Eight years ago, a very memorable, depressing, and familiar-feeling event occurred. The NHL was locked out. Fans missed every single game of 2004-2005 NHL season. On top of the lockout, ESPN dropped their contract with the NHL and has not aired an NHL game ever since! But I know what your thinking when I mention a NHL lockout. Your telling yourself its a load of garbage, same thing every fan tells themself. Why should the multi-millionaires who play or manage sports for a living need more money? They are all very valid thoughts to have. The truth of the matter is that there are a whole lot of negotiations and complicated details that are faced in the meetings between the NHL Players Association and the NHL owners that are kept in the meeting rooms. The fans only know what we hear, and that what we hear is not very promising sounding. But that does not change the fact that we, the fans, want hockey! So from one frustrated fan to another, I am thrilled to say that ESPN, yes I said it, ESPN, will be broadcasting the KHL games during the NHL lockout. You can find them on ESPN3, which is an online streaming presentation of the game. The first game will be aired Tuesday, October 9, on ESPN3. The game is in Prague between Lev Praha and Dynamo Moscow.
Now back to eight years ago. Not only did a NHL lockout take place, but the NHL and the Washington Capitals welcomed the newest superstar into the league, Alex Ovechkin. That lockout might have been the only thing that I have ever seen step in front of Ovi and actually stop him. After excelling in the NHL, he has returned to the KHL during the lockout to play for the team he left when the Capitals drafted him in 2004. Ovi will suit up in a Dynamo Moscow uniform and will not only be seen in Prague, but on ESPN3 in the United States! ENJOY.
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