Ice Hockey

11/25/2025 |  CNBC’s Official NHL Team Valuations 2025: Here’s how the 32 franchises stack up (CNBC Sports) The average NHL team is now worth $2.2 billion, according to CNBC’s Official NHL Team Valuations, 15% more than last year, as richer national media rights deals drive up franchise values. 
In April, the NHL and Rogers Communications
agreed to a 12-year national Canadian media rights deal worth $7.79 billion, based on exchange rates as of Nov. 24, that will begin with the 2026-27 season. It is more than twice the amount the league is getting from its existing 12-year deal with Rogers.

11/24/2025 |  Five NHL players who surprisingly merit Olympic team consideration (Yardbarker) The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan are fast approaching, and excitement is building across the NHL for its return to the Games for the first time since Sochi in 2014.  

11/20/2025 |  Neck guards mandatory for players at 2026 Winter Olympics (Reuters Sports) Nov 20 (Reuters) - The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will make neck guards mandatory for players at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, a spokesperson for the governing body told Reuters on Thursday.
The decision follows the death of Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson in October 2023, after his neck was cut by a skate blade of another player during a league game.

 

11/20/2025 |  PWHL doubles down on Takeover Tour strategy as sponsors finally seize the opportunity (Gist Sports, The) Last week, the PWHL announced the return of the Takeover Tour — which brings PWHL games to other markets — for a third season. And the next edition is bigger and better: The league will host 16 neutral-site games and visit seven new cities while returning to multiple stops from last year.

11/19/2025 |  Gatorade Canada and the PWHL launch groundbreaking sports hydration research (Gist Sports, The) The PWHL’s best are getting ready to sweat ahead of Friday’s season-opening puck drop, and Gatorade Canada’s turning that salty effort into pivotal insights about women’s hydration standards. No, seriously — sweat isn’t just part of sports: It could be key to changing the game for women athletes.