Hockey business is booming as the NHL bounces back from the pandemic in a big way

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Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky gives his stick to a fan after the team's NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. Bobrovsky played in his 700th NHL game. Arenas are full, the NHL is a fixture on TV screens across North America, highlight-reel goals are talking points on a near-daily basis and “The Pat McAfee Show” even has a segment called “Hockey is Awesome.

“The league is going through a bit of a renaissance,” said Tom Gargiulo, chief marketing officer at Bodyarmor, whose deal to be the league's sports drink is the latest sponsorship agreement inked in recent years. “This sport is moving into the next phase of its evolution and is on a tremendous trajectory.”

“They keep doing stuff that’s innovative to keep their audience engaged,” said Lauren Anderson, director of the Warsaw Sports Business Center at the University of Oregon. “The NHL could’ve fallen back on being pretty traditional, and I think they haven’t been afraid to try some things and pivot even when it didn’t work."

“We’re not here to change the game,” Mayer said. “We’re here to enhance what is out there and to get it in front of more people because we know that if people watch our game, they’re going to fall in love with it.”Utah Jazz owner creates online buzz with survey for NHL team name “We plan on getting there — how and when, obviously, will take some time," chief business officer Keith Wachtel said. "Looking at hockey a bit differently than perhaps it was looked at a decade ago. It’s still the ultimate team sport, but we have such great players and personalities."

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