Mile High Hockey · Oct 15, 2020
Morning Flurries: Hockey’s struggling viewership
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesThe NHL got its first-ever Stanley Cup parade by boat this fall, when the Tampa Bay Lightning took home the league’s biggest prize following their bubble playoff championship.
While the image of dozens of boats floating along full of booze-soaked NHLers was plenty fun, though, the fan-less postseason experience was a letdown for plenty — and it appears that the overall enthusiasm levels just never reached where they were in years past.