The NHL kicked off its 2016-17 season last week and with the new campaign comes a series of sports technology storylines to follow over the next eight months. Here are the top four headlines and technology angles SportTechie is following this season: 1. Tablet Integration On Benches The NHL recently wrapped up the 2016 World Cup of […]
As many NHL players dusted off their skates for the World Cup of Hockey last month, the league itself saw the event as an experiment with new technology. “Whether it’s digitally enhanced dasher boards or puck and player tracking, we’re ready to embrace new technology that isn’t a gimmick,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in an early […]
The National Hockey League introduced many new technological features at the World Cup of Hockey 2016. In addition to player and puck tracking, the NHL utilized digitally enhanced dasherboards (DED). To do this, the NHL retained Supponor to create the augmented reality dasherboards. Through Supponor, the dasherboards feature digital ads that are TV-visible. However, fans […]
The National Hockey League announced that the World Cup of Hockey 2016 will feature player and puck tracking. The World Cup of Hockey tournament, which begins September 17 and runs through October 1, will include tracking data on television broadcasts of the games, as well as in postgame analysis. The NHL partnered with Sportvision to […]
