In 2016 there was a similar World Cup of Hockey tournament. It was played before the season started and the NHL made a big deal about it being an international tournament played on NHL rinks with NHL rules and referees. Maybe I remember more coverage of it because I got a daily newspaper then.
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > As far as I can tell, this is the first season that the NHL is doing this, > so I can understand a relative lack of buzz surrounding it. > > For comparison, the NBA started it's own in-season tournament during the > 23-24 season, held in November-December when NBA and NFL seasons overlap. > They don't have special teams for it, and some of the games also count for > the regular season, so it doesn't quite match up. But this tournament > doesn't get a lot of attention even while it's going on. > > David > > On Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 08:32:32 AM PST, John Edwards < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > It’s not even on the level of World Juniors here. Hockey media are > interested, I’m not sure anybody else is. > > That may pick up when the tournament actually starts, but other than the > Canada-USA game on the 15th (which is interesting only because of > everything else going on), but I doubt it. > > John > > John Edwards > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > The NHL has an upcoming in season tournament. When I watch games on ABC, > Hulu, or Max there’s constant promotion of the tournament. In every other > part of my world there is no mention of it, like it doesn’t even exist. Is > this tournament a big deal in Canadian sports media? I’m thinking of the > world junior tournament which gets a lot of attention in Canada and none in > the USA. > > - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1922910567.5123361.1738862849980%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1922910567.5123361.1738862849980%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG0H%3Dz34H0RbfOgBq%2BxHGF2nN1oK_CKob%2BnB9MSOj8yrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
