O Canada: The Ottawa Senators hockey team saluted a beloved fellow Canadian, late “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, with a moment of silence before their season-opening game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night, ESPN has reported.
During the pre-game salute in which Trebek was hailed as a “Canadian icon,” it was noted that the hockey-lover celebrated his induction as a member of the Order of Canada in 2017 at a Senators home game. Trebek often mentioned his Canadian roots in his chats with “Jeopardy!” contestants and had appeared during All-Star Game events and at the NHL Awards.
The moment of silence was a shared tribute for Trebek and John Muckler, the former general manager of the Senators who died on Jan. 4.
The Senators held a moment of silence before the game to honour Alex Trebek and John Muckler. pic.twitter.com/49yrEE9XxS
— Tsn (@TSN_Sports) January 16, 2021
“Alex was...
During the pre-game salute in which Trebek was hailed as a “Canadian icon,” it was noted that the hockey-lover celebrated his induction as a member of the Order of Canada in 2017 at a Senators home game. Trebek often mentioned his Canadian roots in his chats with “Jeopardy!” contestants and had appeared during All-Star Game events and at the NHL Awards.
The moment of silence was a shared tribute for Trebek and John Muckler, the former general manager of the Senators who died on Jan. 4.
The Senators held a moment of silence before the game to honour Alex Trebek and John Muckler. pic.twitter.com/49yrEE9XxS
— Tsn (@TSN_Sports) January 16, 2021
“Alex was...
- 1/16/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
The National Hockey League (NHL) announced its plans to start a shortened season in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic next month after reaching an agreement with the league’s player association this weekend.
“The National Hockey League looks forward to the opening of our 2020-21 season,” commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement Sunday. “While we are well aware of the challenges ahead, as was the case last spring and summer, we are continuing to prioritize the health and safety of our participants and the communities in which we live and play.”
The regular season will begin on Jan. 13 and end on May 8. Through the regular season and during the first two rounds of the playoffs, teams will play exclusively within regional divisions to minimize the distance they have to travel during the pandemic. Due to the inability of the league’s seven Canadian teams to travel to the United States to play games,...
“The National Hockey League looks forward to the opening of our 2020-21 season,” commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement Sunday. “While we are well aware of the challenges ahead, as was the case last spring and summer, we are continuing to prioritize the health and safety of our participants and the communities in which we live and play.”
The regular season will begin on Jan. 13 and end on May 8. Through the regular season and during the first two rounds of the playoffs, teams will play exclusively within regional divisions to minimize the distance they have to travel during the pandemic. Due to the inability of the league’s seven Canadian teams to travel to the United States to play games,...
- 12/21/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The NHL and its players have agreed on a tentative start date for what would have been its 2020-21 season. Six days after crowning the Tampa Bay Lightning as Stanley Cup champion of its coronavirus-shortened campaign, the league and the NHL Players’ Association are targeting January 1 to start the new season.
The league had been looking at December 1 as a start date after completing its virus-interrupted 2019-20 season in a two-city “bubble.” No word yet as to whether fans will be allowed to attend games. A start date for training camps also remains in flux.
“We really haven’t focused precisely on what we’re going to be doing next season,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said on NHL Network today. “I think it’s fairly clear that while December 1 has always been a notional date, we’re focused on the fact that we’re really looking now at January 1 to start the season up.
The league had been looking at December 1 as a start date after completing its virus-interrupted 2019-20 season in a two-city “bubble.” No word yet as to whether fans will be allowed to attend games. A start date for training camps also remains in flux.
“We really haven’t focused precisely on what we’re going to be doing next season,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said on NHL Network today. “I think it’s fairly clear that while December 1 has always been a notional date, we’re focused on the fact that we’re really looking now at January 1 to start the season up.
- 10/7/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
2Nd Update, 8:25 Am: The NHL and its players union have agreed on a date for clubs to begin formal training camps. The league and the NHL Players Association will launch Phase 3 of the plan to resume the virus-halted 2019-20 will begin Friday, July 10.
