Ice Hockey

10/4/2023 |  ACHA Chooses St. Louis as National Championship Host in 2025, 2027, 2028 (SportsTravel) The American Collegiate Hockey Association, the governing body for non-varsity collegiate hockey in the United States, has selected St. Louis as the site for the ACHA National Championships in 2025, 2027, and 2028 with an option to bring the event to St. Louis in 2026.

10/3/2023 |  Golden Knights, Maple Leafs Lead NHL Ticket Demand on StubHub (Sportico) The 2023-24 NHL season kicks off next week with a trio of games Tuesday night, including a faceoff between the league’s two newest teams, the Vegas Golden Knights and Seattle Kraken. It is one of the NHL’s hottest tickets given the Knights will raise their Stanley Cup banner; the average price sold on StubHub so far: $465.

10/3/2023 |  US-Canada Women’s Hockey Series Heads to Minnesota, Los Angeles and Arizona (SportsTravel) The annual Rivalry Series between USA Hockey and Hockey Canada’s women’s national teams will include games in Tempe, Arizona, plus Los Angeles and St. Paul, Minnesota.
USA Hockey will host the first two games of the competition, November 8 at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona, and November 11 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The seventh and final game of the series on February 11 will be in St. Paul, Minnesota, at Xcel Energy Center.

9/28/2023 |  BioSteel Bankruptcy Shows Perils of Costly Sports Partnerships (Front Office Sports)

• NHL, superstar athletes owed more than sports drink company's bankruptcy filings reveal.
• Equity deals have become standard practice for brands seeking to expand their reach.

BioSteel’s bankruptcy could be more costly to the NHL, and others caught up in the proceedings, than what’s been detailed in court documents so far. 

9/28/2023 |  Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board Teams Up with AEG (SportsTravel) The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has announced a strategic partnership with AEG to become an official partner of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings and the “Preferred Destination in America” of The O2 Arena in London.
This marks the first partnership of its kind between LA Tourism and an NHL team. The agreement will enhance LA Tourism’s promotional efforts through AEG’s global portfolio of sports and live entertainment assets.