While this mega-deal will surely affect our neighbors to the north and prevent Canadians from the ease of viewing games in their market, this will dramatically increase the viewability for American hockey fans.
The UAH Chargers were set to travel to Marquette, Michigan on Tuesday for a two-game series with the Northern Michigan University Wildcats. While college hockey is already underfunded in many parts of the country and travel can be difficult, UAH was struck with travel difficulties because of the weather.
After alternating missing the playoffs and first-round exits over the last seven seasons, Philadelphia could earn its first Stanley Cup title since 1975 on the strength of its defense.
On Thursday, it was announced that Amazon would be purchasing naming rights of Seattle’s new hockey arena. This arena would be named “Climate Pledge Arena”, and it would be the world’s first zero-carbon-emissions arena in the world.
Capitals fans partied in the streets Thursday night and into Friday morning to celebrate the franchise's first Stanley Cup and the city's first title in the major four professional sports since 1992.