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Off the Crossbar: NBC’s 'Rivalry Night' Becomes Just 'Night'

August 11th, 2017 With a robust broadcast schedule of almost 100 regular-season games, NBC Sports is committed to covering the NHL in 2017-18. And according to their schedule of 28 Wednesday ‘Rivalry Night’ games, they’re also determined to invent rivalries where none have existed for years or at all. The History of Rivalry Night NBC’s...

The World Cup of Hockey Should Terrify NBC

March 3rd, 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 to televise the league once again." Could it happen? With the current NBC and NHL television deal expiring after the 2020-21 season, we can't...

NHL Failing to Take Advantage of League's Most Exciting Team

February 10th, 2016 What does the NHL want? More scoring! When do they want it? Now! Where do they want it? Apparantly not on NBC Sports Network. The Dallas Stars appeared on NBCSN for the second time this season last night against the Minnesota Wild. They play the St. Louis Blues on NBCSN next Tuesday in what will be Dallas' final appearance on...

NHL Releases National Broadcast Schedule

July 27th, 2015 The NHL has released the list of all the games that will be broadcasted nationally on either NBC or NBCSN in the United States during the 2015-16 NHL season. The schedule includes 105 games, and features some pretty big marquee matchups. One of the biggest games takes place on Tuesday, March 1 when Edmonton travels to Buffalo as the...

Rough Draft: Changes in TV Coverage for the NHL's Selection Shows

June 26th, 2015 There will be some changes in how this year’s draft will be covered in North America with the shifting of the Canadian television rights from TSN to Rogers Sportsnet. What’s New for the 2015 NHL Draft? TSN won’t have any live coverage of the draft on its five networks due to Sportsnet getting the exclusive broadcast...

No TV Priority For Conference Finals

May 15th, 2015 Priority. It's what the NHL thought it was getting when it inked a record-setting, 10-year, $2 billion dollar deal with NBC in 2011. Many argued it would be better for the league to get top billing on NBC and NBCSN, instead of playing second, third or fourth fiddle on ESPN or making a lateral move to Turner Sports. Don't get me...