While it wasn’t the happy ending many Canadians had hoped for, it certainly was a tremendous draw. Sportsnet claims that an average minute audience of 7.55 million Canadians ages two and up watched Monday’s seventh and final game of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. They saw the Florida Panthers win their first ever NHL championship,
There’s a cool little side note to Monday night’s Game 7, winner-take-all NHL Stanley Cup final. Two grads from my high school, Michael Power-St. Joesph’s in Etobicoke — Connor Brown who plays for the Edmonton Oilers and Evan Rodriquez for the Florida Panthers — are facing off opposite one another. One is about to see
Ratings for the second game of this spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs declined by more than half a million viewers from Game One. The overnight estimates from Monday, June 10, show that 1,594,000 viewers across Canada watched the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Sportsnet national. Another 1,O61,000 saw the game that same night
A home team rooting interest makes a difference. Saturday’s Game One of the Stanley Cup finals between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers drew close to 3.5 million viewers in overnight estimates across English Canada. Most viewers watched the game, which Florida won 3-0, on Sportsnet (national and .com), where 1,928,000 viewers were tallied.
Over the weekend, CBC opted not to cover two close, deciding games in the third round of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup. Their priorities instead: the annual Canadian Screen Awards Friday and the final two hours of the reality competition series Canada’s Ultimate Challenge. The results are in and they are about as punishing as
The only Canadian team left in the Stanley Cup playoffs continues to draw as they battle deep into the third round. Wednesday’s 4th Game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars drew an overnight, estimated 1,028,000 on CBC and another 1,183,000 on Sportsnet National for a combined overnight estimate of 2.21 million viewers ages
Last Monday’s seventh and deciding game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers — the last two Canadian teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs — drew an overnight, estimated, broadcast and specialty audience of 3,247,000 viewers. (Ages 2+ across Canada.) An estimated 2,027,000 watched the 9:15pm ET start, won by the Oilers, on Sportsnet
With all those sports betting ads shown during these Stanley Cup playoffs, there was little talk from oddsmakers as to waging against Canadian teams making it past the second round. That was, however, a safe bet once again as both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers came up snake eyes in round two. The