hf101 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs as second-most watched since 2006 - and fourth most watched since 1994. Fifth most watched Cup Final since 1994 2013: Chicago/Boston, 6 games (5.753 million)1997: Detroit/Philly, 4 games (5.289)2010: Chicago/Philly, 6 games (5.167)2002: Detroit/Carolina, 5 games (5.113)2014: New York/Los Angeles, 5 games (5.001) Top 5 games of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs (minutes watched): (unauthenticated) June 13 – Game 5: New York Rangers @ Los Angeles Kings – 11.42 million June 7 – Game 2: New York Rangers @ Los Angeles Kings – 9.02 million June 1 – Game 7: Los Angeles Kings @ Chicago Blackhawks – 8.15 million June 4 – Game 1: New York Rangers @ Los Angeles Kings – 6.49 million May 28 – Game 5: Los Angeles Kings @ Chicago Blackhawks – 5.49 million ** best Conference Final game ever Top 10 markets for Friday night’s Game 5: Rank Market RTG1 Los Angeles 12.42 New York 10.43 Buffalo 9.24 Boston 6.34 Minneapolis-St. Paul 6.36 Pittsburgh 5.57 Chicago 5.47 Providence 5.49 West Palm Beach 5.29 Las Vegas 5.2 source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan4ever Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) @hf101 West Palm Beach?? I find that pretty interesting And nice to see Philly making a nice showing for games watched Edited June 17, 2014 by fan4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaris922 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I'm shocked more Pittsburgh market than Philly for game 5... You guys are 3 times our size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 I'm shocked more Pittsburgh market than Philly for game 5... You guys are 3 times our size! Nicer weather in Philly. Realistically no real interest in seeing either team lift the cup for a lot of Flyer fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanflyer Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 3 Buffalo 9.2 HockeyJunkie has 9.2 million homes?? I will have to stop teasing him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanflyer Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 And nice to see Philly making a nice showing for games watched My question would be is the demographic based on proper jurisdiction or suburbia included? I would venture that there are allot more flyers fans in suburbia v. Philly proper. Truthfully, just by seeing this board and comments, I think the majority of Flyers fans checked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabs1993 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I love to see a city like Buffalo at the top of this list. They're smart hockey fans and need their team to be better. And it's kinda sad that the team that finished dead last in the league had more interest in the playoffs than teams who made the post season. I mean, I was in that boat a few years ago when Montreal missed the playoffs by a catastrophic margin and I watched every playoff game that year. Where am I going with this.... The fact of the matter is that as popular as the games were in LA and NY, those two markets are nowhere near the top if the Kings and the Rangers don't play in the final. They are not hockey intensive markets. Can you imagine what the viewership in Buffalo would be like if the Sabres were in the final? You have to consider that those watching from Buffalo were mostly hardcore hockey fans. What if they had the casual fan too? The "fair-weather" fan that's only in it because their team is in it? That RTG could be upwards of 14-15! With that being said, the Sabres are nowhere close to that level yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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