Don't think I agree with that one, either. Granted, the NHL is well behind the NFL in overall interest, but game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals was just 7 months ago, and that was a pretty big game. The White Sox had two World Series games in town 5 years back, and the Cubs played some pretty important NLCS games back in '03, too. On the NFL level, the 2006 NFC Championship 4 years ago was a pretty big deal, as well. Only half the city rooted for the Cubs and Sox, or maybe a little over half, and no one cares about hockey the way they do about the NFL (I know you qualified your statement but it's not even close). Edit: maybe you could argue for one of the big Bulls games of the mid 90s.