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ESPN has announced that it will begin the 2009-10 National Hockey League (NHL) broadcast from 1st October ESPN America and on ESPN in high-definition.

ESPN’s UK television channels will bring more than 300 live and as-live 2009-10 season NHL games that include CompuWare NHL Premiere games in Stockholm and Helsinki. This is the first time in the United Kingdom that ESPN will bring the games in high definition on new channel ESPN HD.

The regular season, play-offs and Stanley Cup Final games will be available on ESPN America, ESPN and ESPN HD. In addition, over 1,000 games a season – around 40 games a week – will be available to watch online via subscription at ESPN360.com, either live or on-demand.

ESPN America will broadcast CompuWare NHL Premiere games live double headers on both Friday 2nd October and Saturday 3rd October from 5pm. After the games end in Europe, the NHL heads back to North America where every team will aim to make it to the play-offs and a chance of winning the championship.

Jeroen Oerlemans, ESPN, Vice President, TV Channels Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “We are very proud to broadcast the NHL Premiere games live from the Globe Arena in Sweden and Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, the home country of several high profile NHL players. With a big expert community in the UK, we know that fans will also appreciate our authentic coverage for the 300 other games which come directly from the arenas in the US and Canada. We also hope that once sports fans see the quality of our programming from the NHL and other North-American leagues, they will regularly tune into ESPN America, ESPN (HD) and ESPN360.com.”

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