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Report: Devils at risk of defaulting on loan (NBC Sports)
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According to the New York Post.
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NHL on NBC: Game 1 earns best rating since 1997; Pierre McGuire?s honor defended (Puck Daddy)
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The NHL entered the 2013 Stanley Cup Final knowing that the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins were going to be a ratings smash in the U.S., based on the strength of the local viewership numbers and the attention this Original Six battle was getting nationally.
So how big was Game 1? Here?s Paulsen of Sports Media Watch with the great news for hockey:
Game 1 of the Bruins/Blackhawks NHL Stanley Cup Final earned a 4.8 overnight rating on NBC Wednesday night, up 100% from Kings/Devils Game 1 last year (2.4), and up 50% from Bruins/Canucks Game 1 in 2011 (3.2).
The 4.8 is the highest overnight for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final since Red Wings/Flyers on FOX in 1997 (5.1), and the third-highest Game 1 overnight since the final returned to broadcast television in 1995. Only Panthers/Avalanche Game 1 in 1996 (5.2) and the aforementioned Red Wings/Flyers game earned better numbers.
It was also the highest-rated non-clinching Stanley Cup Final game since Game 5 of the 2000 Final between the Dallas Stars and the New Jersey Devils (5.3), whom you?ll recall repelled audiences with their defensive style and killed interest in the NHL. File that under ?hockey myths.?
Interesting, locally in Chicago, that Game 1 vs. Boston was up 49 percent over Game 1 vs. the Philadelphia Flyers in 2011. Is that the Blackhawks? bandwagon expanding exponentially, or the NHL?s?
Meanwhile, the man behind the NHL?s success on NBC has had enough with anonymous critics of the divisive man inside the glass, Pierre McGuire.
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How are the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoff ratings on NBC? (Puck Daddy)
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The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs haven?t lacked for drama.
Some of that drama arrived in the form of Game 7 battles in five series. But some of that drama was also due to brevity: The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins being dispatched quickly by the Boston Bruins, and the Chicago Blackhawks doing the same against the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.
So how have these playoffs fared in the ratings for NBC and NBC Sports Network, as the Chicago Blackhawks prepare to face the Boston Bruins in the final round?
Thanks to the conference finals, the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs are the ?second most-watched in 16 years? according to NBC, right behind last season?s tournament.
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Matteau invited to U.S. junior evaluation camp
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Stefan Matteau has earned an invitation to the 2013 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, USA Hockey announced on Thursday.
Matteau, 19, will be one of 40 skaters auditioning for spots on the U.S. National Junior Team that will take part ...
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New Jersey Devils: Three Players Who Need to Step Up in 2013-14 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
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COMMENTARY | The New Jersey Devils consider their season a failure whenever they miss the playoffs. This has been the case for the Devils two of the past three seasons. If the New Jersey Devils are going to return to the playoffs, then the following players need to step it up in 2013-14.
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Brodeur battling Bobrovsky in Cover Vote
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Devils GM?s goal: sign major free agents before July 5 (NBC Sports)
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That big group includes Patrik Elias and David Clarkson.
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Rangers dismiss Tortorella as coach (The SportsXchange)
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John Tortorella is out as coach of the New York Rangers.
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Will Henrik Lundqvist retire a Ranger, or end up elsewhere? (The Hockey News)
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A free agent after next season, will Henrik Lundqvist stay with the Rangers, or seek out a team he has a better chance to win a Stanley Cup
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Avalanche hire Patrick Roy as coach (The Associated Press)
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DENVER (AP) -- Patrick Roy has been hired as coach of the Colorado Avalanche.
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