RATINGS BONANZA

A 17.6 rating, in these United States of America – for hockey. Are you serious?!

That equates to almost 27 million Americans – watching hockey – on a Sunday afternoon in late February.

Did Don Cherry mind-meld you people?

Of course you all probably assume that every passport packing Canuck north of the border was tuned to the epic ice-conflict.

You’re close.

One of every two Canadians, 16.6 million total, watched their team win gold in overtime. (It would have been two of every two but their wives were in the kitchen curing the bacon. I kid of course.). The viewership hit its zenith with 26.8 million watching, that’s 80% of the country!

If you wanna put that first Canadian number into U.S. parlance (call it a conversion rate) the 16.6 rating in the Frozen North would equate to 150,000,000 Americans being glued to Canada – USA, for gold.

Wow!