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Worcester hockey fans are feeling a little something this morning after the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, which begin June 1. Until last year, Worcester was home to the Sharks’ AHL affiliate team, the Worcester Sharks. The Sharks moved to San Jose to become part of the newly formed Pacific Division of the AHL at the end of last season. The presence of the AHL team in Worcester created a special place for the NHL’s San Jose Sharks in area residents, which makes Wednesday’s win to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals a bittersweet one for area fans.
“It would have been really special to see the Sharks in the Stanley Cup finals last year,” said one local fan, who declined to give a name. “It’s just not the same when we don’t have that official connection anymore. “
The Sharks, who have almost made it to the playoffs multiple times in recent years, were not expected to win their division this year. “It’s a little ironic that the team advanced in a year when no one predicted they’d make the Stanley Cup finals,” the Worcester fan added, “after choking on their way to the finals in all the years people expected them to get there.”
The San Jose Sharks will play the Pittsburgh Penguins, who went a full seven games in the NHL Eastern Division finals to advance to the Stanley Cup playoffs. The series opener will take place Wednesday, June 1, 2016, with the Penguins having home ice advantage. Stanley Cup tickets have been available for some time, but ticket prices and sales are spiking now that the teams and schedule have been finalized.
Stanley Cup tickets are selling at a premium right now, according to SportsTicketBank.com, a premiere secondary ticket sales market. The site has tickets available for all of the upcoming Stanley Cup games, though prices vary widely from game to game. “That’s not unusual for big playoff series,” a spokesperson for the site explained. “Tickets for the first four games always sell out fast. Tickets for later games may stick around a little longer, since many people will only buy once they’re certain the games will be played. “
Ticket availability on third party ticket sites varies widely, and inventory changes frequently as tickets are sold and new tickets are added. Fans who want to be assured of seats to the games they want to see should reserve their tickets as soon as they become available, because there is no guarantee that the tickets will be available for very long, the
SportsTicketBank.com spokesperson noted. The full schedule and ticket availability can be found at the SportsTicketBank.com website.
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