[Illusion]

More people watched game one between Arizona/Northwestern (womens softball) than game one of the Stanley Cup finals.

[SBR_John]

Well it was on OLN down here in Texas. OLN?? WTF? The Stanley Cup on the Outdoor Living channel?

[Mudcat]

More people watched game one between Arizona/Northwestern (womens softball) than game one of the Stanley Cup finals.

I'm guessing that should probably say more Americans watched the softball than the hockey. I could be wrong and maybe the softball is popular beyond my imagination, but the hockey did just fine in Canada.

[bigboydan]

OLN spent 70 million dollars for those NHL right.

the only reason they spent that much for those rights, was to raise there cable rates.

[onlooker]

Im sure those ratings would of been a bit higher if they broadcasted the Cup Finals on NBC instead of the OLN.

Im sure most people never heard of OLN or even what channel # it is.

[bigboydan]

i did hear that next year OLN will be changing it name to "verses"

[RabidDog]

How long is the deal between the NHL and OLN???

[onlooker]

Here is a good layout of the NHL-OLN deal.

Inside the NHL-OLN deal

•58 to 78 regular-season games per year on OLN; all playoff games not on NBC will be shown on OLN, using spillover channels when necessary.

•A three-year deal, with a Comcast option for three additional years.

•Either party can end the deal after two years.

•Rights fees are $65 million, $70 million and $72.5 million, respectively, over the first three years.

•Comcast guarantees $20 million worth of promotion per year.

•All OLN games are exclusive to the network.

•The Monday night OLN game will be the only NHL game of the night.

•Two games per night will be streamed on Comcast broadband.

•Comcast will have non-exclusive NHL VOD highlight rights and will carry the league-owned NHL Network on its cable systems.

•Comcast regional sports networks will air NHL games from other cities, with permission of the club and its rights holder.

•Comcast will pay the NHL $15 million if OLN lands an additional major sports property or if it fails to meet distribution targets.

[goldengoat]

nhl is a joke

can't even see it in the u.s. without significant effort

hockey fans don't like hearing it but it's true

i'm sure it's ok in canada but it is a JOKE in the u.s.

[onlooker]

Are all the games going to be on OLN?

You guys are making me work.
Looks like games 3 through 7 are going to be on NBC.

I got this off of NHL.com, so it should be right.

Games 1-2 on OLN, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio
Games 3-7 on NBC, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio

[bigboydan]

More people watched game one between Arizona/Northwestern (womens softball) than game one of the Stanley Cup finals.

only 611,000 homes watched the game 1 of the NHL finals.

[Illusion]

I'm guessing that should probably say more Americans watched the softball than the hockey. I could be wrong and maybe the softball is popular beyond my imagination, but the hockey did just fine in Canada.

I should have been more clear. More americans watched softball than hockey.