By Randy Russon – Hockey News North
Five weeks into the 2015-2016 season and the expansion Soo Eagles lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in average per-game attendance.
Playing out of venerable Pullar Stadium in the Michigan Soo, the Eagles have averaged 644 fans per outing thus far in their return to the NOJHL after three seasons in the North American Hockey League.
Following the Eagles on the NOJHL per-game-average-attendance chart are the Timmins Rock at 591, the Iroquois Falls Eskis at 508, the Elliot Lake Wildcats at 459, the Cochrane Crunch at 381, the Rayside-Balfour Canadians at 379, the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners at 363, the Powassan Voodoos at 314, the Soo Thunderbirds at 288, the French River Rapids at 283, the Blind River Beavers at 253 and the Espanola Express at 202.