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       1st round of Stanley Cup Playoffs draws record ratings across North
       America
        
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       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.
        
        
        
        
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