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Gary Bettman: NHL To Announce Esports Competitions

The NHL is planning on diving into the esports world, with the announcement that could come in the next couple months involving EA Sports’ NHL video game series, according to commissioner Gary Bettman. “Our goal is to unveil something before the end of the regular season which would have a series of competitions using the […]

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NHL Plans League-Wide Optical Player, Puck Tracking for 2019-20 Season

At the NHL’s most recent ownership meetings, commissioner Gary Bettman revealed plans for a  league-wide player and puck tracking system that, importantly, will be non-invasive and not require skaters to wear any transmitting chips as they did during a trial at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Bettman acknowledged that more research and development work […]

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