NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 6 Gets Best Overnight In Over 35 Years!

It’s official. Hockey is hot! Red hot! Ratings have come in and the fast overnights show that Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final reached its highest overnight rating in 36 years. Overall, the ratings are 5.8 with a 10 share. During the overtime period where the Chicago Blackhawks clinched their first Stanley Cup in 49 years, the rating increased to 8.0/14. Fantastic ratings. The highest local ratings were in Chicago and Philadelphia, naturally. Indianapolis was the highest rated non-traditional market, tying for 5th with Detroit.

Here’s the release so you can read it for yourself.

BEST STANLEY CUP FINAL OVERNIGHT RATING IN 36 YEARS

SERIES-CLINCHING GAME 6 OVERNIGHT UP 41 PERCENT VS. LAST YEAR

NEW YORK – June 10, 2010 – Last night’s series-clinching Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers registered a 5.8/10 overnight rating (8:15-11:15 p.m. ET), the best overnight for any Stanley Cup Final game in 36 years (7.6/27, Boston-Philadelphia, Game 6, 1974 on NBC).

The rating peaked for the final 15 minutes of the game (11-11:15 p.m. ET) with an 8.0 rating and 14 share. The 5.8 overnight is up 41 percent vs. last year’s 4.1/7 overnight for Game 6 between the then-defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins, featuring Sidney Crosby.

In last night’s game, the Blackhawks defeated the Flyers, 4-3, on a goal by Patrick Kane 4:06 into overtime to give Chicago its first Stanley Cup since 1961, ending the NHL’s longest championship drought.

TOP 10 MARKETS

1.         Chicago            32.8/50

2.         Philadelphia      26.8/38

3.         Buffalo            13.5/20

4.         Pittsburgh          9.7/14

T5.       Detroit              6.3/10

T5.       Indianapolis       6.3/10

7.         Fort Myers        6.1/10

8.         Minneapolis      5.9/11

9.         Las Vegas         5.7/9

10.       Boston              5.1/9

That’s it.