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Absolutely dash. Three of the biggest TV markets in the country plus the star power of Crosby should make these conference finals a big time ratings hit.

I read on CBS Sportsline That (I think it was game six) ran at the same time as the White Sox VS Cubs in Chicago and the Hawks VS Wings game smoked it in the ratings.

I don't follow baseball much but from what I got from the article that's a big deal because I guess the Sox VS Cubs rivalry is a real big deal? They did say that obviously the hockey game being a playoff game makes a difference but they were surprised at how much of a difference it was I will try and find the numbers again but it was a huge difference.

Was this the article Boss? (I grabbed a snippet of it)

The NBC Sports Network set a record.

It might not stand for very long.

The cable channel had a 2.07 national rating, its highest for an NHL broadcast, with 3,354,000 viewers tuning in to watch Chicago beat Detroit 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 Wednesday night.

Its previous record in seven-plus years of carrying NHL games was a 1.97 rating set on June 2, 2010, when Chicago played Philadelphia in the Stanley Cup finals.

''We live by numbers every day and what this tells us is that the NHL is on a roll in this country,'' NBC Sports president of programing Jon Miller said Thursday. ''While the lockout was unfortunate, we're seeing that hockey has some impressive momentum. We're really excited and encouraged by the continued growth in interest of the game and how people are finding the games on the NBC Sports Network.

''Now, we're poised for what should be great conference finals.''

 

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Was this the article Boss? (I grabbed a snippet of it)

The NBC Sports Network set a record.

It might not stand for very long.

The cable channel had a 2.07 national rating, its highest for an NHL broadcast, with 3,354,000 viewers tuning in to watch Chicago beat Detroit 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 Wednesday night.

Its previous record in seven-plus years of carrying NHL games was a 1.97 rating set on June 2, 2010, when Chicago played Philadelphia in the Stanley Cup finals.

''We live by numbers every day and what this tells us is that the NHL is on a roll in this country,'' NBC Sports president of programing Jon Miller said Thursday. ''While the lockout was unfortunate, we're seeing that hockey has some impressive momentum. We're really excited and encouraged by the continued growth in interest of the game and how people are finding the games on the NBC Sports Network.

''Now, we're poised for what should be great conference finals.''

So, more people watched a playoffs game 7 than a meaningless May baseball game.

woo hoo?

I mean, it's great that the ratings and excitement are up. But I wouldn't necessarily call it "a roll".

And all it really means is more fans than ever tuned in to watch what could have been one of the league's darkest moments when Walkom fucked the dog. All the more reason to get a leash on officiating. People are looking. Lots of them. Assuming many for the first time. Is this the message we want to deliver about our game?

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