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U.S. Hockey Gold Medal Win Breaks TV Record, Averages Over 20 Million Viewers

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U.S. Hockey Gold Medal Win Breaks TV Record, Averages Over 20 Million Viewers

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Gold Medal Win Breaks Record
… Averaged 20.7 Million Viewers!!!

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A TON of American fans set their alarms to catch the Red, White and Blue’s gold medal win … with NBC announcing the 2026 Winter Olympics finale averaged 20.7 million viewers!!

The folks over at the Peacock released the numbers for the contest on Tuesday … saying the game was the most-watched pre-9 AM ET sporting event in U.S. history.

The audience only grew once the showdown reached overtime — with the network saying “An astounding average of 26.0 million viewers on NBC and Peacock were watching between 10:45-11 AM ET” as Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal … which ended a 46-year gold medal drought for the men’s team.


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Only one game still stands as the network’s most-watched hockey game ever … with the 2010 Vancouver Olympic showdown between the U.S. and Canada’s men’s teams holding the top spot — so Hughes and Co. will have to settle for silver on that one.

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On the women’s side, it was announced previously that the USA’s showdown against Canada in the gold medal contest drew an average of 5.3 million viewers. Like the men’s game … those numbers fell just short of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic finale between ‘Merica and the neighbors up north — which averaged 7.5 million viewers.

So … run it back in 2030??

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