A lot more hockey fans than a lot of cities, especially for a big city where sports aren't #1.

Having them play in Manhattan, near where everyone (who can afford tickets) works in Midtown, and easy public transit means there's a lot of support.

A sad amount of people from Long Island are Rangers fans since the Isles haven't been good for 30 years.

But yeah, surprisingly (to my normal assumptions) NYC is actually pretty big on hockey.

I'm up in the Hudson Valley now and it's all Rangers.