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Licensing and Merchandising

The Tampa Bay Lightning have launched a lifestyle line to accompany their new black and grey alternate jersey
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Kerry Bubolz was among the 10 executives whose work in 2018 we believe indicates the direction of the sports business in 2019 and beyond.
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Fan Engagement

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has confirmed that puck and player tracking is coming to the league next season
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Fan Engagement

The NHL has announced that it will host a major esports event during its All-Star weekend as it continues to target a younger demographic through videogames
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Events

The NHL and NHL Players' Association have announced there will be no World Cup of Hockey in 2020, amid uncertainty over labor relations in the ice hockey league.
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Sports Betting

The NHL has tested real-time puck and player tracking in regular-season games for the first time and intends to have it in place across the league next season
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Finance & Money

The Boston Bruins have partnered with the National Women's Hockey League's Boston Pride, following the lead of three other NHL franchises.
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Fan Engagement

Upper Deck has signed a multi-year extension to its exclusive trading-card deal with the NHL and NHLPA, a partnership that dates back to 1990.
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Events

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has announced that Seattle will be awarded the All-Star Game within its first seven seasons in the league, as well as either an entry or expansion draft.
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Stadia

The NHL's Arizona Coyotes have renewed their lease at the Gila River Arena in Glendale for another season but the team's long-term future remains in doubt.
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Events

The NHL has announced that the 2020 Winter Classic will be played at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas with the local franchise, the Stars, serving as hosts
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Fan Engagement

The NHL is looking to increase its fan engagement by allowing Amazon Alexa-enabled devices to provide news, schedules, scores and stats for each of its 31 teams.
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Stadia

Just days after Seattle was awarded an NHL expansion franchise to begin play in October 2021, potential changes to KeyArena's renovation plans have surfaced
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Governance

The NHL has had a 16-team playoff format since 1980, but some owners want to see an expanded playoff in a league that now has 31 teams and will add Seattle as a 32nd team in 2021
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Stadia

The cost of constructing Seattle's NHL arena is now estimated to be $850m (€750m) – $50m more than was projected on Tuesday when the city was granted an expansion team.
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Business

As was widely expected, the NHL Board of Governors unanimously approved adding Seattle as the league’s 32nd franchise on Tuesday, with the as yet unnamed team set to join in 2021 instead of 2020 to allow e...
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Business

Seattle is all but certain to be named the NHL's 32nd team next week but the league is not ruling out expanding the league further
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Fan Engagement

Fifty games moved to afternoons so they can be broadcast in primetime on continent Approximately 30 per cent of NHL players come from overseas Earlier start times give teams more opportunity to engage...
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Business

The prospect of the National Hockey League becoming the first US major sports league to have teams based in Europe appears to have significantly increased
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Fan Engagement

Luc Robitaille, the Los Angeles Kings president, has claimed that sports betting revenues could be so considerable that NHL teams may keep the price of tickets down.