Ratings Gold

The NHL scored some big ratings for Tuesday night's game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In the first rematch between the two clubs since last year's Cup final, Versus scored a .5 national HH rating (364,645 households), matching the best rating for a regular-season NHL game ever on the network. Just imagine the type of ratings the game would have got if it were on a network that most people actually get.

Locally, Pittsburgh received a 5.8 HH rating and Detroit delivered a 3.3 HH rating, making Versus the #1 rated cable network in both markets for the 7:00-9:45 p.m. ET period.

Here in Canada the game was aired on TSN2 which is still unavailable on most television providers' lineup. So because of that I was unable to watch. Didn't really bother me though, because it was Tuesday and that's the night I stare into my mirror and practice my pick up lines I'll use at the bar. You can never be too prepared.

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