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NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25

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NHL TV ratings 2024/25
(via @jheaps4)

October:

Blues-Kraken: 348k (ESPN)
Bruins-Panthers: 790k (ESPN, non-exclusive)
Blackhawks-Utah: 522k (ESPN)
Rangers-Penguins: 467k (TNT+truTV)
Avalanche-Golden Knights 315k (TNT+truTV)
Wild-Blues: 417k (ESPN)
Flyers-Oilers: 333k (ESPN)
Sabres-Penguins: 512k (TNT+truTV)
Bruins-Avalanche: 340k (TNT+truTV)
Capitals-Flyers: 477k (ESPN)
Avalanche-Kraken: 422k (ESPN)
Kings-Golden Knights: 245k (ESPN)
Flyers-Capitals: 410k (TNT+truTV)
Rangers-Capitals: 412k (ESPN)
Kings-Sharks: 186k (ESPN)
Golden Knights-Kings: 109k (TNT+truTV)

November:

Red Wings-Blackhawks: 411k (TNT+truTV)
Red Wings-Penguins: 354k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Kings-Avalanche 231k (TNT+truTV)
Hurricanes-Flyers: 237k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Predators-Kraken: 155k (TNT+truTV)
Capitals-Lightning: 268k (TNT)
Golden Knights-Avalanche: 207k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Penguins-Bruins: 483k (TNT+truTV)
Avalanche-Stars: 177k (TNT+truTV)
Bruins-Blackhawks: 487k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Stars-Kings: 232k (TNT, non-exclusive)
 
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S E P H said:
sports.yahoo.com

Panthers TV viewership numbers since moving off cable have been through the roof

Between television and streaming, more people are watching the Florida Panthers than ever
sports.yahoo.com sports.yahoo.com
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Whenever they don't include HHs or actual #'s or any relevant data it doesn't really tell much. Long history of low viewership markets being up over 100% for a period of time. Panthers have been before, Yotes would always hype things like this up every few years when they had a spike during any multi-week stretch, but in reality the #'s were going from something like 3k HHs to 8k HHs for a handful of games. From pitiful to still pretty bad.

Doesn't mean that's the case here, but we don't know what up 170% means, other than it's up (that's good.) And also, to be up that much suggests a low starting point to be up from.

This is, after all, still a market that had their local affiliate show game shows instead of NHL on ABC national broadcasts as recently as last season.

Regardless, defending cup champs, it SHOULD be up and being up no matter how they got there, is a good thing. Just without any actual data, it doesn't mean much, especially being self-reported. An honest release would show what they're up from, at a minimum.
 
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If we would rank LA market teams the Kings are probably only avobe the Clippers and Changers and below USC and UCLA?
 
Reaser said:
Whenever they don't include HHs or actual #'s or any relevant data it doesn't really tell much. Long history of low viewership markets being up over 100% for a period of time. Panthers have been before, Yotes would always hype things like this up every few years when they had a spike during any multi-week stretch, but in reality the #'s were going from something like 3k HHs to 8k HHs for a handful of games. From pitiful to still pretty bad.

Doesn't mean that's the case here, but we don't know what up 170% means, other than it's up (that's good.) And also, to be up that much suggests a low starting point to be up from.

This is, after all, still a market that had their local affiliate show game shows instead of NHL on ABC national broadcasts as recently as last season.

Regardless, defending cup champs, it SHOULD be up and being up no matter how they got there, is a good thing. Just without any actual data, it doesn't mean much, especially being self-reported. An honest release would show what they're up from, at a minimum.
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Yeah, I don't understand why the article would have the percentage up, but no numbers to collaborate it. It seems to me if that's the case, 170% up is still quite low overall. Good to get more viewership, but I am not expecting anything amazing.
 
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Kirk Van Houten said:
If we would rank LA market teams the Kings are probably only avobe the Clippers and Changers and below USC and UCLA?
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Idk why people still try to compare football ratings to literally any other sport that plays multiple games a week.


And idk if you've seen a UCLA game since 2019, but they are averaging 30k attendance in a 90k stadium. Nobody likes them either
 
Jets4Life said:
I recall this pretty well. It was a few years back, just before the COVID shutdown. He gave his source as Steve Lepore, a ex-hockey insider, who was pretty much blacklisted from the industry 10 years ago, as multiple women accused him of sexual harassment.
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I think it is Steve Lepore's account. Because he did it quite often until we called it out. He tried to do it again roughly 2-3 years ago, was called out for it again, then said

"Oh really? Thats weird. He gives my daughter piano lessons."

I am Truly puzzled by NextBigThing
 
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varsaku said:
So looks like Leafs and all Canadian match ups draw well.
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Yeah, that's what I was saying a couple weeks ago. All CAN matchups and Leafs ...

Worth noting that Habs games have another 550-650k viewing on RDS. So Habs v. U.S. team isn't great for Prime but the combined viewership has been good on those games.
 
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Kirk Van Houten said:
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Major Changes Coming to Canadian Sports Media Landscape? - YYZsportsmedia

Bell Canada and Rogers both planning major changes in sports media altering the landcape with sale of TSN and change to Fan 590
yyzsportsmedia.com yyzsportsmedia.com

^- That has Prime #'s also and is a good example of 'depends on source' / also depends on "when" (overnights and 7-days later both get presented as the' #) for Canadian #'s, especially since a few years ago when we stopped getting the public #'s. Plus, doesn't apply to this example of course but for other CAN #'s whether streaming is/isn't included plays a part, as well.

Two media persons who would know the numbers, plus what I've posted in this thread (before either of them fwiw, and for the guy who always questions 'source') for Prime games:

Game ---- Seaborn / Jonah / Reaser
TOR-WPG: 769k / 770k / "under 800k"
TBL-TOR: 732k / 730k / 726k
EDM-MTL: 444k / 445k / 440k
NJD-EDM: 246k / 245k / ???
PIT-MTL: 219k / 220k / 220k

Generally all close to eachother but only once did any two post the same # (Jonah & myself for PIT-MTL.)

I'd lean towards Seaborn having the most accurate #'s, I've always trusted him, unfortunately the last few years he's posted them less and less. Other than maybe opening night and the playoffs I can't think of him posting any others all of last season.

Regardless, reminds me of the playoffs when SN's #'s are inexcplicably different from what a Rogers employee posts which is different from what 1-2 Canadian media members post, but they're all within 1-5k so you know they got real info/not just making #'s up.
 
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