Record Ratings for Bruins Game 7 Win

[wayne1218]

ESPN

NEW YORK -- The Boston Bruins' Stanley Cup-clinching victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night earned the highest television rating for an NHL game in 37 years.

Boston's 4-0 win in Game 7 on NBC earned a 4.8 rating and 8 share. That's the best since a 7.6/27 for Boston-Philadelphia in 1974.

It's up 2 percent from last year's deciding Game 6 between Chicago and Philadelphia and up 12 percent from the most recent Game 7 in 2009 between Detroit and Pittsburgh.

The seven games averaged 4.6 million viewers on NBC and Versus, the most for a series split between network and cable involving a Canadian team.

The game earned a 43.4/64 in Boston, the best for a hockey game since records began being kept for the market in 1991. That's higher than any game in the Celtics' last two NBA finals.

Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Shares represent the percentage of all homes with TVs in use at the time.

[kbsooner21]

[wayne1218]

By the look of things, i guess a lot of people.

Surely a lot more people than those who don't give a shit about a Pooper Scooper College QB from Oklahoma.

[wayne1218]

By the look of things, i guess a lot of people.

Surely a lot more people than those who don't give a shit about a Pooper Scooper College QB from Oklahoma.

Sorry, that should read Boomer Sooner. My bad.

[kbsooner21]

By the look of things, i guess a lot of people.

Surely a lot more people than those who don't give a shit about a Pooper Scooper College QB from Oklahoma.

Not really. Really piss poor numbers for a huge sporting event.

[wayne1218]

Not really. Really piss poor numbers for a huge sporting event.

It's Hockey. The only ice people like you see is in your glass down there. It's understandable.

[kbsooner21]

Exactly, so you, Club, and Canada care. Rest of us...

[DBURGH]

Still amazes me that people who love football, racing, baseball, and basketball don't like a game that is hard hitting, super fast, with incredibly talented people who are tough as nails and who by far are the most down to earth high paid athletes in the world.

[ToDaClub]

Still amazes me that people who love football, racing, baseball, and basketball don't like a game that is hard hitting, super fast, with incredibly talented people who are tough as nails and who by far are the most down to earth high paid athletes in the world.

Nobody likes hockey more than myself, however, watching it on TV is difficult, you can't see the plays forming, the guys lining up the hits, the traps, etc. I need to see that to really enjoy the game. Another thing people don't understand is how close you are to the game when you are there live. That also adds to the excitement. Nothing better than listening to the chatter between the benches and on the ice.

[tash]

Still amazes me that people who love football, racing, baseball, and basketball don't like a game that is hard hitting, super fast, with incredibly talented people who are tough as nails and who by far are the most down to earth high paid athletes in the world.

yes sir- i wanna see the the color of the sky in some poeples world?