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New fan to hockey. Any essential hockey lore to catch up on? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey there, me and my girlfriend have been getting into the NHL recently and wanted to read up on some of the essential hockey 'lore', if you will!

Since we're based in the UK we picked a team that we have a good connection with and that ended up being Vegas as we've been a few times and love it. We started supporting pre Stanley Cup, so pretty good timing! 😂

If anyone has any suggestions, that'd be amazing!

Edit: We watched the Quest For The Stanley Cup series too, which was amazing! Really enjoyed that.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NHL.tv has blackouts in the UK?!?! How? Do they count all the New England area teams as "local"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically we've got a 'national broadcaster' in Premier Sports. The product is garbage, and it can be impossible to access if you've not got the right set up. And to make matters worse they sub-contracted out one game a week to another channel that requires a subscription (also atlast one game from each round of the playoffs).

So I said eff that, and went with Viaplay (who I think owns the entire thing). All the games, all online, no blackouts. It's absolutely awful, and a more.... serious league would make a fairer option, but I long since stopped thinking the NHL gave a shit about its European fans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even in the US the entire playoffs are blacked out because they have network coverage. But at least this year there wasn't any over-the-air broadcast network coverage, only paid cable subscription. And all home games are blacked out if they have network coverage (which they usually do via paid cable channels) even ones they play away. My "home" team is >4 hour drive away.