So, NHL got a record of 8.7 million viewers for Game 7. That's the highest number they have had in almost 40 years.
This is the newest numbers I can find (2008) on millions of viewers (averaged if multiple game series)
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Super Bowl -- 97.5 million
NFL playoffs avg. -- 32.9
Summer Olympics primetime avg. -- 27.7
BCS Nat'l Championship -- 23.1
NCAA men's BB finals -- 19.5
Rose Bowl -- 19.0
Daytona 500 -- 17.8
NBA Finals avg. -- 14.9
NFL regular season avg. -- 14.6
Kentucky Derby -- 14.2
World Series avg. -- 13.6
MLB All-Star Game -- 13.4
The Masters -- 11.0
NFL Pro Bowl -- 10.0
US golf Open Sat-Mon avg. -- 9.2
Home Run Derby -- 9.1
March Madness avg. -- 8.4
Indy 500 -- 7.2
NASCAR avg. -- 7.4
NBA All-Star Game -- 6.3
MLB playoffs avg. -- 5.7
Wimbledon men's final -- 5.2
NFL Draft Day 1 -- 4.8
NHL Stanley Cup finals avg -- 4.5
NBA playoffs avg. -- 4.1
Euro final -- 3.8
College football regular season avg. -- 3.8
NBA regular season avg. -- 1.6
MLB regular season avg. -- 1.6
UEFA Champions League finals -- 1.1
MLS championship -- 0.9
NHL All-Star game -- 0.9
NHL playoffs avg. -- 0.8
MLS All-Star game -- 0.5
NHL regular season avg. -- 0.4
MLS regular season avg. -- 0.3
MLS playoffs avg -- 0.2
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Way to compete with MLS. Lulz....
I am not a basketball fan either, but hockey fans bashing basketball fans over viewership is laughable.