Detroit fans pick Wings over Pistons
For the first time this series, Detroit chose to watch the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals over the Detroit Pistons, who are playing in the Eastern Conference Finals. It’s about time!
Last night’s Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on NBC earned a 2.8 overnight rating and a 5 share, the best overnight rating for a Game 3 in six years (2002 – Carolina-Detroit, 3.8/8). The Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings garnered an 18.2/28 in Detroit, trouncing the Detroit Pistons-Boston Celtics NBA Eastern Conference Final head-to-head by more than 14 percent in “Hockeytown” (15.9/24).
The 2.8/5 was an 87 percent increase over last year’s Game 3 on NBC (Anaheim-Ottawa, 1.5/3).
I didn’t even flip back and forth between the two games. I just stuck with the Wings all night.
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I am moving to Chicago for my ten week summer internship on Sunday so updates will be coming, but less frequently as I pack and get everything together for my move to the Windy City. I start my internship there on Monday and then will be rushing back to Detroit to catch Game #5 at the Joe so updates from me should resume as normal by next week. Sorry for the inconvenience and crappy timing.
I will be going on “The Sports Docket with Aceman & the Kwass,” an internet radio show, for a Stanley Cup Final roundtable with the two hosts, Brian Compton of the NHL.com, and a blogger or two from the infamous Pensblog at 7:30pm. You can check it out here for the live show or catch it later on the same website.
Update:
You can listen to the podcast here. If you just want to listen to the SCF roundtable, skip to the 30 minute mark. The roundtable lasted just over 20 minutes. We talked about the coaches, Conn Smythe and SCF predictions, the age of the Wings, Gary Roberts, and the crowd at Mellon Arena among other things so be sure to check it out. Thanks to Ethan for the invite and Brian, Derek, and Adam for the great hockey conversation!
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May 31st, 2008 at 5:06 am
While in Chicago, I highly recommend visiting the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Field Museum of Natural History. They are all easy walking distance of each other.
When you go to Shedd, DO NOT GET THE TICKETS AT THE AQUARIUM - the lines to get in are ENORMOUS. You can reserve tickets online at their website, and even get them emailed to you as a pdf file and print them off. The service fee is more than worth it, as then you can skip past a long line (which can seriously be well over an hour) and go through the will call entry, and then pop right to the back of the ticket counter, get your ticket scanned, and actually spend your time looking at the animals instead of moving slooooooooowly up the stairs toward the entrance.
Fantastic city. Hope you have a great time.
(The Museum of Science and Industry is neat, too, but it is farther away. I was going with the highest museum density because I’m such a nerd.)
May 31st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Thanks for the tips especially about Shedd Aquarium!
I have been to the Museum of Science and Industry twice (most recently in February) and I’ve been to Shedd once, but that was in 5th grade. I definitely want to go see it again and I’m sure I’ll check out the Planetarium and Natural History while I’m there!