NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25

[S E P H]

Any word of the NCAA Hockey Tournament on ESPNU/ESPN 2 by any chance?

 

[varsaku]

Crazy how Dallas never translates to good national tv ratings. This is a team that has made the Cup Finals and two other Conference Finals in the last 5 years

Football is king. Baseball and Basketball also eat heavily into the sports market share. Mavericks being a dumpster fire should help.

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on ESPN avg viewership Thursday-

Kings-Avalanche: 321k

 

[Reaser]

Any word of the NCAA Hockey Tournament on ESPNU/ESPN 2 by any chance?

I'll post full #'s tonight or tomorrow night when I get each game, but for now, via SMW:

"The NCAA men’s hockey regionals averaged 109,000 viewers across ESPN2 and ESPNU. Top audience was 322,000 for Denver-Boston College."

https://sportsmediawatch.com/sports-ratings

 

[Greatzsky 99]

I'll post full #'s tonight or tomorrow night when I get each game, but for now, via SMW:

"The NCAA men’s hockey regionals averaged 109,000 viewers across ESPN2 and ESPNU. Top audience was 322,000 for Denver-Boston College."

https://sportsmediawatch.com/sports-ratings

Here from the North Pole (at least compared to you guys, my place is north of Juneau CA....) seeing the gigantic numbers
Basketball draw for your crazy Collage sports, I think NHL is doing pretty well compared to NBA.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

This is from this event:

Hockey Day in Sweden | NHL.com

Join the NHL and Viaplay in celebrating the first-ever Hockey Day in Sweden! This two-day event will feature dozens of interactive hockey activations at the NHL Global Fan Tour, e-gaming competitions, hockey trivia, local community performances, special guest appearances, and other great...

www.nhl.com

It wasnt a game, just live pregame show, the game itself was shown on Viasat which isnt tracked.
Thought it could be of interest.

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on ABC avg viewership Saturday-

Bruins-Red Wings: 826k

 

[Coinneach]

(via @jheaps4)

NHL on ABC:

January:

Rangers-Capitals: 1.1M
Rangers-Blackhawks: 454k
Bruins - Panthers 1,05M


February:

Blackhawks-Panthers: 723k
Rangers-Bruins: 1.1M
Lightning-Red Wings: 934k
Golden Knights-Bruins: 1.27M
Capitals-Penguins 1.1M
Wild-Red Wings 944k

March:

Bruins-Penguins: 1.1M
Kraken-Flyers: 580k
Bruins-Lightning: 777k
Devils-Penguins: 604k
Red Wings-Golden Knights: 687k
Bruins-Red Wings: 826k


Cable:

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)

December:

Bruins-Blackhawks: 487k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Stars-Kings: 232k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Rangers-Sabres 478k (TNT+truTV)
Flyers-Red Wings 418k (TNT+truTV)
Panthers-Wild 161k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Blackhawks-Sabres: 245k (ESPN2)
Avalanche-Utah: 258k (ESPN2)
Stars-Blackhawks: 217k (ESPN)
Blues-Blackhawks: 920k (Winter Classic, TNT+truTV)

January:

Avalanche-Blackhawks 283k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Panthers - Utah 183k (TNT)
Red Wings-Panthers: 507k (ESPN)
Oilers-Avalanche 389k (ESPN)
Hurricanes-Sabres: 259k (TNT+truTV)
Oilers-Wild: 324k (TNT+truTV)
Panthers-Kings: 151k (TNT+truTV)
Golden Knights-Stars: 424k (ESPN)
Flyers-Devils: 253k (TNT+truTV)
Penguins-Utah: 138k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)

February:

Sharks-Kraken: 175k (ESPN)
Bruins-Rangers: 537k (TNT+truTV)
Oilers-Blackhawks: 217k (TNT+truTV)
Rangers-Penguins 560k (TNT+truTV)
Oilers-Capitals 318k (TNT+truTV)
Canucks-Kings: 159k (TNT+truTV)

March:

