The preliminary round women’s ice hockey matchup between Canada and Team USA drew a record audience in Canada.
Monday’s game pulled a peak audience of 1.3 million, the largest late-night viewership for the CBC since the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY! A peak audience of 1.3 million watched the Canada vs USA women’s hockey game on Monday, February 7, drawing CBC’s largest late night audience so far during the Games.— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) February 9, 2022
WOMEN’S HOCKEY! A peak audience of 1.3 million watched the Canada vs USA women’s hockey game on Monday, February 7, drawing CBC’s largest late night audience so far during the Games.
The Group A meeting was likely a gold-medal match preview, with Canada clinching the 4-2 victory in the first game between the two ice hockey powers.
The event was filled with drama, with Canadian goaltender Anne Renée-Desbiens recording 51 saves in the win, setting a Canadian record for saves in Olympic competition.
Monday’s spike in viewership comes as the Toronto Star reports a 25 percent drop in overall Canadian viewers from the 2018 Olympics.