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| Country | United States Canada |
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| Programming | |
| Languages | English French |
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| Owner | National Hockey League |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1995 (1995-10) |
NHL Center Ice is anout-of-market sports package distributed by most cable and satellite providers in theUnited States andCanada. The package allows its subscribers to see up to forty out-of-marketNational Hockey League games a week using local and national television networks.
NHL Center Ice includes Canadian broadcasts, such as games broadcast onSportsnet, as well asHockey Night in Canada broadcasts onCBC, Sportsnet, andCitytv. It also has included out-of-region games broadcast onABC,ESPN, andTNT/TBS. Occasionally, French-language feeds fromTVA Sports may be used if no English-language broadcast is available.Pay-per-view games (e.g.Edmonton Oilers) are included as well. For some cable viewers and those subscribing viaDish Network orDirecTV, both teams' feeds are available for most games. Other cable subscribers may be limited to only one feed and also have a smaller selection of high-definition games.
Some providers offerhigh definition broadcasts when available. A number of providers put Center Ice on the same channels asMLB Extra Innings; hockey often gets priority because the conflict occurs during April, at the end of the regular season and beginning of the playoffs.
A free preview is usually shown during the first three weeks of the NHL season and right after (or a few weeks after) theAll Star Game (or, until 2014,the Olympic break in years when the Winter Olympics occur).
NHL Center Ice is available with these cable and satellite providers: