More Americans watched the hockey game yesterday than ANY NBA Finals telecast since '98

By SHootar - 03-01-2010, 11:27 AM - Boxden > BX SportsCenter

People watch hockey: Gold medal ratings huge for USA/Canada - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Sunday's game drew a higher overnight rating than every World Series game since 2004 (including every game of Yankees/Phillies last year), every NBA Finals telecast since 1998, and every NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four game since at least '98.

Excluding the NFL, the 17.6 overnight for the game is the second-highest of the year for any sporting event, behind only the Texas/Alabama BCS National Championship Game in January (18.2)

This is up 46% from the 2002 USA/Canada showdown, and will very likely be the highest-rated hockey game since 1980. The share means that 1 in every 3 Americans with a TV were watching the game. This is, to put it professionally, out of this world

IMO that is pretty ridiculous and a great day for hockey. 1 in 3 americans watching the game is pretty ridiculous. thats almost 100 million ppl.

but i forgot...according to boxden, no one cared about the game > More Americans watched the hockey game yesterday than ANY NBA Finals telecast since '98 - Photo posted in BX SportsCenter | Sign in and leave a comment below!

> More Americans watched the hockey game yesterday than ANY NBA Finals telecast since '98 - Photo posted in BX SportsCenter | Sign in and leave a comment below!

03-01-2010, 11:30 AM

good look for hockey right there

03-01-2010, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by SHootar

People watch hockey: Gold medal ratings huge for USA/Canada - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

IMO that is pretty ridiculous and a great day for hockey. 1 in 3 americans watching the game is pretty ridiculous. thats almost 100 million ppl.

but i forgot...according to boxden, no one cared about the game

well according to boxden....

lady gaga sold 10 million and went diamond but shes s**tty?

kobe is trash

lebron is trash

lil wayne makes better music then the beatles ever did

so ya

03-01-2010, 11:31 AM

Ahhhhhhhhhhh s**t.

/Close thread.

03-01-2010, 11:33 AM

Well it's obviously stupid for people to try to say no one cared about it. I can't speak for all Americans, but I did watch it but I only did because it was an Olympic game and I constatntly heard about it while watching other events.

I learned just how big of a deal hockey is in Canada , but it just really isnt here

And really, how many more threads on this is there gonna be?

03-01-2010, 11:34 AM

ill admit i watched it. Was excited throughout the game and im honestly not a hockey fan

03-01-2010, 11:36 AM

Soccer > hockey

03-01-2010, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by M

Well it's obviously stupid for people to try to say no one cared about it. I can't speak for all Americans, but I did watch it but I only did because it was an Olympic game and I constatntly heard about it while watching other events.

I learned just how big of a deal hockey is in Canada , but it just really isnt here

And really, how many more threads on this is there gonna be?

so shoving it down your throat is the key to you watching it

sounds like we need even more threads!

03-01-2010, 11:37 AM

Too bad this won't translate to NHL ratings.

Stern won.

03-01-2010, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by SHootar

so shoving it down your throat is the key to you watching it

sounds like we need even more threads!

No , I still only watched it because it was an olympic game. If it were just a regular hockey game being shoved down my throat I still wouldn't have watched it

03-01-2010, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Storchaveli

Soccer > hockey

if there wasn't so much dumb diving and faking injuries and basically a bunch of women diguised as men playing, i'd probs give it more run

03-01-2010, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by ChiCity Fingaz

Too bad this won't translate to NHL ratings.

Stern won.

Too bad NBA is fifth behind NCAA Basketball, NFL, NCAA Football & MLB. If anyone "won" it is Roger Goodell

03-01-2010, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by M

No , I still only watched it because it was an olympic game. If it were just a regular hockey game being shoved down my throat I still wouldn't have watched it

so disguising regular hockey games as olympic games is the key?

but yeah no doubt lotta americans watched it for the patriotism factor. we'll still take that

03-01-2010, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by ChiCity Fingaz

Too bad this won't translate to NHL ratings.

Stern won.

stern got beat by a hockey game

clearly jordan is the winner here, not stern.

03-01-2010, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by lilsnatch770

Too bad NBA is fifth behind NCAA Basketball, NFL, NCAA Football & MLB. If anyone "won" it is Roger Goodell

03-01-2010, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by M

No , I still only watched it because it was an olympic game. If it were just a regular hockey game being shoved down my throat I still wouldn't have watched it

and who knows what else you've had shoved down your throat in your lifetime

11:54 AM

Originally Posted by SHootar

if there wasn't so much dumb diving and faking injuries and basically a bunch of women diguised as men playing, i'd probs give it more run

I hate that part of the game too, but you have to realize they're trying to get the ref to card someone, or give them a free kick from a good angle. I used to hate the damn sport, but man those guys can run all day. You know the stamina/conditioning required to play is insane, not to mention you have to know HOW to strike the ball.

But anyway, I'd rather watch a good soccer match than a hockey one; that's just me.

EDIT: Messi the god.

YouTube

Aight I'm done.

03-01-2010, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by deeznutz

and who knows what else you've had shoved down your throat in your lifetime

Wow, how original, haven't heard anything like that on this site before

03-01-2010, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by lilsnatch770

Too bad NBA is fifth behind NCAA Basketball, NFL, NCAA Football & MLB. If anyone "won" it is Roger Goodell

I would have said 4th instead of College Bball but still.

03-01-2010, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by M

Wow, how original, haven't heard anything like that on this site before

knew it was coming

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