- Prime Video lands exclusive Wednesday night NHL games in Canada on a 12-year deal with Rogers
- Amazon also gets two first-round playoff series and one second-round series every year
- Read below for the full terms, the Sept. 30 start and what Sportsnet keeps
Wednesday night hockey in Canada belongs to Amazon now.
Prime Video and Rogers announced a 12-year agreement Tuesday that gives Prime exclusive rights to national Wednesday night regular-season NHL games in Canada, in English and French, starting with the 2026-27 season.
Coverage opens Sept. 30 and runs at least 26 regular-season games, all of it included with a Prime membership at no extra cost.
The playoff piece is the bigger shift. Amazon picks up two first-round series and one second-round series per year, which makes this the first time postseason games air in Canada outside Rogers’ networks and CBC since Rogers bought exclusive national rights in 2014.
Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli spelled out the split:
Gary Bettman was asked to weigh in on the partnership in the league’s official release, and he pointed to the two seasons Amazon has already put in.
“Over the past two years, Prime Video has been a valuable addition to the NHL’s media lineup in Canada, joining Rogers in bringing marquee NHL games to Canadian fans,” Bettman said.
Amazon has carried the Monday night package north of the border since 2024-25. That slate is gone, swapped out for the Wednesday one.
Sportsnet still holds the bulk of it. Rogers says the network keeps English rights to more than 500 national games a season, Monday and Saturday nights included, plus every playoff series it did not hand to Prime. Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri promised fans “more national games with fewer blackouts” on Sportsnet.
None of this came out of nowhere. David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported in May that Amazon was sliding over to Wednesdays while Bell got back into the mix on Mondays, two months before anybody put a term sheet on the record:
Talent and production details are still to come. The first Wednesday puck drop under the new deal is Sept. 30.
