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Revision as of 08:01, 3 December 2006 by TMC1982 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)SportsChannel America was the official American television provider of the National Hockey League from 1988-1992. Taking over for ESPN, SportsChannel was offered $51 million over three years, more than double what ESPN had paid ($24 million) for the previous three years. Unfortantely, SportsChannel America was only in a few major markets, and reached only a 1/3 of the households that ESPN did at the time. When the SportsChannel deal ended in 1992, the league returned to ESPN for another contract that would pay $80 million over five years.
In 1989, SportsChannel America provided the first ever American coverage of the NHL Draft.
In September 1989, SportsChannel America covered the Washington Captitals training camp in Sweden and pre-season tour of the Soviet Union. The Capitals were joined by the Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames, who held training camp in Prague, Czechoslovakia and then ventured to the Soviet Union. Each team played four games against Soviet National League clubs. Games were played in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Riga. The NHL clubs finished with a combined 6-2 record against the top Soviet teams, including the Red Army club and Dynamo Moscow. Five of the eight contests were televised by SportsChannel America.
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- The DrewL Bucket: Can OLN Help Rescue NHL?
- NHL inks SCA deal for $5.5m. (cable television contract between National Hockey League and SportsChannel America) (Multichannel News)
- CBA: TV and the price of expansion
- Is the NHL better off?
- Google Groups - 1990
- Google Groups - 1991
- Google Groups - 1992
- Google Groups - 1993