Ice Hockey

4/23/2025 |  NHL’s U.S. Playoff TV Ratings Down 27% in Early Games (Front Office Sports) TV ratings in the NHL’s regular season were down 12% compared to the 2023–2024 season. Early returns from the Stanley Cup playoffs are not providing optimism about reversing that trend.
Through Monday’s games, postseason broadcasts were averaging 718,000 viewers, which is down 27% from last year.

4/22/2025 |  Predators Unveil $650M Plan to Keep Pace With NHL’s Venue Race (Front Office Sports) The Predators have unveiled a $650 million plan to upgrade Bridgestone Arena, a large-scale move to keep up with both the booming nature of Nashville and improvements to several other National Hockey League venues in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
The project is set to begin in 2027 and include a 175,000-foot expansion to the arena, a variety of new restaurants and retail spaces, a remade entrance, and about 700 additional seats inside. Funding is slated to come from a combination of ticket revenue and money generated from sales taxes inside the arena.

4/21/2025 |  US beat Canada to win world championships with Janecke overtime goal (Reuters Sports) CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic, April 20 (Reuters) - An overtime goal from Tessa Janecke earned the United States a 4-3 win over reigning champions Canada to win gold at the Women's World Championship on Sunday as the latest chapter in their rivalry was decided in dramatic fashion.
With less than three minutes remaining in the first period of overtime, Janecke got to the puck ahead of keeper Ann-Renee Desbiens to score from close range before skating away and throwing her stick in the air in celebration.

4/21/2025 |  NHL sets attendance record, surpassing 23 million fans (United Press International (UPI)) April 18 (UPI) -- The NHL set an attendance record in 2024-25, drawing 23,014,458 fans over 1,312 regular-season games, the league announced Friday.
The league surpassed 23 million fans this season, which represents 96.9% capacity for its 32 teams. NHL attendance records also were set in 2023-24 and 2022-23. 

4/18/2025 |  NHL Breaks Attendance Record for Third Straight Season (Front Office Sports) The NHL playoffs begin Saturday after a third consecutive regular season of leaguewide record attendance.
This season, total crowds at NHL games topped the 23 million mark for the first time. Here are the last three seasonal marks: