Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted June 17, 2011 Even better....Game 7 got the best ratings for an NHL game since 1974. The reports of the league's demise are greatly exaggerated. So is the argument that nobody will watch a Final involving a Canadian team. Best Ratings since 74 And yeah, I love that they point out that it outdrew the Celtics' last two NBA Finals. Enough of the NBA superiority attitude! Total attendance: NBA - 21,302,573 NHL - 20,928,036 Average attendance: NBA - 17,319 NHL - 17,122 Percentage Full Average: NBA - 90.52 NHL - 92.68 The NHL numbers would be larger, but the average NBA arena is larger than the average NHL arena and there were 6 teams that forfeited one home game due to playing one home game overseas, so the real ttl att for the NHL would be closer to 21.1mil. And my God, the NYI and PHX Coyotes realllly brought down the numbers. Taking the two highest and lowest for each league gave us these numbers: NBA: Total Att........Avg Att...Percent Full 18,443,614 - 17,301 - 90.54 NHL: Total Att........Avg Att...Percent Full 18,236,488 - 17,220 - 93.56 If I really wanted to skew the numbers, I'd only count the team that were at or above the averages, in which the NHL completely dominats the NBA in numbers due to the fact the NBA has 15 teams at or above the average for attendance while the NHL has 18. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites