Comments on: Last Night's NHL Triple Overtime - Best Game 5 Ratings in Six Years

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:57:06 +0000

Timmy Hutch: honestly to the degree I have been participating in making Pittsburgh the new hockey town I was merely being facetious.

note to Red Wings fans: for tonight's game I'm going to see if I can get the local Detroit CBC viewing ratings info from Nielsen so I can present a consolidated view of total local Detroit viewing of the game.

By: Timmy Hutch

Timmy Hutch — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:51:57 +0000

also…why is everyone so quick to make pittsburgh the new hockey town? Their ratings for the STANLEY CUP finals don't even come close to what Buffalo's were for the CONFERENCE finals last year. Buffalo averaged a 42.5/67. Those ratings don't even count the poeple tuned into the canadian station here. Also…Pittsburgh wants to feel all warm and fuzzy about 1,000 people going to watch the game outside their arena??? Try 14,000 outside Buffalo's arena. Again, that wasn't even for the stanley cup finals, that was for the conference finals. If it had been the stanley cup finals, there would have been 25,000 people outside the arena, and the ratings would have been more like 55/82.

By: Timmy Hutch

Timmy Hutch — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:46:18 +0000

same as in buffalo. Buffalo didn't even make the playoffs, and still got higher ratings throughout the playoffs than most other cities still in the playoffs.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:57:06 +0000

Timmy Hutch: honestly to the degree I have been participating in making Pittsburgh the new hockey town I was merely being facetious.

By: Timmy Hutch

Timmy Hutch — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:51:57 +0000

By: Timmy Hutch

Timmy Hutch — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:46:18 +0000

same as in buffalo. Buffalo didn't even make the playoffs, and still got higher ratings throughout the playoffs than most other cities still in the playoffs.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:03 +0000

I thought a 20 share for Pittsburgh/Detroit as the series drew on, but this vlew that right out of the water. Definitely a feel good story for nthe NHL, and for NBC.

Nashville is a surprise, considering the NHL there is floundering.

If this goes to game 7, could we see 8 million nationwide? I'd like to think so, but much of the ratings are coming from Pitt/Det, and I honestly don't think the ratings are going to go any higher than this.

By: Dr Huxtable

Dr Huxtable — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:08:17 +0000

Detroit's numbers are skewed down due to the CBC. Hard to choose the shit NBC coverage when you can watch hockey on the Canadian station.

By: Americanario

Americanario — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:44:40 +0000

Las Vegas has a lot of hockey fans and it isn't because of betting (hockey betting isn't a big thing for the sports books). Most of the fans here are probably fans of the game, not just fans of a team (partially because we don't have an NHL team). Las Vegas has had a minor league team for years and have been putting 6,000+ fans in the seats at Wrangler games (ECHL).

By: Ruff Road

Ruff Road — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:16:34 +0000

Looks like Philly is dejected from losing so nobody is watching! NYC too!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:44:00 +0000

Nashville is a top 30 US market (bigger than Las Vegas, btw) and does have a Hockey team. but, I still understand where you’re coming from

By: nope

nope — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:30:56 +0000

seriously, nashville?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:30:00 +0000

That was an awesome game. I can’t believe the ratings weren’t higher!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:49:00 +0000

Bryan, I’m guessing you’re right.

By: Bryan T

Bryan T — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:43:39 +0000

Out of curiosity…I wonder if LV is up there because of the people placing bets on the game.