Teams can begin training camps “provided that medical and safety conditions allow and the parties have reached an overall agreement on resuming play.” The league added that “the length of training camp and, therefore, the start date for formal resumption of play (Phase 4), will be determined at a future date.”
Twenty-four of the league’s 31 teams eventually will resume play and compete for the Stanley Cup. Read more details of the NHL’s reopening plan below.
Updated, June 4: While the NHL and its players continue to negotiate a deal to resume the paused 2019-20 season, the league has unveiled plans to transition to Phase 2 of its plan to resume.
Teams can begin training camps “provided that medical and safety conditions allow and the parties have reached an overall agreement on resuming play.” The league added that “the length of training camp and, therefore, the start date for formal resumption of play (Phase 4), will be determined at a future date.”
Twenty-four of the league’s 31 teams eventually will resume play and compete for the Stanley Cup. Read more details of the NHL’s reopening plan below.
Updated, June 4: While the NHL and its players continue to negotiate a deal to resume the paused 2019-20 season, the league has unveiled plans to transition to Phase 2 of its plan to resume.
- 6/11/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Despite the ill effects of the coronavirus pandemic on all live sports, hockey fans may well get a Stanley Cup in 2020.
The top official of the National Hockey League said the sports organization anticipated its teams might return to play in the summer and fall, and sketched out a plan to hold post-season playoffs and the Stanley Cup in two “hub cities” that would be named later.
“Let me assure you that the reason we are doing this is because our fans are telling us in overwhelming numbers that they want us to complete the season,” said Gary Bettman, the NHL’s Commissioner, in remarks delivered Tuesday afternoon. “While nothing is without risk, ensuring health and safety has been essential to our plan so far, and will remain so,” he said.
Under current plans, the league would consider regular-season play completed, Bettman said, and would have 24 of 31 teams try to...
The top official of the National Hockey League said the sports organization anticipated its teams might return to play in the summer and fall, and sketched out a plan to hold post-season playoffs and the Stanley Cup in two “hub cities” that would be named later.
“Let me assure you that the reason we are doing this is because our fans are telling us in overwhelming numbers that they want us to complete the season,” said Gary Bettman, the NHL’s Commissioner, in remarks delivered Tuesday afternoon. “While nothing is without risk, ensuring health and safety has been essential to our plan so far, and will remain so,” he said.
Under current plans, the league would consider regular-season play completed, Bettman said, and would have 24 of 31 teams try to...
- 5/26/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The NHL still doesn’t know when it will return to the ice, but the league detailed its plan for how it will come back.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Tuesday said that when the NHL returns following its two-month hiatus amid the coronavirus pandemic, it will be via a 24-team playoff tournament. Bettman confirmed that the 2019-20 regular season is officially completed.
The expanded postseason tournament will feature the top 12 teams in each conference as of March 11, the day before the season was suspended. The postseason will be held in two “Hub Cities” that the league will announce later; potential sites include Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Las Vegas, Las Vegas and Toronto.
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Bettman did not announce a specific date for the resumption of play, though noted that training camp would not begin any earlier than July. “We will not do...
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Tuesday said that when the NHL returns following its two-month hiatus amid the coronavirus pandemic, it will be via a 24-team playoff tournament. Bettman confirmed that the 2019-20 regular season is officially completed.
The expanded postseason tournament will feature the top 12 teams in each conference as of March 11, the day before the season was suspended. The postseason will be held in two “Hub Cities” that the league will announce later; potential sites include Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Las Vegas, Las Vegas and Toronto.
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Bettman did not announce a specific date for the resumption of play, though noted that training camp would not begin any earlier than July. “We will not do...
- 5/26/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Will we see the likes of LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and other NBA stars on the court again this season? Definitely maybe.
As local and state governments begin to lift restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is looking to resume its 2019-20 season and has set “no earlier than May 8” as a target date for teams to start practicing again.
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The league has been idle since March 11, when it became the first major U.S. sports league to shut down as the Covid-19 outbreak worsened.
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As local and state governments begin to lift restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is looking to resume its 2019-20 season and has set “no earlier than May 8” as a target date for teams to start practicing again.
