The 4 Nations Face-Off turned out to be a large success for the NHL, and the tv rankings for Thursday’s championship sport between the USA and Canada continued to indicate that.
Canada’s 3-2 extra time win drew 16.1 million viewers throughout North America, together with 9.3 million in the USA.
The full viewership throughout North America makes it the second-most watched NHL sport in additional than a decade, trailing solely the 16.3 million whole viewers for final yr’s Stanley Cup Closing Sport 7 between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers.
The 9.3 million viewers in the USA made it probably the most watched hockey broadcast to ever seem on ESPN.
