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Watching Conference Finals In Canada
by Paul on 05/26/09 at 12:50 PM ET
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from Chris Zelkovich of Sports Media Watch at the Toronto Star,
The two-month battle to determine who gets to abuse the Stanley Cup in small towns around the world is indeed a strange creature. For one, it’s the only playoff that features players who look like they’re either bearded lumberjacks or car-crash victims. It also has to be the only pro sports playoff that sees the public lose interest the more important the games become.
The first weekend of CBC’s third-round coverage produced audiences that didn’t even match the average for a regular-season Saturday night. In fact, barring a huge surge in interest, the third round won’t come close to the second-round average of 1,366,000.
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Obviously, Canada needs a few more hockey teams to improve the odds of remaining long enough in the playoffs for the “hockey-crazy” Canadians to bother watching the playoffs.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 05/26/09 at 12:16 PM ET