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The 4 Nations Face-Off championship between the USA and Canada on Thursday night drew a significant audience for ESPN's broadcast. Canada's 3-2 victory over the USA in overtime averaged 9.3 ...
Canada's Brandon Hagel, left, and United States' Matthew Tkachuk (19) fight during first period 4 Nations Face-Off hockey game in Montreal on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.
Hockey fans wanted this inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off final to be epic, and that's exactly what they got as Team Canada defeated Team USA in overtime, 3-2. Connor McDavid scored the game-winning ...
The remaining players were announced on December 4, with the complete rosters of Team Sweden and Team Finland announced at 2:00 p.m. ET on the NHL Network and ESPN's SportsCenter, and the complete rosters of Team USA and Team Canada announced at 6:30 p.m. during pregame broadcasts on Sportsnet, TNT, and TVA Sports. [33]
Canada was the pre-tournament favorite, but their 3-1 loss to the U.S. left a mark on how the rest of the tournament played out. Had the tournament been decided on that game, it would have been ...
SportsChannel America televised about 80–100 games a season [46] [47] (whereas ESPN aired about 33 in the 1987–88 season). Whereas the previous deal with ESPN called for only one nationally televised game a week, SportsChannel America televised hockey two nights a week in NHL cities and three nights a week elsewhere.
When ESPN started broadcasting NBA games on Wednesday and Friday nights in 2002, the weekly hockey broadcasts were moved to Thursday and the broadcasts were renamed to ESPN Thursday Night Hockey. Following the 2003–04 season, ESPN was only willing to renew its contract for two additional years at $60 million per year. [ 56 ]
The heated hockey rivalry between the United States and Canada boiled over quickly on Saturday. As the two teams faced off for the first time since the 2022 Olympics, the game erupted into three ...