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
Tonight, The Toronto Maple Leafs return home for a fifth game in the second round series vs. the Florida Panthers. Upper story windows will remain locked over at Rogers Sports and Entertainment offices. Wednesday’s Game 4 which saw Toronto batle back 2-1 to avoid a sweep in the series was watched by an overnight, estimated
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