The National Hockey League is the world's strongest hockey club championship. Thanks to television and the Internet, you can follow the league matches from almost any corner of our planet.
TV broadcasts
In Russia, the matches of the regular season and the Stanley Cup until the 2011/2012 season were broadcast by NTV-plus and Viasat Sport (by agreement with ESPN America). However, in the 2011/2012 season, the broadcasting rights were bought by the VGTRK company. The matches of the National Hockey League began to be shown on the TV channels Russia-2 and Sport-1. Despite the fact that during the games in most of the territory of Russia it was deep night, the matches were also shown live. Of course, during the daytime there were recordings of matches for those who could not or did not want to watch hockey at night.
Much to the regret of the fans of the National Hockey League, since the 2012/2013 season, the rights to television broadcasts of matches in Russia have no longer been redeemed. This was done for several reasons. Firstly, nighttime broadcasts did not attract a significant audience, therefore, the costs of purchasing rights were not always justified. Secondly, in Russia there is a competitor for the NHL - the Continental Hockey League. And, although objectively the level of our league was somewhat lower, hockey fans are much more interested in watching matches with the participation of their own, and not foreign teams. Moreover, the level of the KHL is an order of magnitude higher than all other hockey leagues in the world. During lockouts, which periodically occur overseas, many world hockey stars move to Eurasia and delight the audience by playing in the KHL.
But fans of the highest level hockey should not be upset, since the absence of broadcasts on domestic channels does not mean that it is impossible to watch matches in principle. In North America, National Hockey League matches are broadcast on 7 channels. NHL Network shows matches in the USA and Canada, NBC Sports Network - only in the USA. 5 Canadian channels broadcast live matches and recordings - TSN, CBC (in English) RDS, RIS (in French).
Internet broadcasts
If you do not live in North America, with a strong desire to find access to channels on the Internet is real. A small minus is the lack of comments in Russian. However, if you want to enjoy the game, and not the stories of the commentators, this problem, in principle, will be reduced to zero.
If you find it difficult to find the broadcasts of the required channel on the Internet, then you can buy the broadcast of the match you need on the official website of the National Hockey League for a moderate amount. The league's official website is also presented in Russian, so there shouldn't be any difficulties with choosing and buying a broadcast.
