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Thread #120676   Message #2630461
Posted By: Azizi
12-May-09 - 10:05 PM
Thread Name: Bruce Murdoch on the Radio/Internet
Subject: RE: Bruce Murdoch on the Radio/Internet
Btw, I'm not a hockey fan, but since Ken mentioned the hockey game played in my adopted town Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I'll share that game's final score.

"In what was a see-saw struggle that extended beyond regulation, David Steckel of the Capitals scored in overtime for a 5-4 victory that forces a seventh game tomorrow at Verizon Center in Washington, where the Penguins won in overtime Saturday.

The winner will go to the Eastern Conference final. The other berth will be filled by the winner of the series between the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes, which resumes tonight with Carolina holding a 3-2 lead."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09132/969474-61.stm
Penguins, Capitals take series to the hilt
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
By Robert Dvorchak, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Also "for the record" (if you will pardon that pun), here's this informational snippet:

Monday night Pens game most-watched hockey game in FSN history
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Monday night's telecast of the 2009 NHL Round Two Game 6 between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins registered a 24.2 average rating, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The telecast, viewed by more than 277,800 households in the Pittsburgh DMA, was the most-watched NHL game ever on FSN Pittsburgh and the highest rated NHL game for any FSN regional sports network.

The game was the most-watched program in the Pittsburgh market on Monday night, beating out such programs as ABC's Dancing with the Stars and CBS's CSI: Miami.

The previous record holder was Saturday's 4-3 overtime Penguins win in Game 5, which recorded a 21.4 average rating. FSN will televise Game 7 on Wednesday.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09132/969580-100.stm

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Of course, if that interview with Bruce Murdoch had aired as was expected, there would've been far fewerpeople watching that hockey game.

:o)