Tag: Hockey
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fastest Growing NHL Brand? Pittsburgh Penguins
It will never be argued that Pittsburgh doesn’t love its sports (even the Pirates still draw fans, right? right?). According to a Forbes Magazine report, the Pittsburgh Penguins now have the fastest growing team brand in the NHL and one of the fastest growing brands in all of sports. The Forbes analysis values a team’s [...]
Phoenix Coyotes…The Ontario edition
The Phoenix Coyotes debacle is reminiscent of a watered down version of the Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis, but with bankruptcy law thrown in. For those not in the know, The Coyotes’ ownership group yesterday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to implement a court-approved sale of the franchise to RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie’s PSE Sports [...]
Breaking News: NHL playoffs are on TV…and some people are actually watching
That’s right folks, there are at least hundreds of thousands of you out there, that care about hockey (pronounced “ockey” i think. I was told that the “H” is silent). Versus, over 16 games through April 22, averaged a 0.4 rating, a 33% rise from 0.3 mark during the corresponding period in the NHL’s 2008 [...]
