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Penguins-Sabres outdoors

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Corky Ramirez up on 94th St., Jan 1, 2008.

  1. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    <a href="http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/ice-ice-baby.html">The game drew the highest regular-season ratings in the U.S. in more than a decade.</a>
     
  2. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    For one thing, playing these games in the daytime is just asking for it. Winter temperatures have risen enough that except maybe in Calgary, Edmonton, Denver and Minnesota, playing a game in the daytime gives you about even-money odds you're gonna have 45 degrees at game time.
     
  3. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Screw that, bring 'em back full time. Them and Buffalo's classic crossed-swords logo. Fans should be allowed to vote on uniforms and if they say they want 'em back, bring 'em back.
     
  4. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    Sweaters.

    Knit sweaters.
     
  5. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    With tube skates and horsehair stuffed goalie pads
     
  6. Flash

    Flash Guest

    Don't go selling Calgary as a great spot for one of these outdoor games, Starman.
    The weather here is more bipolar than my batshit crazy best friend.

    The temperature can swing 25 degrees over the course of a couple of hours.

    Yes, we can go from 20-below to 10 above in the space of an afternoon.

    And if you don't believe me, Google the term 'chinook wind.'

    (Disclaimer: all temperatures listed above are in Celsius, the Canuckistani version of Farenheit.)
     
  7. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    Here's how the game did in the States compared to the bowl games on Tuesday according to the Sports Media Watch blog:

     
  8. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Pretty respectable ratings.

    I'm still waiting to see what CBC's were.
     
  9. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    They count, as long as they're true deflections. If they go to the replay and it shows the cat made a kicking motion to direct the puck into the net, then the goal doesn't count.
     
  10. Flash

    Flash Guest

    Here you go, JR. It may have done well but it still didn't beat the original Heritage Classic.

    http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4a8dK-oABfMfHREMqRYq74Fe51w

    TORONTO - The Winter Classic was a hit in Canada as well.

    A day after NBC reported the largest hockey viewing audience in more than a decade watched the outdoor game south of the border, CBC announced Thursday it drew its second-largest audience ever for an afternoon NHL game.

    Pittsburgh's 2-1 shootout win over Buffalo at Ralph Wilson Stadium on New Year's Day attracted an average audience of 1.170 million viewers on CBC, second only to the 2.16 million viewers for the afternoon start that featured Wayne Gretzky's final game in April 1999.

    Audiences peaked at 1,943,000 viewers during Tuesday's shootout when Sidney Crosby won it for the Penguins.

    Tuesday's outdoor game, a 1 p.m. ET start between two U.S.-based clubs, didn't come close though to matching the first-ever regular-season NHL outdoor game four years ago in Edmonton. The November 2003 Heritage Classic between the Canadiens and Oilers, which had a 7 p.m. ET start time, drew 2.747 million viewers - the second-highest average audience ever for a regular-season game on CBC.

    Hockey Night In Canada is averaging 1.19 million viewers for its 7 p.m. ET games this season and 696,000 viewers for the 10 p.m. ET games.
     
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