USA Vs. Canada Most Viewed Hockey Game in 30 Years

[MisterT]

Not since "The Miracle on Ice" has the USA paid so much attention to hockey, pulling in an average of 27.6 million viewers, and peaking at 34.8 million.

Kuklas Korner

[Seanibus]

Not since "The Miracle on Ice" has the USA paid so much attention to hockey, pulling in an average of 27.6 million viewers, and peaking at 34.8 million.

Kuklas Korner

Most viewed Hockey Game in 30 years? That doesn't sound like it's setting the bar very high, does it?

[romano]

I wonder what the ratings were in Canada.

[MisterT]

Most viewed Hockey Game in 30 years? That doesn't sound like it's setting the bar very high, does it?

Considering the other programming options available now that weren't around in 1980, the fact that the ratings were close is pretty impressive, I'd say.

[Seanibus]

Considering the other programming options available now that weren't around in 1980, the fact that the ratings were close is pretty impressive, I'd say.

It's not the peaks I am questioning - it's the vast and deep valley in between.

[CrazyIvan]

It wasn't just a big audience for hockey:

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)."