Another ratings failure for the NHL

Once again, the NHL failed to attract their maximum potential audience in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Who's idea was it to play the game to 1230 in the morning, local time, anyways? If the NHL continues to play games like this, how can they ever hope to be the marketing force that baseball or football are? Petr Sykora will be a hero in the NBC offices for mercifully ending that game,
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