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The league has been idle since March 11, when it became the first major U.S. sports league to shut down as the Covid-19 outbreak worsened.
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- 4/27/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: ESPN, citing sources “familiar with the call,” said President Trump believes the NFL season should start on time.
Trump also reportedly said he hoped to have fans back in stadiums by August and September. The NFL recently shut down all training facilities, but will continue with a remote version of its draft later this month.
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Earlier: President Donald Trump spoke by telephone today with commissioners of various major league sports to discuss the response to Covid-19.
Details on the call were not made available by the White House, which just released a list of participants to the White House Press Pool. The Pool’s note indicated that President Trump recognized the good...
Trump also reportedly said he hoped to have fans back in stadiums by August and September. The NFL recently shut down all training facilities, but will continue with a remote version of its draft later this month.
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Earlier: President Donald Trump spoke by telephone today with commissioners of various major league sports to discuss the response to Covid-19.
Details on the call were not made available by the White House, which just released a list of participants to the White House Press Pool. The Pool’s note indicated that President Trump recognized the good...
- 4/4/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Following in the NBA’s footsteps, the National Hockey League has opted to pause its season in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.
“The NHL has been attempting to follow the mandates of health experts and local authorities, while preparing for any possible developments without taking premature or unnecessary measures,” league commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement on Thursday. “However, following last night’s news that an NBA player has tested positive for coronavirus — and given that our leagues share so many facilities and locker rooms and it now seems likely that some member of the NHL...
“The NHL has been attempting to follow the mandates of health experts and local authorities, while preparing for any possible developments without taking premature or unnecessary measures,” league commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement on Thursday. “However, following last night’s news that an NBA player has tested positive for coronavirus — and given that our leagues share so many facilities and locker rooms and it now seems likely that some member of the NHL...
- 3/12/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: While talk of direct-to-consumer streaming and the M&a climate is in the air at Allen & Co.’s annual retreat in Sun Valley, the actual day-by-day agenda includes sessions reaching far beyond the media racket.
Cybersecurity, foreign affairs, education, Brexit and the human brain will all be explored in the confab that officially began today, according to a day-by-day schedule obtained by Deadline. Gayle King of CBS News will interview U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. More directly related to the media-business realm are sessions involving commissioners of five major professional sports leagues and separate ones featuring Bill Gates, Liberty Media chairman John Malone, and current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Conference programming fills the morning hours of the week, with afternoons and evenings generally reserved for private meetings or recreation. Media, famously, is kept at a distance from the invite-only gathering, which has been held in the...
Cybersecurity, foreign affairs, education, Brexit and the human brain will all be explored in the confab that officially began today, according to a day-by-day schedule obtained by Deadline. Gayle King of CBS News will interview U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. More directly related to the media-business realm are sessions involving commissioners of five major professional sports leagues and separate ones featuring Bill Gates, Liberty Media chairman John Malone, and current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Conference programming fills the morning hours of the week, with afternoons and evenings generally reserved for private meetings or recreation. Media, famously, is kept at a distance from the invite-only gathering, which has been held in the...
- 7/9/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Wanna win a bar bet? Challenge that lug next to you to name the first American team to win the Stanley Cup. It’s not Boston, Detroit or Chicago but the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917. Now the NHL is coming back to the Pacific Northwest.
The league’s has board of governors voted unanimously to award its 32nd franchise to Washington state’s largest city. The yet-to-be-named team will begin play in fall 2021, joining the Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks and others in the Pacific Division. The Arizona Coyotes will move to the Western Conference’s Central Division to make room for the new team.
The Seattle franchise will pay a $650 million expansion fee to be distributed in equal shares among 30 of the NHL’s presently excluding 2017 expansion club — and soon-to-be division rival — the Vegas Golden Knights.
“Today is an exciting and historic day for our League as we expand to...
The league’s has board of governors voted unanimously to award its 32nd franchise to Washington state’s largest city. The yet-to-be-named team will begin play in fall 2021, joining the Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks and others in the Pacific Division. The Arizona Coyotes will move to the Western Conference’s Central Division to make room for the new team.
