The NHL, aided by tight races among several teams jockeying for playoffs spots, on Monday said fan attendance for the 2007-2008 regular season rose 1.8 percent to a record high for the third consecutive year, as reported by Yahoo.com. Total attendance at more than 21.24 million resulted in a per-game average of 17,265 people per game, the NHL said in a statement. That was the first time the league topped 17,000 per game in a season.