In an effort to bring in more revenue, the National Hockey League announced on Tuesday that they've secured the naming rights for the four re-aligned divisions for the 2020-21 season.
The divisions will be known as:
Scotia NHL North Division: (Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
MassMutual NHL East Division: (Boston, Buffalo, New Jersey, New York I, New York R, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington)
Discover NHL Central Division: (Carolina, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Nashville, Tampa Bay)
Honda NHL West Division: (Anaheim, Arizona, Colorado, Los Angeles, Minnesota, San Jose, St. Louis, Vegas)
As previously announced, the teams will play a 56-game season, with teams in the East, Central, and West Divisions playing each team in their division a total of 8 times, while in the North Division, teams will play each other a total of 9 or 10 times during the season.
The NHL season is set to kick off on Wednesday, January 13th with five games. Pittsburgh will play Philadelphia at 5:30pm ET, Toronto takes on Montreal at 7pm ET, Tampa will raise their Stanley Cup banner against Chicago at 8pm ET, Vancouver will battle Edmonton at 10pm ET, and to round out the schedule, St. Louis will face Colorado at 10:30pm ET.
The @NHL partners with @Discover, @Honda, @MassMutual and @Scotiabank to name divisions for the 2020-21 NHL season. https://t.co/gwBySMQgis pic.twitter.com/dV2io6Rimv— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 5, 2021
