Stanley Cup Finals getting excellent viewership

[Hockeyholic]

Is there a way to find out the top five markets for ratings? Usually Buffalo and Minnesota are up there. Obviously Raleigh and Vegas would be top two in some order.

 

[Ice9]

New viewers are hooked pretty quickly by the intensity of the game. I get people all the time telling me how they’re watching the finals/playoffs. Does it transfer to solid, new fans?…who knows, probably not so much…

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Wonder what the viewership for game 6 going to be, with that white house UFC event going on and the FIFA world cup tomorrow.

No one's gonna watch that lame ass shit.

 

[zizbuka]

Mildly surprised, only because I haven't watched more than 30 minutes total. But that's just me.

Remember, now that sports betting is legal it's hard to not have record views.

 

[MoneyManny]

Nope. Today's my 40th birthday.

 

[MoneyManny]

No one's gonna watch that lame ass shit.

You underestimate the amount of lame ass people in North America

 

[crowi]

Nope. Today's my 40th birthday.

Congrats. Being, err, more mature, carries significant benefits, such as almost instantly no one ever asks to see your papers when buying alcohol. Then when you get asked to show them, you feel so very young again.

 

[PistolPete]

You underestimate the amount of lame ass people in North America

UFC nad its equivalents are very popular around the world ams soccer has a few fans too.

 

[MoneyManny]

UFC nad its equivalents are very popular around the world ams soccer has a few fans too.

I saw a few clips of the Trump's birthday white house's UFC presser yesterday and lame ass is quite an accurate way to describe it.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Wonder what the viewership for game 6 going to be, with that white house UFC event going on and the FIFA world cup tomorrow.

That seems like a bad idea. At least from my opinion.

 

[HabsFanInNashville]

I’ve watched every minute, love it.
This is also the first time in about 25 years that I’ve watched almost the whole thing. My wife asked if the NHL playoffs ever end.

 

[Tryamw]

Nope. Today's my 40th birthday.

Congrats you've been old 19 years

 

[Tryamw]

You don’t look a day over 25

That was my mother's age.. until I turned 24

 

[TheDoldrums]

Ratings are very low for a Final in Canada, which has the more expensive TV deal with the league. I don’t know why people care about ratings but that’s a thing too

 

[Clark4Ever]

Looks like all the "nobody will watch" folks were wrong, again.

Cup Final fourth-most watched on record through four games

A Stanley Cup Final that started with low expectations now ranks among the most-watched on record through four games.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

I'm pleasantly surprised. The quality of the finals has been top notch so far, but I wasn't sure that the teams involved would garner much interest nationwide in the U.S. to be honest.

 

[Miami Wice]

This is good for NHL that 2 sunbelt teams get good viewership.

I think in past NHL say it not get bump from sending players from Olympics, but it seem like the difference in those tournaments was America did not win.

America loves winners and USA winning gold maybe bring more interest to hockey compare to winning silver.

But also- almost all sports are up. NBA getting monster ratings for this finals too. Most watched final since 1998 apparently.

So I don't think Cup final viewership that impressive because ratio of NHL:NBA finals viewership doesn't really stand out. If that ratio improve compare to historic number, then maybe you can say impressive, but right now- NHL just benefitting from rising tide.

Just like "business experts" say Bettman do good job of increasing revenue, but omit how much growth almost all North American sports leagues are seeing.

 

[Metroid]

Looks like all the "nobody will watch" folks were wrong, again.

Cup Final fourth-most watched on record through four games

A Stanley Cup Final that started with low expectations now ranks among the most-watched on record through four games.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

We all know it's the Marner/leafs story line that has people watching.

 

[snipes]

The numbers in Canada are quite poor apparently though.

Least-Watched Stanley Cup Final In Recent Memory? Why Canada's Tuning Out Carolina Vs. Vegas

The Stanley Cup final between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights is doing huge numbers in the U.S. The same cannot be said in Canada, and that may be an understatement.

thehockeynews.com

 

[Mr Kot]

I'm paying attention myself. So is my mother and sister. Its hockey, might as well watch it.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

But I was routinely told that nobody would watch the Canes

They’re not, they’re watching Vegas

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Despite what people think, Vegas and Carolina are both good draws for a hockey final. And the series hasn’t disappointed. Maybe the best final we’ve seen in a long time.

In the US. Not in Canada

 

[JianYang]

Pierre mcguire was pointing this out a couple days ago that ratings in the US are great, and the candian ratings are doing poorly.

His theory was weird though. He got into how brindamour's wife is the tha daughter of some local college coach.... whatever.

 

[Hunter368]

In the US. Not in Canada

Not sure about that I haven’t seen any Canadian viewership, everyone I know in Canada is loving watching two well balanced teams in the finals. I will say from the Canadians I know, Canes are clearly their favourite team in the finals. I’m loving it, it’s a pleasure to watch.

 

[Team_Spirit]

It's the Heated Rivalry/Olympic gold bump

It's down in Canada becuase the Oilers are not in it

But yes the games are fun

 

[Slayer97]

It’s not all that uncommon that the opinion of the hardcore fan (which describes most of us because we actually bothered to register an account and post here) is actually a minority opinion and the vast majority feels otherwise and/or the opposite.

Folks on HF are vultures when it comes to their hockey