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g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
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NHL Local TV Ratings on the Rise

Awesome to hear this. BTW I'm watching the NY Islanders (4-2 Caps) and what are those e 4 stripes on the top of the right shoulder of the Isles jersey???
According to Nielsen, seven of 30 NHL teams are showing an increase of at least 33% in local television ratings from last season.

Granted, it's early in the season, but the league has to be happy seeing huge viewership increases in markets like Washington (140%), Chicago (71%), New York (33%), and Los Angeles (33%).

Also on the list of big gainers: San Jose (50%), Denver (36%), and Phoenix (33%). Even Buffalo, where ratings have always been strong, is showing a double-digit increase so far (14%).

Nationally, Canadian broadcasters are doing well.

Hockey Night in Canada viewership has grown in all time slots, with the pregame show making the largest gain. It's averaging 527,000 viewers, for an increase of 56 per cent over last year.

The Game 1 audience is 1.348 million, up 13 per cent.

Game 2's 763,000 is 19 per cent higher than last year.

... TSN's NHL telecasts have an average audience of 496,000 viewers, up 21 per cent from last year.

RDS is averaging 773,000 viewers for Montreal Canadiens games, available nationally, up 21 per cent.

GO BRUINS

Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    ahh... so the front runners in boston are finally jumping on the bruins band wagon?
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,315
    good to see. i'd be curious to see the numbers for purchases of the center ice package.
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,067
    i'm hearing they want to go back to ESPN.
    I miss igotid88
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    igotid88 wrote:
    i'm hearing they want to go back to ESPN.

    worst move was leaving ESPN after the lock out. let's see.... you are trying to lure fans back after losing an entire season, so lets not renew our contract with the biggest sports network in the country and instead, have our games televised on a channel called OLN that only 20% of US households have.

    nhl2nite on espn2 was the shit.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    wide screen tv's and hd is why
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    ps -

    there was nothing like gary thorne calling NHL playoff games.
  • SongburstSongburst Posts: 1,195
    cutback wrote:
    wide screen tv's and hd is why

    HD and widescreens make it better, but it still really isn't a sport that translates well on TV (as much as I love it).

    I never understood how a sport translated well on TV until I went to an NFL game. Football is unbelievably boring live but it is really good on TV. Conversely hockey is ok on TV but it is blows away any other sport out live.
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,315
    Songburst wrote:
    HD and widescreens make it better, but it still really isn't a sport that translates well on TV (as much as I love it).

    I never understood how a sport translated well on TV until I went to an NFL game. Football is unbelievably boring live but it is really good on TV. Conversely hockey is ok on TV but it is blows away any other sport out live.

    plus football your view is much better on tv due to all the replays. chances are when the coach challenges a play and you're sitting in the stands you don't know what the correct call is.
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    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
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    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
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    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
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  • SongburstSongburst Posts: 1,195
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    plus football your view is much better on tv due to all the replays. chances are when the coach challenges a play and you're sitting in the stands you don't know what the correct call is.

    For sure. The football game I went to was a good game (Adrian Peterson ran for 296 yards, there was a missed field goal returned 109 yards for a touchdown) but the game was so boring to watch.

    There's nothing better than watching a playoff hockey game (especially in Canada) in terms of atmosphere and entertainment.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    singularity wrote:
    ahh... so the front runners in boston are finally jumping on the bruins band wagon?
    Not me...still find this sport really boring.

    Get rid of the goalie and I'll start watching it. :p
    you know, make it more like football on ice rather than soccer...;)
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,315
    Songburst wrote:
    For sure. The football game I went to was a good game (Adrian Peterson ran for 296 yards, there was a missed field goal returned 109 yards for a touchdown) but the game was so boring to watch.

    There's nothing better than watching a playoff hockey game (especially in Canada) in terms of atmosphere and entertainment.


    Some American arenas are good like that, MSG, Joe Louis, but still don't beat Canada, especially places like Calgary and Vancouver.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Songburst wrote:
    HD and widescreens make it better, but it still really isn't a sport that translates well on TV (as much as I love it).

    I never understood how a sport translated well on TV until I went to an NFL game. Football is unbelievably boring live but it is really good on TV. Conversely hockey is ok on TV but it is blows away any other sport out live.


    totally agree....but it is more enjoyable to watch hockey on a wide screen as apposed to old tv's and i think hd is bringing the more casual fan back to watching the sport :)
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    LongRd. wrote:
    Not me...still find this sport really boring.

