TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet has inked a 10-year partnership with Alberta’s two National Hockey League teams which will see the network be the clubs’ official television broadcaster and provider of digital media content through 2020.
Beginning with the upcoming 2010-11 NHL season, Rogers Sportsnet West and Rogers Sportsnet One (scheduled to launch August 14), will combine to televise at least 58 Calgary Flames and 58 Edmonton Oilers games every year for 10 seasons within the Oilers and Flames regional territory, which includes Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
"Sportsnet has been a partner of both the Flames and Oilers since we launched back in 1998," said Sportsnet president Doug Beeforth, in the announcement. "And as our relationship grew over the years, it became the foundation for this remarkable extension of the partnership. We could not be more excited and delighted about today’s announcement".
Schedule details for Oilers and Flames games on Rogers Sportsnet One and Rogers Sportsnet West will be announced at a later date.
