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I know Headache likes to pop in occasionally and show us how poorly hockey is faring in the U.S. (which in my mind says more about Americans' taste in sports than about hockey 
) but I came across the following in an article about how the CBC, and in particular Don Cherry, like to ignore Sid the Kid:
Globe and Mail:
Cup audiences
After several years of futility, the NHL is beginning to make gains on American television.
For the third game of the Stanley Cup final, NBC earned a national rating of 2.1 (the percentage of potential households tuned in). That's a 118-per-cent increase from last year's third-game rating of 1.1 (Anaheim Ducks-Ottawa Senators). The telecast was watched by 4.04 million viewers, an increase of 144 per cent from 1.65 million last year. As well, the U.S. cable channel Versus set audience records for its telecasts of the first two games.
The numbers are not a surprise. For the first time since the 2004-05 lockout, the matchup involves two U.S. teams that have plenty of stars and are in strong hockey markets. The calibre of play in the third game, particularly in the third period, was outstanding.
In the Detroit market, NBC's 18.2 overnight rating surpassed by more than 14 per cent that of ESPN's 15.9 for the fifth game 5 of the Detroit Pistons-Boston Celtics NBA Eastern Conference final. The NBC telecast earned a whopping 33.1 overnight rating in the Pittsburgh market. In Canada, the CBC drew 2.042 million. RDS's audience was 684,000.
) but I came across the following in an article about how the CBC, and in particular Don Cherry, like to ignore Sid the Kid:Globe and Mail:
Cup audiences
After several years of futility, the NHL is beginning to make gains on American television.
For the third game of the Stanley Cup final, NBC earned a national rating of 2.1 (the percentage of potential households tuned in). That's a 118-per-cent increase from last year's third-game rating of 1.1 (Anaheim Ducks-Ottawa Senators). The telecast was watched by 4.04 million viewers, an increase of 144 per cent from 1.65 million last year. As well, the U.S. cable channel Versus set audience records for its telecasts of the first two games.
The numbers are not a surprise. For the first time since the 2004-05 lockout, the matchup involves two U.S. teams that have plenty of stars and are in strong hockey markets. The calibre of play in the third game, particularly in the third period, was outstanding.
In the Detroit market, NBC's 18.2 overnight rating surpassed by more than 14 per cent that of ESPN's 15.9 for the fifth game 5 of the Detroit Pistons-Boston Celtics NBA Eastern Conference final. The NBC telecast earned a whopping 33.1 overnight rating in the Pittsburgh market. In Canada, the CBC drew 2.042 million. RDS's audience was 684,000.
Hockey is the only sport I like and the only time I thoroughly enjoy physical violence.
