Over 1.3 Million Fans Have Watched ECHL Hockey Live this Season. State of Florida Accounts for 16 Percent of Total Attendance

The ECHL is red hot in the state of Florida.

Heading into the holiday break, a grand total of 302 ECHL games have been played accounting for a total attendance of 1,363,186 fans. 

Of that total, 222,898 fans, or 16% of that cumulative total, have packed barns in the Sunshine State.

Jacksonville, leading the ECHL with a whopping 103,967 fans through 13 games, with an average attendance of 7,997 per game, outdraws all but four clubs in the American Hockey League. 

The Orlando Solar Bears, with a combined attendance of 65,340 through 10 games for an average of 6,534 a game, and the defending two-time Kelly Cup champion Florida Everblades, with 53,591 through 9 games for a 5,955 average, rank sixth and seventh for average attendance per game. 

Elsewhere, the Fort Wayne Komets - 85,652 fans through 11 games with a 7,787 average - and the Toledo Walleye - 84,435 fans through 11 games with a 7,676 average - clock in at second and third in the league for average attendance.