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Windy City Stanley Cup Win Puts Up Big Numbers for NBC

Category : General Jun 17th, 2015

As the Chicago Blackhawks secured their claim to a dynasty, the 2015 Stanley Cup Final champions helped NBC Sports deliver some of the biggest ratings in NHL history.

Chicago on Monday night beat Tampa 2-0, securing its third title in six years. In so doing, the Hawks capped the tenth most-watched Stanley Cup game since Nielsen began keeping track back in 1966, as NBC’s broadcast averaged 8.01 million total viewers.

Monday night’s finale tucked in under NBC’s presentation of Game 6 of the Chicago-Bruins grudge match, which drew 8.16 million viewers in June 2013. The all-time most-watched NHL game was Game 7 of the epic 1971 Montreal-Chicago series, which scared up 12.4 million viewers on CBS.

As the Chicago Blackhawks secured their claim to a dynasty, the 2015 Stanley Cup Final champions helped NBC Sports deliver some of the biggest ratings in NHL history.

Chicago on Monday night beat Tampa 2-0, securing its third title in six years. In so doing, the Hawks capped the tenth most-watched Stanley Cup game since Nielsen began keeping track back in 1966, as NBC’s broadcast averaged 8.01 million total viewers.

Monday night’s finale tucked in under NBC’s presentation of Game 6 of the Chicago-Bruins grudge match, which drew 8.16 million viewers in June 2013. The all-time most-watched NHL game was Game 7 …read more

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