Hockey Night in Canada Ratings Through American Thanksgiving
November 23, 2011 4 Comments
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada
October 6
7:00 Montreal vs. Toronto – 1.94 million
10:00 Pittsburgh vs. Vancouver – 989,000
October 8
7:00 Ottawa vs. Toronto – 2.54 million
10:00 Pittsburgh vs. Calgary – 1.01 million
October 9
6:00 Montreal vs. Winnipeg – 1.83 million
October 15
7:00 Regional Action (feat. CGY/TOR, COL/MTL, OTT/WSH, WPG/PHX) – 2.12 million
10:00 Vancouver vs. Edmonton – 1.17 million
October 22
7:00 Regional Action (feat. TOR/MTL, CLB/OTT, CAR/WPG) – 2.17 million
10:00 NY Rangers vs. Edmonton – 752,000
October 29
7:00 Regional Action (feat. PIT/TOR, BOS/MTL, WPG/TB) – 2.29 million
10:00 Washington vs. Vancouver – 1.09 million
November 5
7:00 Regional Action (feat. BOS/TOR, BUF/OTT, WPG/NJ, MTL/NYR) – 2.04 million
10:00 Edmonton vs. Phoenix – 696,000
November 12
7:00 Regional Action (feat. OTT/TOR, MTL/NSH, WPG/CLB) – 2.25 million
10:00 Calgary vs. Colorado – 757,000
November 19
3:00 Philadelphia vs. Winnipeg – 632,000
7:00 Regional Action (feat. WSH/TOR, NYR/MTL) – 2.08 million
10:00 Chicago vs. Edmonton – 948,000
November 21
7:00 NY Islanders vs. Pittsburgh – 1.2 million
(Source: Canadian Sports Media Blog)
Puck The Media 
didnt like the 24/7 preview….seemed real soft…….where was the original voice at on narration? he makes 24/7 and hard knocks so much better.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/story/2011-11-27/nfl-pregame-shows-ndamukong-suh/51426980/1
NHL earns a 1.0 for the black Friday game. NBC can’t be happy this year on both NBC and VS tv ratings so far.
Guess they need to start changing rules again. Who were they kidding to do a thanksgiving Friday game. Tough year so far on the ratings front when the other guys were on strike. If MLS garners better ratings on NBCSports it won’t bold well and John Collins will need to get creative. Next stop WC and if that doesn’t pull in highest ratings with 2 biggest markets, going to be a long long season.
To be fair, its gonna be hard to go against Arkansas vs. LSU. I’m a diehard hockey game, but I watched one of the most important college football games of the season. Arkansas-LSU is a better matchup than any of the early (1pm ET) January 2nd bowl games.