THE TEAM 990 Special Reports
Game 7 was a big ratings draw
NEW YORK (May 14, 2010) – Canadians were glued to CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT
IN CANADA Wednesday night as Game 7 between the Montreal Canadiens and
Pittsburgh Penguins drew an average audience of 4.24 million viewers,
ranking as the sixth largest Stanley Cup Playoff audience in CBC history.
CBC’s Conference Semifinal average was up 94 percent over last year,
averaging 2.66 million viewers compared to 1.37 million last year. On
French language RDS, the Canadiens-Penguins Game 7 was the most-viewed NHL
telecast in the network’s history with 2.69 million viewers.
The game also scored on VERSUS as well as locally on FSN Pittsburgh.
On VERSUS, the Penguins-Canadiens Game 7 posted a 1.3 HH rating and 1.31
million viewers, up 30 percent and 15 percent from last year’s
Pittsburgh/Washington Game 7 which delivered a 1.0 rating and 1.14 million
viewers. The game averaged a 26.4 HH rating on FSN Pittsburgh, the
highest-rated game ever on the network. At one point 43 percent of all
households in the Pittsburgh DMA were tuned into FSN.
SOURCE: NHL


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