It's not everyday that the National Hockey League is forced to call an emergency meeting. Usually meetings are pre-planned months ahead of time, but sometimes things occur that forced the league to act swiftly. Today was one of those days.
This defaulted payment could result in Los Angeles, Anaheim, Arizona, Dallas, St. Louis, Minnesota, Detroit, Columbus, Nashville, Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Florida all losing their coverage and providing these markets with no television deals. All of these teams previously were covered by Bally Sports Networks.