THEM CANADIANS LIKE THEIR ICE SPORTS

Check out the commas in the viewership numbers from last weekend’s sports menu.

Take special notice of the half million Canadians who were glued to curling - Curling! (It’s an Olympic sport this year you know), the throng that watched the fancy boy skating, and also the paltry quarter million that bothered to focus their gaze on that embarrassing multi-colored milling-about on the gridiron in South Florida.

1. NHL, Canucks at Maple Leafs, Saturday, CBC: 2,173,000

2. NHL, Oilers at Flames, Saturday, CBC: 1,036,000

3. NHL, Canadiens at Senators, Saturday, CBC: 1,032,000

4. Hockey Night In Canada pre-game show, Saturday, CBC: 948,000

5. NHL, Maple Leafs at Devils, Friday, TSN: 774,000

6. Curling, Tournament of Hearts (afternoon), Sunday, TSN: 694,000

7. Curling, Tournament of Hearts (evening), Sunday, TSN: 584,000

8. Hockey, Hockey Day In Canada (5 p.m.), Saturday, CBC: 464,000

9. Curling, Tournament of Hearts (morning), Sunday, TSN: 438,000

10. Figure skating, Canadian championships gala, Sunday, CBC: 309,000

11. Hockey, Hockey Day In Canada (noon), Saturday, CBC: 283,000

12. TSN The Reporters, Sunday, TSN: 259,000

13. Tennis, Australian Open men's final, Sunday, TSN: 246,000

14. Tennis, Australian Open women's final, Saturday, TSN: 239,000

15. NFL, Pro Bowl, Sunday, TSN2: 230,000

My question is; if you could somehow put Canadian Idol, CSI, Celebrity Apprentice or any other ratings juggernaut on ice would every Canadian from Prince Rupert to Goose Bay watch it?