HNIC season opener reaches 9.8M Canadians

TORONTO – Hockey Night in Canada set a record for audience reach on the opening Saturday in October of the 2014-15 NHL season.Rogers said that 9.8 million Canadians tuned into some or all of the new look Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, while the debut of Rogers Hometown Hockey (Toronto @ New York Rangers) Sunday on City averaged an audience of 1.07 million viewers, the third most-watched Sunday broadcast in City history.Saturday’s Game One average audience (7 PM ET / 4 PM PT) (Pittsburgh @ Toronto; Montreal @ Philadelphia; Ottawa @ Tampa Bay; Calgary @ St. Louis; Washington @ Boston)...