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ESPN returns to NHL after awarded 2016 World Cup TV rights
Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:02 am
Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:02 am
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ESPN is getting back into broadcasting professional hockey after landing the U.S. rights for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
The NHL and NHL Players' Association, who are overseeing the eight-team international tournament, jointly announced the decision Wednesday. ESPN was selected ahead of NBC Sports Group, which is in the midst of a 10-year contract to broadcast NHL regular-season and playoff games through 2020-21.
ESPN was the NHL's U.S. broadcaster from 1992 through the league's lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said ESPN was selected after NBC executives said they could encounter scheduling conflicts to broadcast the tournament which will be held in Toronto, and run from Sept. 17 to Oct. 1.
Rogers Sportsnet and French-language TVA Sports were awarded the Canadian broadcasting rights.
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Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:06 am to gar90
I guess that means they will start acknowledging the existence of the sport again.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:47 am to gar90
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NBC executives said they could encounter scheduling conflicts to broadcast the tournament which will be held in Toronto, and run from Sept. 17 to Oct. 1.
What do they have that could possibly conflict? Ivy League football? The LPGA? Craftsman Truck Series?
Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:58 am to ProjectP2294
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I guess that means they will start acknowledging the existence of the sport again.
If they put the same effort and bring the same type of talent they did for the world cup I will watch.
It is still wrong that Fox has the next two world cups.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:28 pm to gar90
Gary Thorne. 
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:29 pm to Dizz
Hopefully they can fit it in with the new found cricket love.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:49 pm to Korin
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Gary Thorne.
God dammit please let this happen. And i long for National Hockey Night.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:51 pm to gar90
Barry's star will shine so bright for those two weeks
Posted on 3/4/15 at 12:55 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
The best part about this is the return of the greatest sports intro of all time (imo):
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:06 pm to Tigerfan7218
there is no need for them to frick it up by modernizing it, its the perfect theme to watch hockey.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:08 pm to Kracka
Seriously, if they change it, I'm not gonna be happy, it's stood the test of time (and they still occasionally use it when they bring in Melrose on SC and I love it).
Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:10 pm to Tigerfan7218
quote:frick yes!
The best part about this is the return of the greatest sports intro of all time (imo):
LINK
Posted on 3/4/15 at 2:24 pm to gar90
Link?
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:22 pm to lsutigers1992
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What do they have that could possibly conflict? Ivy League football? The LPGA? Craftsman Truck Series?
That's what I was thinking. Maybe NHL wanted the game on broadcast stations like NBC or ABC, not NBCSports and ESPN.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:11 pm to gar90
Lets not go too crazy. They only won the TV rights for the World Cup not the league rights itself. I wish the league would go back to ESPN just to get National Hockey Night back. I can only handle Mike Emrick in little bits.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 6:49 pm to jerseyfla
Doc is the best. Actually Marv is the best.
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