Eric Eisenberg is being promoted to Director, Programming and Operations, and will report to Bob on NHL Network operations, programming and content management. As Steve will continue to lead the strategic planning function, Jarod Were is being promoted to Director and will take on a larger role in coordinating cross-departmental strategic planning efforts.īob Chesterman to Senior VP, Programming and Production from Vice PresidentĮric Eisenberg to Director, Programming and Operations from Managerīob Chesterman is being promoted to the position of Senior VP, Programming and Production, and will report to NHL COO John Collins with responsibility for all video programming and production for the NHL Network, NHL.com and NHL Studios. Additionally, Nili Doft is being promoted to Vice President and will continue to have oversight over the GameCenter Live and direct-to-consumer digital portfolio. Stephen McArdle is being promoted to Executive VP, Digital Media and Strategic Planning. Jarod Were to Director, Business Support from Manager Nili Doft to Vice President, Direct and Digital Marketing from Senior Director Stephen McArdle to Executive VP, Digital Media and Strategic Planning from Senior VP Emily Nasits also will join Don’s group from Broadcasting as Vice President and will oversee broadcast production specific to NHL events. Dean Matsuzaki will lead all event operations, and as such is being promoted to Senior VP. In addition to his existing responsibilities for media strategy and distribution, David Proper will now also assume a new role as Executive VP, Business Affairs, coordinating business affairs across all Media and Business departmental lines.ĭon Renzulli to Executive VP, Events from SVP, Eventsĭean Matsuzaki to Senior VP, Events from Vice President, EventsĮmily Nasits to Vice President, Events from Director of Broadcast Relationsĭon Renzulli is being promoted to Executive VP, Events.
Nili Doft to Vice President, Direct and Digital Marketing.Stephen McArdle to Executive VP, Digital Media and Strategic Planning.David Proper to Executive VP, Business Affairs.Many of the promotions come in regards to the league’s media and event outreach. In addition, the Seattle franchise will be represented by Seattle Seahawks tight end Luke Willson, who played hockey when he was growing up in LaSalle, Ontario.With just over a week to go until the start of a new, full, National Hockey League season, the commissioner’s office formally announced a lengthy list of promotions. Among the participants are Filip Forsberg ( Nashville Predators), Evgeny Kuznetsov ( Washington Capitals), Jake DeBrusk and Charlie McAvoy ( Boston Bruins), Tyler Johnson ( Tampa Bay Lightning), Brady Tkachuk ( Ottawa Senators), and Matthew Tkachuk ( Calgary Flames). The NHL and Electronic Acts, who produce the video game, will donate $100,000 "in support of the CDC Foundation's COVID-19 relief efforts," according to a press release. The matchups will be unveiled at the beginning of each week.
The announcement comes on the heels of the Alexander Ovechkin - Wayne Gretzky matchup which raised more than $40,000. Each NHL club will be represented by one or two current players in one-time matchups against one another, and even the not-yet-named Seattle NHL club will have a representative.
On Thursday, the NHL announced that it will launch the "NHL Player Gaming Challenge" where NHL players will play the "NHL 20" video game in order to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.
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