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Devils' win produces highest rating for NHL game since 1998
Tuesday June 10, 2003NEW YORK (AP) Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night on ABC drew the highest rating for an NHL game since broadcast networks began carrying the finals in 1998.
The New Jersey Devils' 3-0 victory over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks garnered a 4.6 rating with an 8 share.
The previous rating high was 4.2, earned by three games including Detroit's Cup-clinching Game 5 win over Carolina last season, which also had an 8 share. Colorado's Game 7 defeat of New Jersey in 2001 got a 4.2 with a 9 share, while New Jersey's clinching Game 6 win over Dallas in 2000 got a 4.2 rating with a 10 share, the network said.
Monday night's Game 7 also produced the highest rating 3.4 with a 10 share for male viewers aged 18-49 since 1998.
The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, whether or not they are in use. The share is the percentage of televisions in use tuned to a program.
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