Reviewing CBC’s Weekend: Habs Centennial Nearly Beats Leafs-Bruins

William Houston with his weekly numbers:

Hockey Night In Canada pre-game, Friday, (Canadiens 100^th anniversary celebration), 1.203 million; Boston Bruins-Canadiens, 1.101 million.

Hockey Night pre-game, Saturday, 523,000; Toronto Maple Leafs-Bruins, 1.453 million (well below season average, probably because of no regional telecasts with the national game); Game 2, Calgary Flames-San Jose Sharks, 810,000.

It was more festivity drawn, but still, the Habs game didn’t do all that worse on an unfamiliar CBC hockey night than the Leafs did in the usual timeslot.  Your ratings to date for HNIC are after the jump.

Thursday, Oct. 1
7:00 Montreal vs. Toronto 2.542 Million
10:00 Vancouver vs. Calgary 1.371 Million
Average: 1,956,500 Viewers

Saturday, Oct. 3
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 628,000
7:00 TOR vs. WSH OR MTL vs. BUF OR OTT vs. NYR 1.74 Million
10:00 Calgary vs. Edmonton 1.153 Million
Game Average: 1,446,500 Viewers

Saturday, Oct. 10
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 447,000
7:00 Pittsburgh vs. Toronto 1.686 Million
10:00 Montreal vs. Edmonton 1.004 Million
Game Average: 1,345,000 Viewers

Saturday, Oct. 17
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game N/A
7:00 NYR vs. TOR OR OTT vs. MTL 1.718 Million
10:00 Minnesota vs. Vancouver 986,000
Game Average: 1,352,000 Viewers

Saturday, Oct. 24
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 507,000 Viewers
7:00 TOR vs. VAN OR BOS vs. OTT OR NYR vs. MTL 2.306 Million
10:00 Edmonton vs. Calgary 1.119 Million
Game Average: 1,712,500 Viewers

Saturday, Oct. 31
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 781,000 Viewers
7:00 Toronto vs. Montreal 2.453 Million
10:00 Detroit vs. Calgary 809,000 Viewers
12:30 After Hours 222,000 Viewers
Game Average: 1.631 Million

Saturday, Nov. 7
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 1.014 Million
7:00 DET vs. TOR OR NJ vs. OTT OR TB vs. MTL 1.964 Million
10:00 NY Rangers vs. Calgary 877,000 Viewers
Game Average: 1,420,500 Viewers

Saturday, Nov. 14
2:00 NYR vs. OTT 579,000 Viewers
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 632,000 viewers
7:00 Calgary vs. Toronto 1.808 Million
10:00 Vancouver vs. Colorado 876,000 Viewers
Game Average (Primetime): 1.342 Million

Saturday, Nov. 21
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 657,000 viewers
7:00 DET vs. MTL OR WSH vs. TOR OR BUF vs. OTT 2.101 Million
10:00 Chicago vs. Edmonton 725,000 viewers
Game Average: 1.413 Million

Saturday, Nov. 28
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 644,000 viewers
7:00 WSH vs. MTL OR OTT vs. BOS OR CGY vs. CLB 1.783 Million
10:00 Vancouver vs. Edmonton 1.202 Million
Game Average: 1,492,500 Viewers

Saturday, Dec. 5
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game 523,000 viewers
7:00 Toronto vs. Boston 1.453 Million
10:00 Calgary vs. San Jose 810,000 viewers

Through 9 Weeks and 10 telecasts:

7PM Game Average: 2,155,400 Viewers
10PM Game Average: 1,093,200 Viewers
HNIC Season-to-Date Average: 1,624,300 Viewers