NHL Game of the Week

*NHL Game of the Week*
NHL Game of the Week
Genre	NHL game telecasts
Presented by	Sean McDonough; Ray Ferraro; Emily Kaplan; Bob Wischusen; Ryan Callahan; Leah Hextall; Mike Monaco; A. J. Mleczko; Blake Bolden; Dave Jackson; Steve Levy; Mark Messier; P. K. Subban; John Buccigross; Kevin Weekes; Arda Ocal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	15
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	180 minutes or until game ends
Production company	NBC Sports (2006–2021) ESPN (2021–present)
Original release
Network	NBC; ABC; ESPN+
Release	January 14, 2006 - May 8, 2021 (NBC);; November 26, 2021 - present (ABC)
Related
	NHL on NBC; NHL on ABC
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The National Hockey League Game of the Week is a branding used for regular season National Hockey League weekend games that are typically televised on a national broadcast network in the U.S.

The branding was previously used by NBC on Sunday afternoons, beginning at the weekend of the NFL Conference Championship games when it held NHL broadcast rights between the 2005–06 and 2020–21 seasons. During the 2016–17, NBC began to promote the Star Sunday brand on both the Game of the Week and its Sunday Night Hockey broadcasts on sister cable network NBCSN, focusing primarily on the NHL's star players. Star Sunday featured extensive pre-game, in-game and post-game coverage of each featured player. The first game under the new package featured the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings on January 22, 2017, with Ryan McDonagh and Dylan Larkin the featured players of their respective teams.^[1]

Beginning with the 2021–22 season, ABC replaced NBC as the league's network broadcast partner.^[2]^[3] Since then, ABC has typically aired one game per weekend, usually on Saturday afternoons, beginning in February. Due to the current arrangement of ABC's sports programming being produced and co-branded by ESPN, the broadcasts carry the NHL on ESPN production and branding.

^ ""STAR SUNDAY" NHL GAME OF THE WEEK FEATURES RYAN MCDONAGH & DYLAN LARKIN – N.Y. RANGERS FACE DETROIT RED WINGS SUNDAY AT 12:30 P.M. ET ON NBC". NBC Sports Group. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
^ "NHL back on ESPN with 7-year multiplatform deal". ESPN. March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ Draper, Kevin (March 11, 2021). "N.H.L. Returns to ESPN in a 7-Year Deal With an Emphasis on Streaming". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

[StarSundayGOW-1] ""STAR SUNDAY" NHL GAME OF THE WEEK FEATURES RYAN MCDONAGH & DYLAN LARKIN – N.Y. RANGERS FACE DETROIT RED WINGS SUNDAY AT 12:30 P.M. ET ON NBC". NBC Sports Group. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

[2] "NHL back on ESPN with 7-year multiplatform deal". ESPN. March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[3] Draper, Kevin (March 11, 2021). "N.H.L. Returns to ESPN in a 7-Year Deal With an Emphasis on Streaming". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

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