( Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press )It wasn’t too far into the 2016-17 NHL season before Scott Moore was confident hockey ratings would take a turn for the better for Rogers and Sportsnet. “After Auston Matthews’ third goal,” said Moore, the president of Sportsnet and NHL Properties at Rogers Media. Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final between Ottawa and Pittsburgh was the most watched game of the playoffs, with an average of 4.29 million viewers. In the United States: Despite neither Nashville (29th) nor Pittsburgh (23rd) being a top-20 TV market, the final on NBC/NBCSN averaged 4.762 million viewers, making it the most-watched final on record without an Original Six team. Rogers continues to have national broadcast rights for all teams, and exclusive regional rights to Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.

Source: thestar June 14, 2017 22:18 UTC