Hockeytown

Hockeytown is a generic term that is primarily used in the United States and Canada. This is used mainly in major cities, with a strong hockey tradition and famous teams. As Hockeytown especially following cities are referred to:

Warroad, Minnesota is considered the oldest city with the nickname " Hockeytown " for over 50 years. "Hockey Town" is also one of several nicknames the city of Detroit from the state of Michigan, where play the team that wins the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League at Joe Louis Arena. Fame, the term also associated with the Brawl in Hockeytown.

At the international level, the term " Hockeytown " has established itself in the Norwegian city of Sarpsborg, home of the Sparta Warriors.

Farber 's list of 2007 focuses on Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Saint Paul, before St. Paul is declared from the state of Minnesota as a new " Hockeytown " of the United States.

Binghamton, New York is known as " Hockeytown " since the mid- 1970s. After a weak first year the Broome Dusters gained greatly in popularity, the arena was often sold out. Thanks to the rapid success of the team Binghamton was soon declared by the leading hockey journal The Hockey News as " Hockeytown ". Nowadays Binghamton is home to one American Hockey League team, the Binghamton Senators, their first Calder Cup outdated 2011.

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