NHL Playoff Viewership continues to increase

Spotted at Sports Media News NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS VIEWERSHIP CONTINUES TO CLIMB Blackhawks Clincher On NBC Sports Up 33 Percent NHL.com Ranks Second in Growth Among All Sites from March to April NEW YORK (May 24, 2010) – NBC Sports’ coverage of yesterday’s decisive Game 4 between the Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks, [...]

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Posted on May 26th, 2010 Written by Emmett Jones

The Phoenix Coyotes are…still the Phoenix Coyotes.

J-E-T-S. Jets, Jets, Je—-Not so fast. Sorry Winnipeg, but you’re going to have to wait even longer to see professional hockey return to your city.  The Glendale city council voted to pony up the $25 million dollars necessary to keep the beloved Phoenix Coyotes in Phoenix.  That is, if the money is needed in the [...]

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Posted on May 12th, 2010 Written by Emmett Jones

NHL new trading card licensing structure

Clearly, its just not Upper Deck’s year. Last week the NHL signed a licensing deal with Panini America to produce hockey cards along with Upper Deck, which previously held an exclusive NHL license.  That’s all well and good, except for the fact that any exclusive autograph deals and exclusives previously held by NHL players with [...]

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Posted on April 1st, 2010 Written by Emmett Jones

NHL 2010 Cover Athlete: Patrick Kane

Press Release from EA Sports: 20-year-old scoring phenom Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be the new face of the NHL 10 videogame from EA SPORTSTM! Kane is the youngest player ever chosen for the cover of the NHL franchise and his image will be on the front of all packaging when NHL 10 [...]

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Posted on June 23rd, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

NHL 2k10 Cover Athlete: Alex Ovechkin

2k Sports wastes no time, do they?  Just a single day after the 2009 hockey season officially concluded (with a parade for my Pittsburgh Penguins, in Pittsburgh).  The video game company, which apparently is always looking forward, has announced its 2010 cover athlete, Washington Capitals Forward Alex Ovechkin. News from PlanetBox360, 2K Sports announced today [...]

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Posted on June 16th, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

NHL: Television? Where we’re going, we don’t need television…at least not yet.

Its odd the way things work out.  I’ve had a draft written about the failings of the NHL for about a week and a half now.  Despite the fact that they’ve seen large surges in NHL playoff viewership on Versus, they still are in need of a major television distribution deal, or a great product [...]

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Posted on May 29th, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

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