Not that there seems to be a lot of interest in European club hockey around SoSH, but if you're looking for a competitive ice hockey fix even here in late August, the second edition of the Champions Hockey League began last night. I'm doing play-by-play commentary for one live game a night during the Group Stage as well as for at least two of the knockout stages, and on Day 1 yesterday I got to call the rarest of goals when Andres Ambühl of the reigning Swiss champions HC Davos scored a 3-on-5 double shorthanded goal against Sweden's Färjestad Karlstad.
I think you can buy two days' worth of live streaming broadcasts on every game being played (something like 16 games in total) for something like €5...reasons you might want to do this include:
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I think you can buy two days' worth of live streaming broadcasts on every game being played (something like 16 games in total) for something like €5...reasons you might want to do this include:
- Wondering what hockey broadcasts sound like with no color commentator and no commercial breaks (yep, it's just me speaking for the entire game, although I do take breaks during each intermission)
- Wondering what hockey broadcasts sound like with no commentary at all (I and Brent Pope are each calling one game per day here in the first Thursday-to-Sunday long weekend, but the other games are commentary-free)
- Having a burning desire to know what Chuck Kobasew is doing these days (hint: I'm calling the IFK Helsinki-SC Bern game this afternoon)
- Wondering what professional team sports jerseys in America will look like in 50 years' time, once sponsor adverts cover every inch of available space not taken up by team logos and player names/numbers
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