Here’s the Top 10 Local Markets For Both Games of the Hockey Day Doubleheader
February 22, 2012 2 Comments
Game 1, 12:30 p.m. ET: Regional Action (SJ vs. DET, PIT vs. BUF, STL vs. CHI)
1. Buffalo (PIT vs. BUF): 11.1/23
2. Detroit (SJ vs. DET): 9.5/21
3. Pittsburgh (PIT vs. BUF): 9.0/20
4. St. Louis (STL vs. CHI): 7.0/15
5. Chicago (STL vs. CHI): 3.9/10
6. Minneapolis (STL vs. CHI): 1.8/5
7. Columbus (SJ vs. DET): 1.8/4
8. Washington, DC (PIT vs. BUF): 1.7/4
9. Cincinnati (SJ vs. DET): 1.6/3
10. Fort Myers, FL (SJ vs. DET): 1.5/3
Game 2, 3:30 p.m. ET, Boston vs. Minnesota
1. Buffalo: 5.6/10
2. Boston: 4.6/10
3. Minneapolis: 3.9/10
4. Providence: 3.7/7
5. Detroit: 3.1/6
6. Pittsburgh: 2.4/5
7. St. Louis: 1.9/4
8. Nashville: 1.7/3
9. Fort Myers, FL: 1.5/3
10. Richmond, VA: 1.5/2
(Source: NBC Sports)
Puck The Media 
Huh. Maybe the reason NBC distributed SJ/DET so widely is that they knew that outside of Detroit, it was not going to many strong markets.
Also, I’m not sure how many markets it ended up going out to. It was scheduled to be on the air in the Charlotte market, but they instead (and, even as a Sharks fan, I might say rightfully so) aired the Pittsburgh-Buffalo game. At least I was able to watch the Sharks on the NBC affiliate out of Johnson City, TN, though in SD.