    Get rid of the goalie and I'll start watching it. :p
    you know, make it more like football on ice rather than soccer...;)

    haha, get rid of the goalie? that'd be some interesting stuff.

    reminds me of when i was younger and we would play roller hockey at the local courts and we would lie the garbage pails down and that was our net... you would have to make it in the small circular opening, without a goalie.
  • SongburstSongburst Posts: 1,195
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Some American arenas are good like that, MSG, Joe Louis, but still don't beat Canada, especially places like Calgary and Vancouver.

    Minnesota is a good place to see a game (playoff or otherwise) -- I haven't been to too many games in the states. Minny, Buffalo, Chicago. All were good, but none came close to playoff games in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary or Saturday Night at Maple Leaf Gardens (and I HATE the Leafs).
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,315
    Songburst wrote:
    Minnesota is a good place to see a game (playoff or otherwise) -- I haven't been to too many games in the states. Minny, Buffalo, Chicago. All were good, but none came close to playoff games in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary or Saturday Night at Maple Leaf Gardens (and I HATE the Leafs).

    You're right, I forgot about Minnesota. The atmosphere in Toronto and Montreal is also good, though the new buildings seem to have a different feel than places like the Maple Leaf Gardens and Montreal Forum.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    singularity wrote:
    ahh... so the front runners in boston are finally jumping on the bruins band wagon?

    Interestng you would say this and IF you're referring to me get up and check the Boston Bruins Thread and see whether I regularly post there or NOT.

    There's no BAND WAGON comng from me, Please clarify.

    A
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    singularity wrote:
    haha, get rid of the goalie? that'd be some interesting stuff.

    reminds me of when i was younger and we would play roller hockey at the local courts and we would lie the garbage pails down and that was our net... you would have to make it in the small circular opening, without a goalie.
    I did like playing Intramural Floor Hockey in college, that was fun. The goaltenders never add enough paddings to block the shots so there were lots of goals scored! :p
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    g under p wrote:
    Interestng you would say this and IF you're referring to me get up and check the Boston Bruins Thread and see whether I regularly post there or NOT.

    There's no BAND WAGON comng from me, Please clarify.

    A

    ah, i'm just bitter the rangers got their asses handed to them tonight.



    i like the peace symbol!
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    LongRd. wrote:
    I did like playing Intramural Floor Hockey in college, that was fun. The goaltenders never add enough paddings to block the shots so there were lots of goals scored! :p

    When we play street hockey we used Cricket pads for the goalies to drive up the scoring. Being the goalie made the game much more of a challange to stop the ball but I loved it cause i played tough like G. Cheevers. :)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    singularity wrote:
    ah, i'm just bitter the rangers got their asses handed to them tonight.



    i like the peace symbol!

    :)

    Didn't even check to see what the Rangers did tonight. A
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    the 4 stripes represent the 4 cups they won in the 80s.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Good to hear!

    But is it really a surprise that Chicago and Washington are the top 2 teams on that list? 3 of the 4 best young players in the league are on those two teams! If I was in either city I wouldn't miss a game.

    I am VERY happy to see Chicago becoming a good team again. And even more happy to see my Bruins doing so well :D


    Back in the day I secretly loved the Blackhawks in part because there were out west, 2nd BEST jersey in the NHL, and I loved the old school goalie Tony Espisito.

    Stan Mikita too. :)

    A
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    long red wrote:
    the 4 stripes represent the 4 cups they won in the 80s.

    I thought so and that was 4 in a row right.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    g under p wrote:
    I thought so and that was 4 in a row right.

    Peace

    you are correct ... the glory days. the long long long long long ago glory days.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    long red wrote:
    you are correct ... the glory days. the long long long long long ago glory days.

    Another quick question: During the Isles/Caps game a player for the Isles shot from center ice and it deflected off the referee and into the net. Yet it was reviewed and the goal was eventually called off, I didn't know they had a rule like that, the ref is not part of the play on the ice????

    Oh thanks for the answer.

    A
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    Hockey rules.

    Go Wings....08 world champs, baby!
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    g under p wrote:
    Another quick question: During the Isles/Caps game a player for the Isles shot from center ice and it deflected off the referee and into the net. Yet it was reviewed and the goal was eventually called off, I didn't know they had a rule like that, the ref is not part of the play on the ice????

    Oh thanks for the answer.

    A

    i didnt see the play, but no, i dont think the ref is in play. tis a shame tho, i'd love to see players deflect shots off the heads of referees.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,149
    Hocky = Niche sport. :)
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    g under p wrote:
    :)

    Didn't even check to see what the Rangers did tonight. A
    Trust me, it was awesome!

    Intro ceremonies were pretty cool too.
  • Royals32Royals32 Posts: 160
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Hocky = Niche sport. :)

    so is basball :)
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