Leafs-Penguins: 326k (TNT+truTV)
Bruins-Wild: 457k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)
Blues-Stars: 383k (TNT+truTV)
Red Wings-Blue Jackets 1.6M (ESPN, Stadium Series)
Capitals-Rangers: 324k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)
Leafs-Golden Knights: 178k (TNT+truTV)
Sabres-Lightning: 390k (ESPN)
Sharks-Avalanche: 305k (ESPN)
Devils-Flyers: 263k (TNT+truTV)
Penguins-Wild: 350k TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)
Sabres-Red Wings: 290k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)
Ducks-Utah: 139k (TNT+truTV)
Utah-Oilers: 147k (ESPN)
Golden Knights-Red Wings: 405k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)
Stars-Avalanche: 301k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)
Avalanche-Leafs: 319k (TNT)
Kraken-Wild: 190k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Devils-Blackhawks: 265k (TNT+truTV, co-exist - CHSN)
Stars-Oilers: 221k (TNT+truTV)
Kings-Avalanche: 321k (ESPN)
Sharks-Kings: 401k (ESPN)

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on ESPN avg viewership Sunday-

Sharks-Kings: 401k

 

[Greatzsky 99]

-NHL on ESPN avg viewership Sunday-

Sharks-Kings: 401k

Late night, Kings vs Sharks, over 400k, nice

 

[Reaser]

Late night, Kings vs Sharks, over 400k, nice

Had the first Sunday Night Baseball of the season as lead-in which did 1.3M, but not direct lead-in, 20 minutes between end of baseball and start of NHL coverage, which that 20 minutes had 919k avg viewership, so lead-in still helped prop up the avg on the front-end of Sharks-Kings.

That said, over 400k for what was a 8-1 blowout that wasn't even an entertaining blowout, a pretty dreadful game, is a good-enough # in that context.

At least I was expecting much worse, even factoring in that lead-in (e.g. a presumed 1.0M starting # for Sharks-Kings.)

 

[Greatzsky 99]

Had the first Sunday Night Baseball of the season as lead-in which did 1.3M, but not direct lead-in, 20 minutes between end of baseball and start of NHL coverage, which that 20 minutes had 919k avg viewership, so lead-in still helped prop up the avg on the front-end of Sharks-Kings.

That said, over 400k for what was a 8-1 blowout that wasn't even an entertaining blowout, a pretty dreadful game, is a good-enough # in that context.

At least I was expecting much worse, even factoring in that lead-in (e.g. a presumed 1.0M starting # for Sharks-Kings.)

Whats your take on new Canadian TV deal, Reaser?

 

[Reaser]

Whats your take on new Canadian TV deal, Reaser?

Good for [NHL] business.

For consumers, that'll be decided in the future both with any potential price hikes & of course on ones opinion of broadcast quality. In other words, not a lot of fans of Rogers presentation/studio/intermissions/etc..

Otherwise it appears very status quo. Rogers has everything, picked up a few more covert-regional-into-national games with Canadian teams and the sub-licensing is the same with French rights, we just don't know who will get them yet. All that changed is seemingly making what they did with Amazon more a formal part of the deal/announcement -- it's presumed Prime will, if it's not already done and just waiting to announce it so Rogers gets their shine for now, continue the Prime Monday Night Hockey deal.

So in practice, nothing really is changing (unless say RDS gets French rights which fans I converse with prefer RDS to TVAS) and the NHL got paid. Former is fan opinion dictated, latter is a good deal for the league.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

Good for [NHL] business.

For consumers, that'll be decided in the future both with any potential price hikes & of course on ones opinion of broadcast quality. In other words, not a lot of fans of Rogers presentation/studio/intermissions/etc..

Otherwise it appears very status quo. Rogers has everything, picked up a few more covert-regional-into-national games with Canadian teams and the sub-licensing is the same with French rights, we just don't know who will get them yet. All that changed is seemingly making what they did with Amazon more a formal part of the deal/announcement -- it's presumed Prime will, if it's not already done and just waiting to announce it so Rogers gets their shine for now, continue the Prime Monday Night Hockey deal.

So in practice, nothing really is changing (unless say RDS gets French rights which fans I converse with prefer RDS to TVAS) and the NHL got paid. Former is fan opinion dictated, latter is a good deal for the league.

Good summary, thanks, hope Prime continues as people seem happy with it.