Would you like Saturday games to switch to 5pm?

[thewave]

Dinner, relax, talk go watch the game or stay in watch the game.

7pm is perfect

 

[Sypher04]

Don’t really care. 5pm would be fine. 7pm is preferred, but neither is an issue to me.

Also it would be comical seeing the meltdown of Western Canadian team fans when they have to play their home games at the 3pm lol

 

[Stephen]

I’d really like to see Saturday night games moved to 5pm for various reasons

• As a dad with little ones we can watch the game together and still have them in bed at a normal time (7pm starts give us maybe 1 period max)
• Increased viewers - a great chance to get all generations watching
• Those in attendance get home at a much better time - again better for families
• When I was younger it would have been great to watch the game with the boys and then head out for the night
• Families can watch together far easier
• Bars and restaurants showing games will see more business as more people will eat at their regular dinner time

What do you guys think about it?

Hockey Night In Canada is already an institution where families can watch together and bars and restaurants make a killing starting at 7 pm prime time. The 5 pm time slot would solve a temporary scheduling problem for young families but they grow out of that when the little ones stay up later. So this is a hard no for me since it's catering to a very specific demographic.

Although I will say I have recently learned the joys of the early bird. But HNIC? No way, stays at 7 pm.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

7pm is fine. 8pm would be perfect as I'm usually not home until 7:30ish

I've never been a fan of afternoon hockey. (Baseball on the other hand is perfect for the afternoon)

 

[GardinerTheForward]

I have lived in EST, CST and MST. By far best was the 6pm start

Offered the perfect balance of what people are describing here, (as long as you like eating during the game). I could make it the feature of the night with the subsequent game or go out afterward, and i could get a good night rest if I worked early the next day