Est-il temps de tuer la Winter Classic ? Tendance à la baisse de l’audience au cours des 10 dernières années
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NESpahtenJosh
@Ligue nationale de hockey
Est-il temps de tuer la Winter Classic ? Tendance à la baisse de l’audience au cours des 10 dernières années
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NESpahtenJosh
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Kinda ruined the novelty with the Stadium Series.
They stopped marketing it like they used to
They care more about the revenue at the venue. They’re getting that tv money regardless of viewership.
How do you watch it? Aka, does this chart account for pirated streams?
You mean the Boston/Chicago/Pittsburgh Classic?
All the other random ass outdoor games killed anything “classic” about it. The stadium series just undercut any novelty the winter classic had. If you want more outdoor games, they should just do a winter classic weekend or something with a couple games as part of one event.
How does it compare to regular viewership for a similar game?
When did the Stadium Series start?
Winter Classic for US teams
Heritage Classic for Canadian teams
That’s should be it.
edit: 2014 SS started, and the viewership slide
The Winter Classic is an awesome event and should absolutely take place every year. The problem is that the NHL barely advertises it outside of two markets playing the game and also the stadium series (which also isn’t marketed) killed the novelty. If anything the NHL should abandon all-star weekend and turn the weekend leading in or out of New Year’s into Winter Classic weekend with multiple outdoor games but all of them in the same weekend.
But how does it track versus nfl, ncaaf the same day at same time? Viewership across tv is down across the board
Also have found a lot of subpar match ups. The first few years had quite a few rivalry games to also keep it interesting.
IMO since 2014 there’s a lot of games that it seems random or if it is a rivalry it’s one that has been a little colder in recent years.
Putting the games in places where the ice melts is the problem. No one is watching a game with several delays
As a new hockey fan, it pains me to see how little people give a shit about hockey. I’m not new to hockey just new to wanting to actually watch it. My aunt and uncles are huge pens fans and I’m near Tampa so I support the bolts. Never realized how dire hockey was. It’s probably my favorite sport next to soccer. Games still real, players are still real. Shame it doesn’t get more viewers.