Saturday’s Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final equaled last Wednesday’s record viewership for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. Last Wednesday, an average of 5.6 million viewers watched part or all of Game 1. The same numbers were seen on Saturday according to Canada’s public television network. We have the press release for you.
STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME TWO RATINGS ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER FOR CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA
Another average audience of 5.6 million Canadians watched Vancouver’s Game Two Win in OT
It was another victory for the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Final, and another massive ratings success for CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA, as an average audience of 5.6 million again tuned in, this time for Saturday night’s Game Two overtime thriller.
Audience numbers peaked at a massive 7.7 million viewers around the end of regulation time.
Canadians also chose CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA before and after the game in a big way. More than 1.6 million tuned in to the Scotiabank Hockey Tonight pre-game show, while CBC was the overwhelming choice for fans after the game, with 3.7 million viewers sticking with CBC for the post-game show.
(Source: BBM Canada, Total Canada, Preliminary Overnights, Ind.2+, 2011)
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