NHL to host free outdoor fan festival ahead of Winter Classic
NEW YORK – – The 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic® festivities will begin at Boston City Hall Plaza with the NHL Winter Classic Plaza™, a free two-day, non-ticketed fan festival…
What is a sports equinox? Explaining the history of NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games being played on the same day
USATSI Every so often we get hit with a sports day that leaves us with difficult choices and an overwhelming number of games to keep up with. I’m talking about…
ESPN Outlines Lineup of NHL On-Air Talent; Jeff Gordon Leaves Fox Sports for Hendrick Motorsports
Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s…
Turner Sports inks 7-year deal with NHL, will air 3 Stanley Cup finals
The NHL and Turner Sports have reached a seven-year rights agreement beginning in the 2021-22 season that includes the Winter Classic and three Stanley Cup Final series. The deal, worth…
Patrick Marleau set to break Howe’s NHL games played record
The celebration for Patrick Marleau breaking Gordie Howe’s NHL regular season games played record could have easily been scheduled for sometime in 2022. After being drafted No. 2 overall in…
What does ESPN’s new deal to air NHL games mean for viewers?
Neither ESPN nor the NHL would confirm the financial terms of the deal, but Sports Business Journal reported it was for $400 million per year, or a total of $2.8…
The Day – NBC Sports Network, home to Premier League and NHL, to shutter by end of year
NBC will shutter its cable sports network by the end of this year, NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua wrote to employees in a memo Friday, altering the cable sports landscape…
Mike Milbury no longer part of NHL on NBC Sports after sexist comments
Milbury came under fire in August over a comment he made about women during a playoff game between the Capitals and Rangers on NBC Sports Network. Milbury and studio co-host…
NHL Lake Tahoe outdoor games reportedly won’t include close-by Sharks
The Sharks are scheduled to play in St. Louis on Feb. 20, and that game evidently will stay there. Normally, that wouldn’t be news, but Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Friday that…
Canucks: Micheal Ferland’s NHL future is up in the air
Article content continued First Ferland tried to make a comeback in December, but shut things down in his second game back when issues with his vision and balance — his…