NHL FaceOff 2002: 2001 PlayStation 2: 989 Studios: NHL 2002: 2001 PC PlayStation 2 Xbox Game Boy Advance: EA Sports: NHL Hitz 20-02: 2001 PlayStation 2 Xbox Nintendo GameCube: Midway Games: ESPN National Hockey Night: March 25, 2001 PlayStation 2 Game Boy Color: Konami: NHL 2K2: February 14, 2002 Dreamcast: Sega Sports NHL Hitz 20-03: As part of a series of experimental broadcasts that W2XBS (now NBC's flagship station, WNBC) produced between 1939 and 1940, the station broadcast a game between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens from Madison Square Garden on February 25, 1940. But by that time, the network had informed the NHL that unless ratings for the Finals spiked, it would drop the sport, which it did at the end of the season. Coverage of the overtime period was shifted to Versus,[123] the league's cable partner, although viewers in Buffalo and Rochester were able to continue watching the game on local NBC affiliates in the respective markets, WGRZ and WHEC-TV. A new Sunday Night Football-esque horizontal score banner, designed by Troika Design Group, also debuted during the season. During the 2016–17 season, NBC began to use its regional networks (then primarily-branded as Comcast SportsNet) to originate coverage of games involving teams whose regional rights are owned by an NBC (in this case, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, and Washington Capitals). Had the Finals gone to a seventh game, NBC would have pre-empted its prime time lineup on a Thursday night to carry that deciding contest. A weekly recap show, NHL Sunday Shootout, premiered on the same day. Tim Ryan[37] and Ted Lindsay (with Brian McFarlane as the intermission host) served as the commentators for NBC's NHL coverage during this period. [152] On January 18, NBCSN aired a day-night quadruple-header on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, featuring Columbus at Detroit, Boston at New York Islanders, Buffalo at Philadelphia and Arizona at Vegas.[153]. NHL Powerplay '96. The NHL refused to allow players to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament. NBC's scheduling for that year was similar to that which it had during the 2007–08 season (flex scheduling for regular-season games, up to five games of the Stanley Cup Finals – changing in 2009 to include the first two and last three games, among others) except that all (or nearly all) of the Sunday-afternoon games now began at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. On the other hand, the league avoided the arrangement some minor sports leagues have, in which they pay networks for broadcast time and produce their own telecasts, but keep any advertising revenue. However, NBC and the NHL later revealed that the Preakness deal had been made several years before and contained mandatory advertising commitments during the pre-race build-up. NBC's coverage of the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals marked the first time that hockey games were broadcast on network television in color. [161][162] The move was cited by industry analysts as a response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sports and television industries, the acceleration of cord-cutting, as well as formidable competition from rival sports networks such as ESPN and Fox Sports 1.[163]. Local numbers did improve as the series moved to NBC. The deal was terminated in 1960, due to a combination of a dispute over the players receiving a share of the rights fee and the then-regional nature of the sport. The move to NBC did little to compensate for the series' limited drawing power. The network broadcast schedule continued to include the Winter Classic, Sunday-afternoon games at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, six weekends of playoff action, and broadcasts of all but two games of the Stanley Cup Finals (which would be aired on NBCSN, NBC cable sports channel). [167], With the NBC Sports contract expiring at the end of the 2020–21 season, the league has explored the possibility of splitting its U.S. national media rights between multiple broadcasters, and over-the-top services (such as DAZN, ESPN+, or NBC's Peacock). NBC's broadcast of Game 7 drew a 3.3 rating, a 21% drop from ABC's 4.2 for Game 7 in 2004. Since 2008, NBC's regular season coverage includes the annual NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor game usually played on New Year's Day; one national weekly regular season game each Sunday afternoon after New Year's Day; one week of nationally televised contests in February for Hockey Day in America; and one nationally televised game one day after Thanksgiving. NBC renewed its rights to the NHL for the 2010-11 season. During the Stanley Cup playoffs, broadcasting a game involving a Canadian team might be unavoidable. It was then renamed NBC Sports California on April 2, 2017. For its part, Pittsburgh's organizers added much more to previous games, creating the first "true" All-Star weekend. Nicktoons Movin' Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton's The - Oogie's Revenge. Due to the death of a family member, NBC's lead play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick missed Game 1. Enter Search Term. NBC’s coverage of the 1993 All-Star Game drew a .450 rating[113] in the males 18-34 bracket, the highest among sports shows this year and well above the NBA’s .350 average. [166] However, NBC later relented and added three Sunday afternoon games in February as a lead-in to the Winter Olympics. The Boston/Montreal rivalry is generally considered the fiercest in the NHL; in fact, there were rumblings that if Montreal were not Boston's opponent in the 2016 Classic that Boston would relinquish the game. [118] Overall, NBC had an average rating of 2.3 for its five telecasts of the final, down 12% from ABC's 2004 average.