Ice Hockey

11/18/2024 |  Professional Women’s Hockey League Launches Takeover Tour (SportsTravel) The Professional Women’s Hockey League has launched the PWHL Takeover Tour, a schedule of nine neutral-site regular-season games that will be played outside the league’s current host cities in 2025.
The games will take place in a variety of locations across the United States and Canada, from the Pacific Northwest with Seattle and Vancouver to as far east as Québec City and as far south as Raleigh, North Carolina. The announcement comes as the PWHL prepares to open its second season on November 30 with the league launching plans to expand by as many as two teams by 2025-26.

10/25/2024 |  Jeff Vinik sells stake in NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning to investor group (CNBC Sports)

• Jeff Vinik has sold an ownership stake in the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning to a group of investors led by Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz.
• Vinik will remain in control of the team and serve as the Lightning’s governor for the next three years.
• As part of the deal, sports-focused private equity firm Arctos will sell a portion of its stake in the Lightning. Arctos will maintain a minority stake.

10/24/2024 |  New NHL rules change coach's challenge and face-off procedure (AXIOS Sports) The NHL hockey season is underway, and fans can expect to see a few rule changes in action.
The big picture: The tweaks to the game were unanimously approved by the league's board of governors, general managers and player's association.
Here's a breakdown of the main changes:
Delay-of-game challenges
Coaches can now challenge the delay of game penalties.

10/23/2024 |  200×85 Acquires USJDP Junior Prep Hockey Camp and CCM Hockey Showcase (SportsTravel) 200×85, a company that specializes in youth hockey events, has acquired the USJDP Junior Prep Hockey Camp and CCM Hockey Showcase from longtime owner and operator Mike Gempeler.
The USJDP Junior Prep Hockey Camp provides training programs targeting Bantam to Junior A players from around the world. The camp provides two weeks of development and is run by professional coaches from the NHL, NCAA, and various Junior leagues. The CCM Hockey Showcase offers young players the chance to showcase their skills in front of over 125 junior and NCAA scouts and coaches annually.

10/22/2024 |  ESPN’s All-Night NHL Blitz Navigates Tricky Programming Window (Front Office Sports) The puck drops on ESPN’s second annual Frozen Frenzy on Tuesday, with all 32 NHL teams in action. The first game will begin at 6:00 p.m. ET, with subsequent start times staggered every 15 minutes between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (the two final West Coast games are slightly more spaced out). Games will air on both ESPN properties as well as regional sports networks.
It’s good chaos that viewers overwhelmingly lauded in its inaugural iteration last year. With simultaneous full-game and whiparound highlight coverage across both linear and streaming, there’s a lot to see.