Monthly Archives: June 2009

Game 7 most watched game in 36 years

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Friday night’s deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on NBC Sports was the most-watched NHL game in 36 years (5/10/73, Stanley Cup Final Game 6 on NBC, Montreal-Chicago, 9.4 million) drawing an average of 8 million viewers. Overall, the series averaged 5.6 million viewers for the five games on NBC, the best since 2002 on ABC (three telecasts, Detroit-Carolina, 5.8 million average viewers). Friday’s Game 7 earned a 4.3 rating and an 8 share, the best for a series-ending game in six years (6/9/03, Game 7, Anaheim-New Jersey, 4.6 /8). NBC Sports’ Game 7 finished No

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Another fan-tastic parade for city of champions

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Just call it the city of champions. Four months after celebrating the Steelers' sixth Super Bowl victory, Pittsburgh police estimated 375,000 people converged downtown again for a parade, this time in honor of the Stanley Cup champion Penguins. People lined streets - in some places standing 20 deep or crowding onto multilevel parking garages - to get a glimpse of the team and the Cup.

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It’s official: Hatcher takes coaching job

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We reported this last week, but the Flyers made it official on Monday when they announced Derian Hatcher has retired as a player and has taken the role of Player Development Coach. “We are pleased to add Derian to our coaching staff in this very important capacity,” said Flyers GM Paul Holmgren. "Derian will spend valuable time with the young players throughout our organization, working on their on-ice game as well as helping these young players deal with the issues playing and/or preparing to play professional hockey.” “I am very excited. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do when Paul offered me this position. It sounded like the perfect way to stay in the game and see if I like it,” said Hatcher.

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