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Detroit Red Wings Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for DET

Posted on by Andrew Wilf

The midwest lives and dies for the ice and the puck, and especially in the great lake state. In Detroit, there is an unwavering amount of Detroit Red Wings fans, largely due to their great organization’s history. The Red Wings have won 11 Stanley Cup Finals Wins, which is the third most out of any team in the NHL. The Red Wings won their first in 1936, and most recently in 2008. To feel immersed in the Detroit Red Wings’ there are many ways to stay connected. These ways include going to the game, going to a watch party or being a part of fan clubs or following fanpage accounts. The most well-known fan page accounts are redwings._.fans and redwingsfanclub.

Detroit Red Wings players celebrating as they have just won the 2008 Stanley

 

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Anaheim Ducks NHL Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for Ducks

Posted on by Kaleb Youngren

The National Hockey League’s Anaheim Ducks, originally founded in 1993, prioritize their fan experience as much as their players’. Their official website offers insight into how the team connects with its fan base through promotions, subscriptions and other engagement opportunities. For example, the club runs various hockey programs, allowing children, teenagers, adults and people with disabilities to enjoy the game of hockey in a Ducks’ environment. These programs are extremely inclusive and strive to improve individual skill, while impressing the team’s core values upon its fans. Additionally, the Ducks’ Hockey Spot, located in front of the south entrance of the Honda Center, offers fans an entertaining destination before games. Although these opportunities are only available to fans in the greater Anaheim area, FanWide ensures that remote fans have the ability to connect and bond through watch parties or other team events.

 

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Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Watch Parties and Fan Club Events for TML

Posted on by Alex Fishbone

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a wide fanbase, both in the United States in addition to the fans in Canada. Due partly because of the cold weather in Canada, many people move to the United States, resulting in a large American fan base. The Maple Leafs have a total of 1 million followers on Instagram. They also have 1.9 million followers on Twitter and 1.3 million on Facebook. The Maple Leafs have a total of 4.2 million followers across the major platforms.

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Tampa Bay Lightning Game Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for TB

Posted on by Lucas Fishbone

The Tampa Bay Lightning have developed a massive fanbase all over the globe through the knowledgeable use of social media and their team website. The usage of Facebook (542K followers), Instagram (524K followers), and Twitter (704K followers) encourages and inspires members of the Tampa Bay community, as well as people worldwide, to follow the team and show their support through each and every platform. The team employs specific people who are specialized in social media platforms in order to introduce new people to the greatness of the organization and keep all fans updated on team news, events, and rumors. 

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New York Islanders NHL Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for NYI

Posted on by Jack Ryan

The New York Islanders have acquired a large sum of fans through the ways in which the team utilizes their social media accounts as well as their website. In addition, the team branches out in their community quite often, doing various community service and charitable acts. Overall, the team has displayed a large amount of care for their fans, which leads to a very large fanbase. To begin, the team mainly utilizes social medias like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, having large amounts of followers on each platform. The team keeps their fans updated on these accounts by posting highlights, individual statistics, roster updates, and anything else a fan might need. This keeps their fans engaged, as they are able to easily keep up with what is going on within the team. They also post about the community service events that staff, players, and fans engage in on their social media accounts. It allows fans to not only join in these community service events with the players, but also lets them notice the great work that the team is doing. 

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Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for CBJ

Posted on by Jack Ryan
Nationwide Stadium, home to the Columbus Blue Jackets

Located in the 14th most populous city in the United States, the Columbus Blue Jackets have built themselves a large fan base that contributes to their overall success. This is due to the multiple ways in which the team communicates with their fans. For example, the team utilizes social media applications such as Instagram (with 344,000 followers), Twitter (with 477,000 followers) or Facebook (with 307,000 followers). Despite the fact that these accounts rank 28th among all NHL teams in terms of quantity of followers (according to Sports Business Daily), they are still heavily utilized when delivering game highlights, statlines, post-game interviews, and many other things to their fanbase. 

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Philadelphia Flyers NHL Watch Parties and Fan Club Events for PHI

Posted on by Alex Fishbone

The Philadelphia Flyers were the first expansion team in the post–Original Six era (the original 6 hockey teams) to win the Stanley Cup, victorious in 1973 and again in 1974. Based in The City of Brotherly Love, the Flyers have a tremendous fanbase. They have 1.58 million followers on Twitter and just about 600K followers on Instagram. Additionally, the Flyers have over 1 million followers on Facebook, giving them a total of around 3.18 million followers across the major social media platforms.

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Las Vegas Golden Knights NHL Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for VGK

Posted on by Lucas Fishbone

Being the most recent addition to the National Hockey League, most would have expected the Las Vegas Golden Knights to experience all the struggles of new teams. However, the Vegas Knights thrived in their introduction to the NHL. Populating a Facebook page of 360K, a Twitter of 445K, and an Instagram of over 650K, the Knights have extended their fanbase beyond the Vegas area. Being located in Vegas, the tourism business allows William Foley (owner of the Knights) to organize different events in order to intrigue these tourists to watch the Knights play. 

 

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New Jersey Devils Game Watch Parties & Fan Club Events for NJD

Posted on by Lucas Fishbone

The New Jersey Devils future is filled with promising young stars and a fanbase that is always supporting the team at every game. Young stars such as Jack Huges, the number one draft pick in 2019, has proven to be worth the pick. Along with the stellar future, the Devil’s organization has prioritized their communications with fans throughout the world. With over 450K Facebook followers, 738K Twitter followers, and 310K Instagram followers, the Devil’s represent what a fan community wants in an organization. The constant news updates and articles posted gives the fans insight into the team. 

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Where to Watch Avalanche Games and NHL Hockey in Colorado Springs, CO

Posted on by Matt Carwin

With the decline of cable, it has become more and more difficult to keep watching your favorite local sports teams, as many packages have been cancelled or cut. Recently, Comcast has cut Altitude Sports, which is the sports package that shows local Colorado teams. This includes the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, MLS’s Colorado Rapids and NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. Altitude Sports is only available on DirecTV and thus, many Avalanche fans are lost and searching for a bar or restaurant to view their team. With FanWide, fans can always find the best place to watch the Avalanche with other local fans, even in Olympic City USA.

FanWide.com, the World’s Largest Sports Fan Club Network, locates the nearest venue in Colorado showing your team and your game with sound. Their fan reward program featuring FanChain Tokens (FANZ) has also been recently launched so that fans can earn rewards for simply watching their own team. Soon fans will be able redeem their FANZ for free drinks, merchandise, and even game tickets.