Ovechkin speaks to media after Tuesdays' skate

Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Lindsay Applebaum



washcaps: WATCH: Boudreau, Ovi and Gordon speak with the media after Tuesdays' skate looking ahead to Game 4

Caps, Ovechkin outduel Pens, Crosby in TV ratings:

PuckTheMedia, "Caps Outdraw Pens on VERSUS"

With no local markets factoring in, the ratings for VERSUS games would probably be a good determining factor in what hockey fans across the country prefer watching as far as teams and stars go. I think you know where I’m going here. Yes, I’m turning this into a Crosby/Ovechkin thing. Anyway, looks like this round goes to Alexander the great as the Capitals out-rated the Penguins over the weekend, via John Ourand’s Twitter:

OTT/PIT Game 2: 519,000 households
DET/PHX Game 2: 408,000 households
MTL/WSH Game 2: 549,000 households
PIT/OTT Game 3: 492,000 households

Of course, it could also be due to the draw of the Canadiens and their fans around North America, has the Sens are a bit of a buzzkill team. But it appears hockey fans give Alex Ovechkin their due over the weekend for now.

ducks.freedomblogging.com:

Versus averaged 543,000 viewers per night last week, which doesn’t sound like much but is 21 percent better than last year. Significantly, Saturday’s Montreal-Washington game was the highest-rated game in Versus history. That shows the power of Alex Ovechkin and also an Original Six brand like the Canadiens.

Caps also did better than Wizards.

From Sidney Crosby Show (http://sidcrosby.blogspot.com/2010/04/round-1-game-4-pens-v-sens.html):

Hockey fans boo players for many reasons.

With Sean Avery, he gets booed because he is loathed for being Sean Avery.

With Jaromir Jagr, he gets booed because some fans still feel the sting of betrayal from words he spoke out of frustration.

With Alexander Ovechkin, he gets booed probably because he has injured one of the opposing team's players.

But with Sid, well, I still have difficulty answering that question satisfactorily.

LOL, That was funny... "Why people boo Cindy, sob sob..." :-)

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