Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres - March 28, 2016

Wallethub study ranked Detroit as the best city for hockey fans in 2016 (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com).

Detroit was ranked at the top of the list of 2016's best cities for hockey fans in the U.S. by personal finance Web site Wallethub.

"To identify the best places for hockey spectators, WalletHub's number crunchers compared 72 of the largest cities by division across 17 key metrics," Wallethub wrote. "Our data set ranges from performance level of the city's team(s) to minimum season-ticket prices to stadium capacity."

Boston, Pittsburgh, New York and Chicago rounded out the top five.

Michigan was well-represented on the list: Ann Arbor ranked 23rd, Houghton 25th, Big Rapids 26th, East Lansing 33rd, Sault Ste. Marie 37th, Marquette 47th and Kalamazoo 60th.

Detroit was rated fourth in "Highest NHL fan engagement," behind Pittsburgh, Boston and Sunrise, Fla. The top three cities for "Highest college hockey fan engagement" were Ann Arbor, Houghton and Big Rapids.

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