NHL Scores Big Ratings for Stanley Cup Final

The icemen cometh -- and they brought big ratings.

The Stanley Cup deciding Game 6 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers on NBC Wednesday night scored a 5.8 household rating, which is the highest for a Stanley Cup final in 36 years, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Blackhawks won in overtime, taking the Cup for the first time since 1961.

The series pitted two big-market teams against each other with large fan bases, plus the Flyers' playoff run this season had featured a string of improbable upsets. The Philadelphia team was recently featured on the HBO Sports special 'The Broad Street Bullies,' which depicted the '70s-era fighting Flyers.

The telecast Wednesday was up 41 percent from last year's final game, in which the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings for the title.

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