Tag: Hockey
NHLPA refuses consent, delaying NHL realignment
For anyone looking to see a modified playoff format in the NHL, you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. The league’s plans for realignment and a revamped playoff format, which was approved by the NHL Board of Governors for the 2012-2013 NHL season, will not move forward because the NHLPA refused to [...]
NHLPA announces new competition committee members
The NHLPA announced two new members representing the Players as members of the Competition Committee.
Meet your new Phoenix Coyotes owner…Matthew Hulsizer
The NHL has a tentative deal in place to sell the Phoenix Coyotes to Chicago Businessman Matthew Hulsizer. Hulsizer reportedly will pay $165M for the club, and all reports indicate that the team will remain in Glendale.
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
