all the right ingredients for girls to reach their full potential as a hockey player.

Has a woman ever played in the NFL? ›

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No. Women are increasingly involved in management and coaching at the highest level, but no woman will ever play in the NHL. The best female players in the world are at a level similar to that of 16 year old male AAA players. They just aren't nearly as strong or large physically as men and can't keep up.

Ice hockey has traditionally been a male-dominated culture that has both promoted and legitimised masculine dominance and gender inequality.

The Chicago Blackhawks – as one of the Original Six NHL teams and having won six Stanley Cup titles since their founding in 1926 – considerably outpace every other team in the NHL, according to our fan loyalty ranking.

The main reason for such a big drop is that both cable nets have doubled the number of games that they have carried compared to last season, from 27 to 54. Bigger schedules of games typically hurt average viewership.

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Manon Rheaume uses her glove to make a save during her professional debut against the St. Louis Blues on Sept. 23, 1992, in Tampa, Fla. Rheaume was the first woman to play in one of four major pro sports leagues.

Katie Guay (born 1982) is an American ice hockey official, currently serving as a referee in the National Hockey League (NHL) and American Hockey League (AHL).

The National Hockey League (NHL) has seen a decline in viewership in recent years. One reason for the decline in viewership may be the lack of a national broadcast deal in the United States.

According to USA Hockey, there were around 548,000 registered hockey players in 2021-22, a jump of approximately 95,000 from the previous year.

Hockey Player Statistics By Race

The most common ethnicity among hockey players is White, which makes up 72.8% of all hockey players. Comparatively, there are 8.9% of the Black or African American ethnicity and 7.5% of the Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.

Which national sport has the most female viewers? ›

The only top ten female viewed sport that actually has an overwhelmingly female audience is figure skating: about 70% of the 3.9 million viewers drawn to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January.

In February 2022, pickleball was named the country's fastest-growing sport for the second year in a row by the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. Pickleball has 4.8 million players nationwide, an increase of nearly 40% over two years ago.

puck bunny (plural puck bunnies) (slang, ice hockey) A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Puck bunnies exhibit similar traits to those of groupies toward musicians.

A puck bunny is a term used to describe a female ice hockey fan whose interest in the sport is purported to be primarily motivated by sexual attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself.

Flamingo: when a player lifts one leg, standing like a flamingo, to get out of the way of a shot.

Rob Vollman summarizes this quite well in his book Stat Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Hockey Analytics: “Most players hit their peak age by age 24 or 25 then decline gradually until age 30, at which point their performance can begin to tumble more noticeably with the risk of absolute collapse by age 34 or 35.”

White fans make up around 77 percent of the NHL fan base.

What percent of NFL fans are male? ›

Most popular women's sports globally 2021

As of June 2021, soccer was the most popular women's sport worldwide, with 22 percent of respondents claiming to follow the sport.

For example, football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, boxing and hockey are examples of male-dominated sports because they are thought of as being more “masculine.” On the other hand, gymnastics and figure skating are thought to be female-dominated sports because they are more “feminine.”

Experts say men still outperform women in many sports due to greater muscle mass and other physical attributes. However, new research indicates women can perform better in longer distances and in colder temperatures.

The Dallas Cowboys lead the way for online engagement, with 21.5% of conversations coming from female supporters during 2021. The Buffalo Bills follow closely behind (20.8%), with the New Orleans Saints (20.6%), Kansas City Chiefs (20.6%), and Seattle Seahawks (18.2%) making up the rest of the top five.

In November of 2007, the Steelers were ranked as the most popular local sports franchise out of all 122 teams in the MLB, NFL, NHL, and NBA. They also have the highest percentage of female fans in the NFL, ranking twice as high as the average city.

For more information, please contact fisherpub@sjf.edu. Women have become increasingly interested in sports. Significantly so with the National Football League, 44% of NFL fans are female fans (Waller, 2013). This new found fandom has abruptly changed the demographic and target market of the sports fan base.