Viewership is up as Versus, ESPN rights fight brews
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/cable-tv/e3ieae2fa145a05b6f729c2228d23d7cd6a

CROSBY, SEDIN, OVECHKIN NAMED HART TROPHY FINALISTS
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=319909

No Miller or Bryzgalov? Lame

Quote :

"funny how they backed into the playoffs and then took out the #1 seedteamchoke artists"

[Edited on April 29, 2010 at 12:53 PM. Reason : 7 fried butter sticks]

4/29/2010 12:51:43 PM

I said I couldn't really see Boudreau getting fired, but this comment from Leonsis in his blog is a bit telling:

Quote :

" I believe our hockey IQ seemed low this series and we didn’t adjust well on the ice to the new schemes coming our way. "

I wonder if they'll make a switch. Maybe bring in a hardline defensive guy with an actual system like Ken Hitchcock.

4/29/2010 1:01:51 PM

^^ ted is literally the only guy who i feel even a little sorry for

from his blog:

Quote :

"Congratulations to the Montreal franchise. They move on and we stay home and answer questions and do some serious soul searching. But the better team won fair and square."

^ they need defensive players too . . . i'm a little worried that they'll pay for volchenkov

[Edited on April 29, 2010 at 1:10 PM. Reason : mike green is just corvo without the Y chromosome]

4/29/2010 1:02:06 PM

He is the best owner in the NHL, if not the best owner in American sports. I'll give him that much.

4/29/2010 1:03:05 PM

Yeah, they do have a great owner. Seems like a good guy too. The rest of em can rot though

4/29/2010 1:06:36 PM

Wait, last night really happened? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

4/29/2010 2:22:21 PM

sorry buddy

4/29/2010 3:00:13 PM

in regards to that article above about Versus and the NHL. Whoever the person was that said "on Versus the NHL stands out". Of course it fucking stands out when it's lead ins are fishing and caribou hunting or paid programming knife shows. If Versus really wants to get real they'd get a damn NHL highlights show and start broadcasting more than one obscure game a week.

4/29/2010 3:58:06 PM

4/29/2010 4:22:15 PM

I could really care less what else is on the network as long as they keep the two games a week and all the playoff games they do, because ESPN insists on running the damn bottomline 100% of the time now, and that really takes away from a great picture, and hockey in HD is the greatest.

4/29/2010 5:38:27 PM

rut rohhhh

[Edited on April 29, 2010 at 9:33 PM. Reason : woopsies!]

4/29/2010 9:30:00 PM

San Jose is PISSED

4/29/2010 9:35:00 PM

wide open hockey going on here

4/29/2010 9:35:46 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/After-Game-7-loss-Capitals-Laich-fixes-tire-fo?urn=nhl,237745&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

4/29/2010 9:38:08 PM

gonna be a goooooood series

4/30/2010 1:03:39 PM

^^

awesome story

4/30/2010 1:08:04 PM

Makes me hate him slightly less.

4/30/2010 1:12:08 PM

Pens are 3/3 on the power play so far tonight

and now they are 4/4.

So much for the Habs shutdown pk.

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 9:04 PM. Reason : 4/4]

4/30/2010 8:55:56 PM

two goals for the wild man of borneo

4/30/2010 9:16:14 PM

elvis has just left the building

4/30/2010 9:35:18 PM

good to see that Marc Savard is gonna play today

5/1/2010 10:53:38 AM

huge stops by boucher on that 2-on-1

a 2-0 lead at home after five minutes would be pretty hard to fight back from

5/1/2010 12:49:27 PM

Oh yeah. Hockey is a real sport. People care about Hockey.





Syke.

5/1/2010 12:53:18 PM

DIAF

5/1/2010 1:03:14 PM

^^



How long do you think NBC would let this game stay on if it ends up going to OT while preempting their 4 hour Kentucky Derby pre-race coverage?

[Edited on May 1, 2010 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

5/1/2010 2:30:20 PM

holy fucking hell

the first 3 minutes of this OT have been ridiculous Bruin domination

5/1/2010 3:23:14 PM

So much for this series being a yawn. As long as it's Laviolette's style being dictated and not Julien's, this could be pretty damn entertaining.

5/1/2010 3:37:05 PM

good for Savard!!!

5/1/2010 3:47:13 PM

great hockey game

both goalies were excellent in the OT

5/1/2010 3:54:28 PM

Savard might have the best celebration so far in the playoffs, IMO

5/1/2010 5:34:19 PM

that goal by briere was pretty great

5/1/2010 6:01:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3cV688Fi-g

And a somewhat amusing related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_5xF63A2Q

5/1/2010 6:21:18 PM

canucks wow

5/1/2010 9:46:32 PM

BOSTON REPRESENT.

