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Olympic hockey is bad for business

This morning, I was doing what I normally do: making sure the Times Colonist website was up and running with new and interesting content for our readers. The problem was that you guys weren't reading.

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This morning, I was doing what I normally do: making sure the Times Colonist website was up and running with new and interesting content for our readers.

The problem was that you guys weren't reading.

I can't say for sure that you were all watching the semifinal game between Canada and the U.S., but have a look at the evidence:

Olympic website dropThis is a real-time chart that shows concurrent views of the Times Colonist website. That big drop — under the red arrow — just happens to be the period during which Jamie Benn and the Canadians were assuring our spot in Sunday's gold-medal game.

Now I'm going to have to get up at 4 a.m. Sunday to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Go Canada!

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@CaleCowan