U.S. viewership of the NHL playoffs increased 24 percent from 2009, the league's highest average first-round audience in 10 years. The NHL said Friday that NBC and Versus combined to average 742,000 viewers per telecast. That's the most since ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 had 750,000 in 2000. Versus averaged 595,000 viewers, a 35 percent increase from 2009 and the league's best showing on cable since... More...