CTV is touting Sunday’s Canada-U.S. men’s hockey game as the most-watched sports program in Canadian history, with an average audience of 10.6 million viewers. The game aired on CTV, V and the OMNI stations.
The main CTV channel alone delivered 9.5 million viewers for the game — in which the U.S. defeated Canada 5-3 — eclipsing its coverage of the opening ceremony by 6%. CTV yielded nine million viewers for the opener, which scored 13.3 million combined on all the consortium platforms. (All numbers 2+ and based on PPM data.)
Team Canada faces a tough road to the gold medal final on Sunday, as it faces Germany Tuesday in a must-win situation to advance to the quarter finals.
Meanwhile, Saturday’s highly anticipated short-track speed skating final — which featured Canadian brothers Charles and François Hamelin against American star Apolo Anton Ohno and two Korean athletes — generated 7.4 million viewers combined on CTV, V, TSN and the OMNI stations.
The Hamelin brothers finished a disappointing fourth and fifth in the event. Speed skating was a top draw on Saturday, with more than six million viewers overall taking in the men’s and women’s events, respectively.
On Friday, Manitoban Jon Montgomery’s gold medal run in skeleton averaged 2.2 million viewers, peaking at 4.6 million as he was declared the winner at 11:33 p.m. ET. Montgomery won Canada’s fourth gold at the Games. The medal ceremony the following day averaged 3.8 million viewers on CTV and RDS.