The Seattle franchise will pay a $650 million expansion fee to be distributed in equal shares among 30 of the NHL’s presently excluding 2017 expansion club — and soon-to-be division rival — the Vegas Golden Knights.
“Today is an exciting and historic day for our League as we expand to...
- 12/4/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The National Hockey League has awarded an expansion franchise to Seattle for the 2021-22 season. The new team — the league’s 32nd — will play in the NHL’s Pacific Division of the Western Conference, moving the Arizona Coyotes to the Western Conference’s Central Division that season.
The new team will be principally owned by David Bonderman and will play its home games at Seattle Center Arena. The Seattle franchise will pay a $650 million expansion fee.
“Today is an exciting and historic day for our League as we expand to one of North America’s most innovative, beautiful and fastest-growing cities,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. “We are delighted to add David Bonderman, Tod Leiweke and the entire NHL Seattle group to the National Hockey League family. And we are thrilled that Seattle, a city with a proud hockey history that includes being the home for the first American team...
The new team will be principally owned by David Bonderman and will play its home games at Seattle Center Arena. The Seattle franchise will pay a $650 million expansion fee.
“Today is an exciting and historic day for our League as we expand to one of North America’s most innovative, beautiful and fastest-growing cities,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. “We are delighted to add David Bonderman, Tod Leiweke and the entire NHL Seattle group to the National Hockey League family. And we are thrilled that Seattle, a city with a proud hockey history that includes being the home for the first American team...
- 12/4/2018
- by Tony Maglio and Brian Welk
- The Wrap
With sports betting quickly becoming legalized in multiple U.S. states, pro leagues are getting in on the action.
On Monday, the National Hockey League announced a multi-year deal deal with MGM Resorts International to become its first official betting sponsor. In July, the National Basketball Association signed a betting sponsorship deal with MGM.
The NHL’s deal with MGM is not exclusive — unlike the NBA’s — which means the league can sell sponsorship to other partners. But like the NBA’s deal, MGM Resorts will use official NHL data and branding across MGM Resorts’ land-based and digital sports betting offerings throughout the United States.
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“The new sports betting landscape presents a unique opportunity for fan engagement utilizing technology and data that are exclusive to our League,” said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. “As a leading global gaming operator and entertainment company,...
On Monday, the National Hockey League announced a multi-year deal deal with MGM Resorts International to become its first official betting sponsor. In July, the National Basketball Association signed a betting sponsorship deal with MGM.
The NHL’s deal with MGM is not exclusive — unlike the NBA’s — which means the league can sell sponsorship to other partners. But like the NBA’s deal, MGM Resorts will use official NHL data and branding across MGM Resorts’ land-based and digital sports betting offerings throughout the United States.
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“The new sports betting landscape presents a unique opportunity for fan engagement utilizing technology and data that are exclusive to our League,” said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. “As a leading global gaming operator and entertainment company,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The Washington Capitals claimed their first Stanley Cup championship in stunning fashion Thursday night with a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Sin City.
The win in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series ended a 44-year championship drought for any Washington, D.C. team, with the Redskins being the last to hold the honor in the 1992 Super Bowl.
Thursday’s win also marked the first Stanley Cup for Alex Ovechkin, despite being the Capitals’ star player for much of his 13 years with the team. The Russian left wing went on to be awarded the Mvp title for the 2017-18 season.
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Ovechkin is now the third player in NHL history to score 600 career regular-season goals before hoisting his first Stanley Cup.
“At the beginning of the year, I said we’re not going to be second.
The win in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series ended a 44-year championship drought for any Washington, D.C. team, with the Redskins being the last to hold the honor in the 1992 Super Bowl.
Thursday’s win also marked the first Stanley Cup for Alex Ovechkin, despite being the Capitals’ star player for much of his 13 years with the team. The Russian left wing went on to be awarded the Mvp title for the 2017-18 season.
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Ovechkin is now the third player in NHL history to score 600 career regular-season goals before hoisting his first Stanley Cup.
“At the beginning of the year, I said we’re not going to be second.
- 6/8/2018
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
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