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Saturday’s ‘Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada’ watched by 9.1M viewers

TORONTO - One in four Canadians tuned-in to Saturday’s 12 ½ hour marathon broadcast of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada on Sportsnet, City and CBC.The broadcast, live from Corner Brook, NL, included a two-hour pre-game show followed by four games which included all seven Canadian NHL teams across three channels.  The annual event, now in its 18th year, reached a total of 9.1 million viewers, says a news release from Sportsnet quoting Numeris data.Additional key audience highlights of the 2018 Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada include:- Average minute audience of 1.23 million Canadians marked a 7% increase over the 2017 edition...