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NHL sets attendance record; one-win Pens still draw

NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins

The NHL set an all-time attendance record for the month of October, attracting an average of 16,820 fans and filling rinks to 91.2 percent capacity.

And despite winning only one game in October, the Penguins' attendance jumped 31 percent compared to the opening
month of the 2003-04 season.

The Penguins averaged 15,902 in 16,940-seat Mellon Arena for
their six home games, two of which drew standing room-only crowds.

Two others were within a few hundred tickets of selling out.

Pittsburgh won the NHL draft lottery and chose top prospect
Sidney Crosby. The Penguins also signed veteran scorers Sergei Gonchar, Ziggy Palffy and John LeClair during the summer.

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