Amazon Prime is adding another slice of NHL inventory in Canada, and this one comes with a familiar weekly rhythm.
Beginning in the 2026-27 season, Wednesday Night Hockey will move to Prime Video through a 12-year sublicensing agreement with Rogers Communications. The deal covers 26 regular-season NHL national games each season in English and French, with the first game set for Sept.
- Financial terms were not disclosed.
The schedule for those games has not been released yet, but one team already stands out on the calendar: the Edmonton Oilers are slated to play 11 Wednesday-night games this season.
The agreement also includes playoff coverage. According to a press release, Prime Video has secured exclusive Canadian rights to select Stanley Cup Playoff series, including two first-round series and one second-round series each year.
There is, however, a wrinkle in how those series are chosen. In an article in The Athletic, a Sportsnet spokesperson said Rogers will get first dibs and select three first-round series and two second-round series, with Prime Video then choosing its preferred matchups after that.
The move lands in the middle of a busy summer for hockey broadcasting as Rogers’ new $11-billion NHL rights deal takes effect. Under that package, Rogers holds exclusive English-language rights to more than 500 national NHL games per season, including Monday and Saturday nights, along with the Stanley Cup, through 2037-38.
That broader shift has already changed the Canadian hockey TV landscape. Rogers is no longer sublicensing Saturday night games to CBC, which ends “Hockey Night in Canada,” and it has also shut down two sports talk radio stations in Calgary and Vancouver.
Sportsnet Plus subscribers were told last week that standard and premium packages are getting a price increase.
Prime Video first entered NHL coverage two years ago with Monday Night Hockey, and this latest arrangement sends Monday games back to Sportsnet.
More information on broadcast talent for both Rogers and Prime Video will come later. Amazon’s most consistent play-by-play voice over the past two seasons has been John Forslund, with Andi Petrillo or Adnan Virk hosting and Jody Shelley and Thomas Hickey handling colour commentary.
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