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NHL To Debut Puck With New Technology This Season

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Harrison Brown

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?

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Jon Sorensen

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

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Jon Sorensen

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

Posted on March 4, 2020 by George Foussekis

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

Posted on March 5, 2019 by George Foussekis

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

Posted on May 28, 2018 by

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

Posted on May 4, 2018 by

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

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Stephanie Judge

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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Tracking Chips to be Used in World Cup of Hockey

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Jon Sorensen

Debuted in Columbus this past All-Star game, the NHL in cooperation with the NHLPA and SAP will once again be implementing the new state-of-the-art technologies for this years World Cup of Hockey.

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