Rogers and Amazon’s Prime Video announced Tuesday a 12-year sublicensing agreement for Prime Video in Canada to exclusively broadcast Wednesday night regular-season national NHL games in English and French, starting with the upcoming 2026-2027 season.
For the last two NHL seasons, Prime Video has been the home for Monday Night Hockey in Canada under a previous sublicensing deal with Rogers. Under the new agreement, Prime Video’s exclusive broadcast rights shift to Wednesday nights and also include two first-round playoff series and one second-round playoff series each year. Prime Video’s full lineup includes at least 26 national regular-season NHL games, beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
“Our partnership with Prime Video builds on the strong foundation we have established together and reinforces NHL hockey as the most valuable sports content in Canada,” Tony Staffieri, Rogers president and CEO, said in a Tuesday press release. “As Canada’s home of hockey, Roger is committed to connecting more fans to more NHL hockey and delivering more national games with fewer blackouts on Sportsnet, Canada’s #1 sports media brand.”
“We’re thrilled to expand our partnership with the NHL and Rogers in this landmark agreement, which brings even more premium live sports to Prime members in Canada,” Jay Marine, head of global sports at Prime Video, said in a statement. “When combined with our hit original series, blockbuster movies, and fast, free shipping on millions of items, the Prime membership is more valuable than ever for Canadian customers.”
Last year, Rogers and the NHL announced an $11-billion, 12-year agreement for the national media rights to NHL games on all platforms in Canada, from the 2026-27 through the 2037-38 seasons.
Rogers Sportsnet owns exclusive English-language rights to more than 500 national NHL games per season, including Monday and Saturday nights, as well as the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with the exception of the select series sublicensed to Prime Video.
In June, Sportsnet announced CBC would no longer carry NHL broadcasts, as a 12-year sublicensing agreement between the two networks that gave CBC the rights to Saturday night regular-season games and playoff games expired at the end of the 2025-26 season. Prior to the 2014-15 season, Canada’s national public broadcaster had been the exclusive TV home of Saturday night’s Hockey Night in Canada program since 1952.
Image borrowed from Rogers’s website
