The Toronto Maple Leafs Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night drew 4,370,000 viewers across Canada in overnight estimates on CBC and Sportsnet National combined. The Leafs first series victory in 19 years was by far the biggest draw so far of these 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Leafs and Tampa skated
Now that Hell has frozen over and The Toronto Maple Leafs made in past The Tampa Bay Lightning in Round One, will Rogers finally see an enormous surge in Stanley Cup viewership? The fifth game in the tight series, a victory for Tampa that put a temporary chill in Leaf National parade route plans, drew
One would expect that the Toronto Maple Leafs opening round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs to be drawing in the three million plus viewers range — and they are. After all, this match up has drawn the best TV timeslot, the early prime window. And, love them or hate them, The Leafs remain the
Ralph Mellanby was the guy who put Don Cherry in Coach’s Corner. The Hamilton, Ont. native died last Saturday, Jan. 29, at 87. Raised near Windsor, Ont., the innovative executive producer of Hockey Night in Canada was one of the country’s most influential television broadcasters. Back in the ’60s, he was quick to embrace modern
Sunday’s Game Six of the Stanley Cup finals shows that there are still some Canadians watching hockey this spring — just not as many as are watching basketball. The Boston Bruins victory over the St. Louis Blues Sunday to force a seventh and deciding game drew 1,332,000 viewers on CBC, 1,079,000 on Sportsnet National and
UPDATED WITH MONDAY NIGHT NUMBERS: What is the bigger draw so far this month of June in Canada: hockey or basketball? It’s not even close. Monday’s fourth game of the Stanley Cup finals between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues drew an overnight, estimated, average minute audience of 1,198,000 viewers on CBC plus
Not sure what was darker this past weekend: that Game of Thrones episode or where the Stanley Cup playoff ratings are heading. Sunday, CBC’s second round, afternoon game between the Carolina Panthers and the New York Islanders drew 312,000 overnight, estimated A2+ viewers nationally. Add the 392,000 viewers who watched the same game on Sportsnet
Thursday marked the start of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and, as suggested here previously, the elimination of all three Canadian teams in the first round has caught Rogers with its head down. Last Monday’s seventh and deciding game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins drew an overnight, estimated