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3/17/2026 |  NHL and NHLPA Announce International Growth Strategy in Germany (SportsTravel) The National Hockey League Players’ Association and National Hockey League have announced a joint long-term international growth strategy to deepen the NHL’s presence in Germany.
Key components of the plan include strategic investment in growing the game through grassroots, content and other fan engagement initiatives across Germany, forging new business partnerships and a commitment to bringing more NHL regular season games to the country. The strategy will begin with the 2026 NHL Global Series Germany, a pair of games between the Ottawa Senators and Chicago Blackhawks at PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf on December 18 and December 20, 2026

3/17/2026 |  World Cup of Hockey 2028 Heads to Europe and North America (SportsTravel) he World Cup of Hockey 2028 will be hosted in Canada and Europe in February 2028, it has been announced.
Two NHL arenas — Scotia Place, the new home of the Calgary Flames that is scheduled to open for the 2027-28 season, and Rogers Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers — will host the next edition of the World Cup of Hockey along with O2 Arena in Prague, Czechia, marking a key milestone in the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players’ Association’s plan for expanded, eight-nation premier international best-on-best hockey.

3/16/2026 |  The PWHL is riding a post-Olympic boost in ticket sales and marketing opportunities (Associated Press (AP)) Sarah Fillier spent her first two seasons with the New York Sirens accustomed to staring at empty blocks of seats across the bench during home games.
Because of poor turnouts, the PWHL team — for practical and visual purposes — limited ticket sales for seats in Sections 2-11 located behind the benches at the Prudential Center, home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils

3/16/2026 |  Report: Buffalo's new stadium likely to land NHL outdoor game (DEADSPIN) Buffalo appears set to return to the NHL's outdoor stage, this time in a brand-new home.
League commissioner Gary Bettman was in town Monday to unveil Buffalo as the host of the 2026 NHL Draft and made it clear that the Bills' new Highmark Stadium will host a future outdoor game.
"I have to go for a tour, which I will do," Bettman said of the Orchard Park venue. "But we're coming for an outdoor game in the new stadium. Just a question of when."

3/6/2026 |  NHL sees early bump for post-Olympic slate (Sports Media Watch) It is still too early to tell whether the NHL will draft off of the momentum from the Olympic Games, but the early returns were promising.
NHL games averaged 603,000 viewers across the first eight telecasts on ABC, ESPN and TNT following the league’s Olympic break, up 23% from the league’s pre-Olympic average. Last season, NHL viewership rose 5% over the two months following the midseason “Four Nations Face-Off,” an increase small enough to be explained fully by Nielsen methodological changes.