TORONTO – The Gold Medal game at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship on January 5 was watched by more than 30% of Canadians on TSN and RDS.
According to preliminary overnight data from Numeris, an average audience of 5.2 million viewers tuned in to TSN (4.2 million) and RDS (950,000) to watch the back-and-forth affair. Audience levels on TSN and RDS peaked at 7.2 million viewers at 11:19 PM ET in the shootout, as Troy Terry’s lone goal secured the gold medal for Team USA.
The game achieved a 40.2% share, meaning more than 40% of people watching television across Canada on Thursday night were tuned to the game. The matchup is the most-watched English-language hockey broadcast on any network since the 2015 World Juniors final between Team Canada and Russia.
Additional audience highlights include:
– Overall, 17.2 million individual Canadians – nearly 50% of Canada’s population – tuned in to watch TSN and RDS’s coverage of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship during the tournament’s 11 days, live from Montreal and Toronto;
– The World Juniors Gold Medal Game is the most-streamed event in the history of TSN Go; and
– Live streaming of the tournament’s medal round games increased 173% compared to last year, with the Bronze and Gold Medal games marking a 272% increase.
