The deciding game of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals on NBC Wednesday night was the most-watched NHL telecast in 36 years, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings data. Game 6 of the Chicago Blackhawks-Philadelphia Flyers series drew 8.28 million total viewers on June 9, marking the biggest audience for a pro hockey contest since Game 3 of the 1974 Finals (8.29 million).
Chicago hoisted the hardware for the first time since 1961, defeating the Flyers 4-3 on Patrick Kane’s blink-and-you-missed-it overtime goal.
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