2020 Stanley Cup Finals

The 2020 Stanley Cup Finals will be the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2019–20 season and the culmination of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire series is tentatively scheduled to be played behind closed doors at Rogers Place in Edmonton beginning on September 22, with a possible seventh game taking place on October 4, 2020. The pandemic resulted in the league suspending the regular season on March 12, 2020, and then scheduling a special playoff system held at two neutral "hub cities" (Edmonton and Toronto) beginning on August 1, 2020.[1] This will be the first Stanley Cup Finals series since 1928 to be played entirely in one location, and the first since 1989 to be played entirely in Canada.

2020 Stanley Cup Finals
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire series will be held at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
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Location(s)Edmonton: Rogers Place
DatesSeptember 22 – October 4
NetworksCanada (English): CBC/Sportsnet
Canada (French): TVA Sports
United States (English): NBC/NBCSN

In Canada, the series will be broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the U.S., the Finals will be split between NBC (Games 1, and 4 through 7) and NBCSN (Games 2 and 3). The NHL initially had plans to produce broadcasts for each game using a skeleton crew on-site, such as cameramen and producers, and then each media partners' commentators call the games remotely.[2] The league has since allowed a handful of both Sportsnet and NBC commentators into the hubs.[3]

References
  1. Johnston, Chris (July 10, 2020). "NHL announces tentative dates for return to play, compressed off-season". Sportsnet. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. Morris, Jim (June 26, 2020). "NHL media remain in flux while awaiting finalized coverage plans ahead of restart". CBC. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. "Return to Play FAQ". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
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