5/1/2010 10:07:04 PM

oh goodness that goal was sick (cammalleri's)

5/2/2010 3:29:51 PM

bwahaha

hal gill feel shame

5/2/2010 4:05:48 PM

damn, canadiens did whatever it took, halak again fabuleux

anyone else keep thinking Eddie O was saying "canes" instead of canadiens?

5/2/2010 5:40:04 PM

5/2/2010 10:45:32 PM

5/4/2010 3:55:18 PM

lol wtf?

5/4/2010 4:00:31 PM

flood water in Nashville has made it into the arena

5/4/2010 4:04:18 PM

seen

that would have been really cool if they had come here to play the games

i would go.

5/4/2010 4:05:47 PM

pens getting their asses handed to them by the habs so far

5/4/2010 8:04:56 PM

5/4/2010 11:16:34 PM

5/4/2010 11:31:42 PM

LOL

5/5/2010 3:23:29 AM

That intro in Vancouver is pretty freaking cool

5/5/2010 9:41:02 PM

yeah, i wish i'd seen it, it's my only complaint with Versus.

show that shit, not the boring ass studio analysis

5/5/2010 10:00:13 PM

no way in hell chicago goal #5 should count, but whatever

kudos to niemi for using the russian split in every situation

5/6/2010 3:45:01 AM

Quote :

" NON-NHL MARKETS & NON-PLAYOFF MARKETS SHOW SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH ON U.S. TV/NHL.COM NEW YORK – May 6, 2010 — The NHL is coming off of the most-watched Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals in the U.S. in 10 years with both VERSUS and NBC showing increases overall for the playoffs. That success has been mirrored on the NHL’s digital platforms with unique visitors to NHL.com up 33 percent over last year and video starts up 146 percent. The increased demand for NHL content has led to growth in fan engagement across all platforms, highlighted by especially impressive growth among non-NHL U.S. markets and U.S. markets of teams not qualifying for the postseason. Below is a summary of the U.S. markets experiencing the biggest increases for the first round on VERSUS, NBC and VERSUS/NBC combined (metered market ratings, according to Nielsen Media Research): NHL QUARTERFINALS ON VERSUS Birmingham – up 200% Norfolk – up 200% Chicago – up 133% Louisville – up 100% San Antonio – up 100% Knoxville – up 100% Cleveland – up 100% Dayton – up 100% San Diego – up 100% Richmond – up 100% Raleigh – up 100% Kansas City – up 100% Greenville – up 100% Notes: 17 of 21 U.S. team markets were up compared to last year. 21 of 35 non-NHL U.S. team markets were up compared to last year. 49 out of the 56 total metered markets were even or up from last year 6 out of the 8 U.S. team markets that did not make the playoffs this year were even or up from last year. NHL CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS ON NBC Detroit – up 500% Knoxville – up 300% Chicago – up 288% Nashville – up 267% Buffalo – up 257% Phoenix – up 189% Boston – up 100% Indianapolis – up 100% Milwaukee – up 100% Providence – up 80% Notes: 12 out of 21 U.S. team markets were up compared to last year. 37 out of the 56 total markets were even or up from last year. 5 out of 8 U.S. team markets that did not make the playoffs this year were up from last year. NHL QUARTERFINALS COMBINED ON NBC/VS Knoxville – up 200% Chicago – up 150% Detroit – up 143% Louisville – up 100% San Antonio – up 100% Phoenix – up 100% San Diego – up 100% Dayton – up 100% Birmingham – up 100% Sacramento – up 100% Albuquerque – up 100% Notes: 14 out of 21 U.S. team markets were even or up compared to last year. 19 out of the 35 non-NHL U.S. team markets were up compared to last year. 43 out of the 56 total markets were even or up from last year. 6 out of 8 U.S. team markets that did not make the playoffs this year were up or even with last year. Below is a summary of year-to-year growth on NHL.com from non-NHL markets and from markets of NHL teams not qualifying for the playoffs: GAINS FOR NON-NHL U.S. MARKETS ON NHL.COM (Unique visitors, year over year for playoffs) Kansas City – up 153% Austin – up 76% Sacramento – up 60% Milwaukee – up 59% Portland (Ore.) – up 51% Salt Lake City – up 47% Portland/Auburn (Maine) – up 44% Baltimore – up 43% Cleveland – up 43% Seattle/Tacoma – up 43% Cincinnati – up 39% San Diego – up 38% Orlando – up 31% Las Vegas – up 26% Indianapolis – up 24% GAINS FOR U.S. NHL MARKETS ON NHL.COM FOR NON-PLAYOFF TEAMS (Unique visitors, year over year) Dallas/Ft. Worth – up 61% Miami/Ft. Lauderdale – up 32% Tampa/St. Petersburg – up 31% Atlanta – up 21% Minneapolis/ St. Paul – up 13% New York – up 6%"

5/6/2010 6:46:04 PM