CABLE CUTTERS

More and more, NHL teams are bringing the game straight to their fans through streaming services as the landscape of sports media faces drastic change

BY JARED CLINTON

UTAH MIGHT BE THE new kid on the hockey block, but give the franchise and its ownership credit for already understanding one of the sport’s great axioms, often attributed to Walter Gretzky: skate to where the puck is going, not where it’s been. In September, the franchise became one of a growing number of pro sports organizations to join the burgeoning trend of bringing the game directly to their fans. That came in the form of UtahHC+, a direct-to-consumer streaming service that, at a price point of $70 for the entire campaign, will put at least 75 of the franchise’s inaugural-season games onto fans’ devices. In doing so, Utah effectively cut out the burdensome middleman – there’s no need for fans to deal with a pesky cable provider – while creating…

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