NHL Should Market the Game Differently on ESPN Mike Fink | March 14, 2021 The NHL is moving to ESPN starting next season, and many fans across the hockey landscape are excited. The NHL knows that being broadcast on the popular sports network is…
NHL and ESPN Have Seven-Year Broadcasting Deal in Place (Report) Peter Baracchini | March 9, 2021 It appears the NHL has reached a deal in place with ESPN for a seven-year broadcasting deal, according to Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston. There hasn’t been any official word from the…
NHL Faces Complex Decision With Next US Television Deal Avery McGrail | February 25, 2021 For the National Hockey League, any chance to gain revenue must be handled very carefully. As the least profitable member of the four major North American Sports leagues, the NHL…
The World Cup of Hockey Should Terrify NBC Jordan Dix | March 3, 2016 *Duh-nuh-NUH, Duh-nuh-NUH* “Hello everybody and welcome to Sportscenter. Our top story this evening is the NHL is coming back to ESPN in 2021, as ESPN has acquired the exclusive rights…
Ad-Sense and Nonsense: The NHL’s Marketing Successes and Failures Jonathan Gardner | June 1, 2015 The NHL is on the rise. After spending years as the redheaded stepchild of professional sports leagues, hockey is starting to make its way back to prime-time television again. NBC…
ESPN Loves Hockey After All, Scores World Cup of Hockey Andy Dudones | February 4, 2015 Get your jokes in while you can. ESPN will be airing the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, ending what will be a 12-year hiatus between the sport – at the professional…
5 of the Best NHL-Related Tweets You’ve Ever Seen Walter McLaughlin | November 30, 2014 For a game replete with big, fast, tough players with questionable dental plans, hockey is a pretty funny sport in many ways. After all, not only are there goofy mascots,…
THW Live Fantasy Hockey League: Nearing Playoffs Chris Wassel | March 19, 2014 It really is the season for fantasy hockey playoffs. Most leagues start this week with the rest taking place next week. For the next three plus weeks (or less if…
Rachel And Chris: Fantasy Hockey Bizzaro World? Chris Wassel | January 29, 2014 Welcome to the show that never ends. Come inside! Come inside! It is hard to believe fantasy hockey fans but we are only a couple weeks away from the “Olympic…
Fantasy Hockey He Said/She Said: Meeting! Chris Wassel | January 21, 2014 Any fantasy hockey expert will tell you that the hardest opponent to face is not the unknown but it is another expert. This week on “He Said/She Said”, the two…
Fantasy Hockey 101: The Women Strike Back! Chris Wassel | January 6, 2014 Our “Women In Hockey” series returns on The Hockey Writers. This segment of the series will at times have a more “He said / she said” concept to it but this…
The Chicago Blackhawks, Miami Heat and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Sebastian Egerton-Read | March 7, 2013 NHL ice hockey somehow made its way onto a Sportscenter discussion on Monday when ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith was asked to compare the winning streak of the NBA’s Miami…