(DIR) Home 1st round of Stanley Cup Playoffs draws record ratings across North America (HTM) Source ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Second Round between the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes on ESPN on Sunday averaged 2 million viewers (peaking at 2.7 million), up 49 percent and 33 percent from the Game 1 average of the second round last season. The first round of the playoffs in the U.S. on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, TNT, TBS, truTV and MAX averaged 934,000 viewers, making it the second-most watched first round of all-time. Across all of North America, on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, TNT, TBS, truTV, MAX, CBC, SN, TVA Sports, the first round averaged 2.260 million viewers, up six percent from the first round last season. ______________________________________________________________________ Served by Flask-Gopher/2.2.1