Amazon Prime to broadcast Wednesday evening NHL video games, playoff collection in cope with Rogers

Amazon is extending its attain into the Canadian hockey broadcasting panorama.

Amazon’s streaming service, Prime Video, and Rogers Communications have introduced a 12-year settlement to broadcast NHL regular-season video games in English and French on Wednesday nights, in addition to Stanley Cup playoff video games. The settlement will start on Sept. 30, someday after the beginning of the 2026-27 common season.

The deal contains at the least 26 nationwide regular-season video games and offers Amazon its alternative of Stanley Cup playoff collection to broadcast in Canada, acquiring choose rights to 2 first-round matchups and one second-round matchup.

According to a Sportsnet spokesperson, Amazon could have its alternative of playoff collection to broadcast after Sportsnet picks its first three first-round collection to air, and its first two within the second spherical. Once Amazon makes its choices, Sportsnet will carry the remaining collection.

“Over the past two years, Prime Video has been a valuable addition to the NHL’s media lineup in Canada, joining Rogers in bringing marquee NHL games to Canadian fans,” mentioned NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in a press release. “We’re excited that Prime Video and Rogers are deepening their relationship through this long-term agreement, reflecting our shared commitment to serving English and French-language hockey fans across Canada with premium NHL content for years to come.”

For the final two seasons, Amazon streamed regular-season video games on Monday nights as a part of their “Prime Monday Night Hockey” exhibits at the side of Rogers. The broadcast featured longtime play-by-play man John Forslund, broadcast hosts Adnan Virk and Andi Petrillo, and a rotating solid of analysts together with ex-NHLers Jody Shelley and Thomas Hickey, and former girls’s hockey star Blake Bolden. According to Rogers and Amazon’s joint assertion, extra particulars on broadcast expertise and manufacturing workers shall be introduced at a later time.

The new settlement coincides with Sportsnet’s 12-year nationwide rights cope with the NHL that may even start this fall. Sportsnet additionally introduced final month it won’t proceed its licensing settlement with the CBC and the “Hockey Night in Canada” model.

Sportsnet will announce its expertise groups forward of the upcoming season.