NHL on ESPN - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_on_ESPNThe NHL on ESPN is a television presentation of National Hockey League (NHL) games on ESPN properties, including ABC, ESPN+, and Hulu. ESPN first televised National Hockey League (NHL) games in the 1979–80 season, initially by sub-contracting rights from individual franchises. After the NHL shifted to only having one exclusive rightsholder, ESPN acquired the NHL's national television rights in 1985 to replace USA Network(…