[118]. Shortly thereafter however, NBC would gain the broadcast television rights to the National Basketball Association (NBA) from CBS, thus there was a bit of a notion that NBC no longer really needed hockey. NBC Sports Northwest is currently available mainly on Comcast systems in the, Originally a joint venture between Comcast, the. Originally launching as Comcast SportsNet West, the channel was renamed Comcast SportsNet California on September 4, 2008. Kathryn Tappen and Jennifer Botterill were tapped to work the game in the studio. NBC also decided to give one of the slots back to local affiliates, some of which filled the time given back to them with infomercials. NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. The additional broadcasts were expected to replace the Arena Football League, which NBC dropped after the 2006 season. In April 2008, NBC announced the activation of its option to retain broadcasting rights for the 2008–09 season. NHL FaceOff 2001. The Anaheim Ducks, who advanced to the conference finals during the previous season, only made 4 appearances, while the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks, who both missed the playoffs, appeared 10 and 11 times, respectively. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. © NHL 2021. [155] After the League scheduled Game 2 on the day of the Belmont Stakes, coverage of Games 2 and 4 were switched so NBC's telecast of the horse race would serve as lead-in programming to game two. [75][76][52] To accommodate the altered activities, the game itself was played on a Sunday afternoon[77] instead of a Tuesday night,[78] as was the case in previous years. 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NHL FaceOff 98 (Europe) NHL FaceOff 99. All game telecasts also began to be produced in 1080i high definition. In 2014, NBC Sports partnered with Electronic Arts to integrate NHL on NBC presentation into its NHL video game series, beginning with NHL 15. NBC's initial contract with the NHL ran for two years, with an option given to the network to renew for two additional years. [133] The October 24, 2018 game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets marked the first time that NBC had ever originated its own telecast of a regular season game between Canadian opponents.[134]. In a press release announcing this schedule, NBC stated all U.S. teams would make at least one appearance on NBC or NBCSN during the regular season,[131] but hockey writer Greg Wyshynski noted that:[132], For the 2018-19 season, NBCSN announced that it would re-brand its Wednesday Night Rivalry broadcasts as Wednesday Night Hockey, with a larger focus on showcasing star players rather than league rivalries. At the time, Versus was only available to 50% of cable-equipped homes in the Los Angeles area, which hurt the buzz around the Ducks' playoff run in a traditionally crowded sports and entertainment market. Finally, NBC was also allowed to conduct interviews with players during stoppages in play, to the chagrin of the Hockey Night in Canada crew, whose attempts to do likewise were repeatedly denied by the league in previous years. A few New York Americans and Rangers games were on experimental TV stations in 1940-41 and 1941-42; then TV closed down until 1945-46. Over the next few years, W2XBS (later WNBT) carried some New York Rangers home games on a local basis. Marv Albert,[60][61] and John Davidson[62] called the action, while Mike Emrick[63] served as an ice-level reporter in 1990. NBC moved its NHL telecasts to Sundays after its season premiere (which occurred on a Saturday) for the final eight dates of the season. [64] Meanwhile, Bill Clement served as an ice-level reporter in 1991,[65][66] 1992[67] and 1994. On April 24[20] and May 1,[21] NBC aired Games 1 and 4[22] of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings. NBC owns 20% of this joint venture with the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox, and Cubs (who own 20% each themselves). [147] In the end, however, NBCSN missed out on covering Ovechkin's 700th goal (which took place on Saturday afternoon, February 22, against the New Jersey Devils), due to a prior commitment with the 2020 Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship. In the 2017 playoffs, NBC used its regional networks for games involving Chicago, San Jose, and Washington.[145]. [117] NBC instead, decided to replace five of its scheduled NHL broadcasts with alternate sports programming (such as reruns of NASCAR Year in Review and The Purina Incredible Dog Challenge). 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