NHL Unveils Details for Amazon Prime Broadcast

The NHL season kicks off soon and with it, a new broadcast partnership. The league previously announced a partnership with Amazon's media production and streaming department, Prime Video, that would produce a documentary series about life in the NHL. In addition, the league laid out details for the NHL game broadcast offerings Amazon will offer at a recent press event.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was present for the announcement and provided the programming list for this upcoming season. The hallmark program will be Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey. It kicks off with a Monday night showdown between the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Another intriguing program introduced is Amazon Prime Coast to Coast. The show will air weekly on Amazon Prime, beginning Thursday October 10th. The show is being compared to NFL Red Zone, which will feature live tie-ins to games and highlights, celebrity guests, as well as utilizing NHL EDGE, the league's source for all statistics.

They also announced some of the on-air personalities that will join the shows. Among the names announced are NHL legends like Mark Messier, while also bringing familiar former players like Jody Shelley and Shane Hnidy. The journalistic side of the crew includes John Forslund on play-by-play, Adnan Virk, and Andi Petrillo. Petrillo will also host Coast to Coast.