The NHL is planning to show fans camera angles they've never seen on a hockey broadcast when the Stanley Cup Qualifiers begin in Edmonton and Toronto on Aug. 1.
"Many times the considerations of where cameras go in arenas are based on where our fans are because we don't want to block our fans from the viewing experience," Steve Mayer, NHL senior executive vice president and chief content officer for events and entertainment, said Thursday. "We have no fans here, so we are able to walk around an arena like this and find the perfect, most ideal positions for every single one of our cameras."
The NHL Return to Play Plan, which has 24 teams competing for the Stanley Cup -- 12 in the Eastern Conference hub city of Toronto, and the 12 Western Conference teams in Edmonton -- does not include fans in the arenas because of health and safety regulations related to the coronavirus. Mayer said that means the NHL must create a made-for-TV product to showcase the race for the Cup.
League broadcast partners Sportsnet and NBC will be using 32 cameras in each arena, 12 more than normal for a national broadcast. They will also be using a JitaCam, a camera on a large, 360-degree crane that can be positioned over the ice.
Sportsnet will control the live broadcast feed from Rogers Place in Edmonton, which will host all of the Western Conference games in the Qualifiers and first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, as well as every game of both conference finals and the Stanley Cup Final.
NBC will control the feed from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, site of all the Eastern Conference games in the Qualifiers and first two rounds of the playoffs.
In the Qualifiers, the top four teams in each conference will play a round-robin to determine seeding for the playoffs. The remaining eight teams in each conference will play best-of-5 series, with the winners advancing to the playoffs. The loser of each series will have a chance at the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft in the Second Phase of the NHL Draft Lottery, to be held Aug. 10.
"It is our goal to be able to show a hockey game in a manner that shows off the speed and you feel like you're part of the game, you're watching with the energy that sometimes doesn't come from the play on the ice," Mayer said. "We all want our game to translate better for television. We think that in this tournament, we're going to be able to accomplish that in even greater ways because of the way we can bring our fans right inside the game, down low, show the speed, hear the sounds."
Each game will also look unique to the television audience based on the set design the NHL is using in each arena, including LED screens, monitors and stages.
The NHL also worked with game presentation representatives from each of the 24 participating teams to gather audio that is unique to their home arenas, including goal horns, in-arena music compilations, motivational videos and specially produced clips from fans to replicate chants unique to each market.
"The energy of the set design and some of the things that we're planning on doing will make it visually exciting," Mayer said. "I'm super excited about the broadcasts, to be able to do some different things throughout the whole tournament, and giving our fans an amazing experience if they can't be here, at home."
Microphones will be placed throughout the arena, including at ice level, to pick up more of the sounds of the game.
"You'll hear more of what's taking place on the ice without the crowd noise," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "And in terms of set design, and what the arena's going to look like from a broadcast standpoint, if you see and recall what we do at all our outdoor games and our other events, Steve and his group are extraordinarily creative. We think this will make for a compelling television product."
The League will not be using virtual advertisements at the start of the tournament, Mayer said, though the regional networks covering games in the Qualifiers and first round of the playoffs will be able to use virtual advertisements on the glass behind each goal.
"We're looking at our environment in some ways as virtual, but we also, as we've talked about, are looking to grow this and be fluid," Mayer said. "There are possibilities as we get in later rounds to add a virtual component to the environment for the conference [finals] and the
Final."
Commissioner Bettman said the idea is not to replace the normalcy of an NHL game, especially a playoff game, but to instead give a different look and feel on TV.
"There's nothing better in person from sporting standpoint than an NHL game," the Commissioner said. "The energy, the noise, the excitement of our crowds may be irreplaceable from that standpoint, but this is going to be made into a very entertaining and compelling experience."
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