Tag Archives: Technology

Digital Disasters: NHL’s Enhanced Dasher Boards Debut With Glitches During First Two Months (Poll)

Photo: Sportsnet We’re nearly two months into the 2022-23 NHL season and the roll-out of the league’s digitally enhanced dasher boards in which virtual advertisements replaced the standard signage on arena boards. As with all technology, there were some glitches … Continue reading

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Report: NHL To Replace Standard Arena Board Signage With Digitally Enhanced Dasher Boards For 2022-23 Season

Photo: Nick Wass/AP According to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, the NHL will be unveiling new digitally enhanced dasher boards this 2022-23 season. These virtual advertisements will replace the standard signage on arena boards.

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NHL To Debut Puck With New Technology This Season

Photo: Boston Globe According to The Boston Globe, a new puck with a tiny battery embedded, a circuit board around the size of half of a dollar, and six-inch-long tubes that let in infrared light at 60 pulses per second, … Continue reading

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Could New Technologies Assist In COVID-19 Recovery and the Return of Public Sporting Events?

Photo: Getty Images It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. Human needs often breed new innovations and advances in society. We are already seeing this play out in the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will … Continue reading

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Comcast NBCUniversal Launches New Sports Tech Startup Accelerator

Photo credit: Astrid Stawiarz/NBC Comcast NBCUniversal introduced a new startup accelerator intended to bolster the sports media giant’s innovation efforts, while keeping a pulse on emerging technologies coming down the pipeline.

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2020 NHL GM Meetings: Player Health and Puck Tracking Are the Latest Hot Topics

The NHL GMs are ready to implement new technology on the ice. Continue reading

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Recapping the 2019 NHL GM Meetings in Boca Raton, Florida

The NHL General Managers are hard at work trying to make subtle tweaks to the game. Continue reading

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Capitals’ General Manager Brian MacLellan’s Final Thoughts in DC Before Heading to Vegas

Earlier this week, for the first time since the Washington Capitals became the Eastern Conference Champions and punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals, Capitals General Manager Brian MacLellan publicly addressed the media and answered questions about the state … Continue reading

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Capitals Prospects Set to Participate in IIHF World Championship

It’s May 4th, 2018, which means this year’s IIHF World Championship is officially underway. Some of the best hockey players from around the world will represent their countries in this tournament, including NHL and AHL players whose teams are not involved … Continue reading

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2016 World Cup of Hockey Bridges the Gap to October: A Primer

Take heart hockey fans. While the regular season is still two months away, the mother ship, AKA the NHL, in conjunction with the NHLPA and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), is benevolently bringing us a pre-season hockey fix with … Continue reading

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