TORONTO - The IIHF said Hockey Canada was responsible for the ticket prices that may have led to empty seats at Montreals Bell Centre for preliminary games at the world junior championship. Cheap NFL Jerseys .Face-value tickets for games in Montreal started at $71 and ranged to $336 for the New Years Eve game between Canada and the United States, which drew 18,295 fans. Just 14,142 fans were in attendance for Canadas opening game against Slovakia on Boxing Day.The capacity of Bell Centre is 21,273.Tickets for Canadas first three round-robin games (against Slovakia, Germany and Finland) ranged from $66 to $261.I was really surprised, IIHF president Rene Fasel said at a news conference Sunday. If you would do this pricing in Europe, you would have nobody in the arena.The average NHL ticket price is in the $65 range. Face-value single-game tickets for the Canadiens next home game Jan. 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning range from $27 in the family zone to $275 in the platinum level.The Canadiens play just above capacity and are second in the league in attendance with an average of 21,286 fans a game.Fasel wondered if marketing and the economy in Montreal played a role in the world junior attendance problems. He conceded not personally knowing what the ticket value should be but added, Hockey Canada decides the prices of the tickets, not us.In raising concern about crowds at Bell Centre, which are usually sellouts for Canadiens games, Fasel pointed out that this would finish as the third-most-attended world junior championship in history behind Ottawa (2009) and Edmonton and Calgary (2012).Fasel said he expects the 2015 tournament post a total attendance between 365,000 and 385,000. There were 453,000 in Ottawa and 444,000 in Edmonton and Calgary.So its not too bad, really, Fasel said. Its really a nice problem to discuss.Hockey Canada has said it will not comment on this matter until after the tournament, which wraps up Monday with the bronze- and gold-medal games at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Canada played Slovakia on Sunday night in the semifinals.The 2015 world junior championship featured Canada playing its round-robin games in Montreal and knockout rounds in Toronto.There were 18,448 people in Air Canada Centre Friday night when Canada faced Denmark in the quarter-finals.Packages for all 19 games in Toronto ranged from $626 to $1,746, and although attendance was not high for non-Canada preliminary games, the expectation was for Canadas games to draw well. Fasel said the average attendance in Toronto would be around 14,000 without Canada for the early games and between 9,720 and 15,000 for Montreal.The packages for 13 games in Montreal ranged from $431 to $1,191.Maybe we had really high expectations in Montreal, Fasel said. I think we will find a solution with Hockey Canada and the IIHF to get a great event in 2017.The 2017 tournament is scheduled to have Canadas round-robin games in Toronto and the knockout rounds in Montreal. Asked about moving some games to Quebec City or staging all games in Toronto, Fasel did not rule anything out.Everything will be evaluated in the next few months, Fasel said.IIHF council member Frank Gonzalez, the tournament chairman, said the organizations would have to discuss with partners and sponsors before making any decisions about altering the plan for 2017.Im hoping that we dont have to move out of Montreal, Gonzalez said. I think its a great city for hockey as Rene has mentioned and we would love to go back there. 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No matter what or who theyve faced this season, the Orange have found a way to win. Fair, who was 2 for 13 for a season-low six points against Notre Dame on Monday, responded with an 8-for-13 shooting night in playing K.J. McDaniels of Clemson to a virtual standstill. McDaniels also scored 19 and had a game-high 10 rebounds, three more than Fair, and both played 39 minutes. "Its all about going to the next game. You dont want to dwell on a good or bad game. We had good rhythm coming into this game," Fair said. "I just needed to be aggressive and not really force things. Coach is always stressing that. Thats what I was trying to do, play off my teammates. "Without wearing myself out, I wanted to wear him (McDaniels) out," Fair said. "When the best player on the opposite team is guarding you, you want to make their job hard. I just wanted to keep him busy." Syracuse (23-0, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) extended its school record for wins to start a season and matched the program mark for consecutive wins, established in the 1916-17 and 1917-18 seasons. It was the third meeting between the teams and first in Syracuse, and the Oranges first victory. "They have very good pieces that fit together," Clemson coach Brad Brownell said. "Everybody has a role. They embrace their role. Theyre very unselfish. There doesnt look to be any jealousy." Syracuse has faced a slow pace for most of the season and when the Orange went ahead 48-37 on Tyler Ennis lefty layup with 6:56 to play, coach Jim Boeheim could breathe a sigh of relief. "You really dont want to be behind in a slow game," Boeheim said. "There arent going to be a lot of points scored." This victory came with the 6-foot-8 Grant playing substantial time in the second half at centre with starter Rakeem Christmas on the bench with four fouls and Baye Moussa Keita next to him with a sprained right knee. A month ago, before hulking sophomore centre Dajuan Coleman was lost for the season to a knee injury, Syracuse had 15 fouls to give at the position. "Its fine. Whatever my team needs,&quoot; Grant said. Wholesale Jerseys. "I think thats what makes us a great team. I need to get used to it. Ive just got to know where all the rebounds are, know where other people are." It was the 10th time Clemson (15-7, 6-4) had faced the No. 1 team in the nation, and the Tigers have yet to win. The last time Clemson played a No. 1 team was against North Carolina, an 86-81 loss in the 2008 ACC tournament, and the Tigers last true road game against the nations No. 1 team was Feb. 8, 2004, an 81-55 loss at Duke. "It was frustrating," Jaron Blossomgame said. "There were some good things, but from a team standpoint, were all competitors. We want to win. We feel like every game we go into we can win." Trevor Cooney finished with 11 points for the Orange and Ennis, from Brampton, Ont., had six points, five assists and one turnover. Syracuse shot 44.4 per cent (24 of 54) and held the best defensive team in the nation to 14-of-41 shooting (34.1 per cent). The Orange also committed just five turnovers and dominated the paint, 32-14. Syracuse led by nine at the break and extended the lead to 39-27 on Fairs nice scoop off the glass with 15:40 left. The Tigers answered with a 10-3 spurt to get right back in it as Christmas went to the bench with his fourth foul. Jordan Roper started the surge with a 3 from the right wing, McDaniels followed with a free throw and a dunk, and Josh Smiths hook in the lane pulled Clemson to 42-37 with 10:41 to play. 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