NHL rolls out 70 sponsors to start 2022-23 season (2024)

The NHL drops the puck for the 2022-23 season on Friday in Prague with a record 70 sponsors, reports SBJ's David Broughton. Since the start of the 2018-19 season, the league has gone from five global-level sponsors to 11 for this season. The number of U.S.-only partners stands at 15 (up from six for the 2018-19 campaign), while the league's 16 Canada-only brands is double what it was four seasons ago.

Much of the growth has come with the addition of new categories. Caterpillar (heavy equipment and industrial power) and Sweet (NFT), for example, are new to the fold this season. The continued expansion of sports betting in North America has also been a boon.

Additionally, 11 of the 14 "international" (country-specific) partners are based in the Czech Republic or a Scandinavian nation, which are hosting regular-season games over the next few weeks.

Nutrl, Dunkin, Little Caesars and Anheuser-Busch (which included Labatt in Canada) also are not returning as league sponsors.

Official NHL sponsors for 2022-23 season BRAND (GLOBAL) CATEGORY SINCE Upper Deck Trading card 1990 EA Sports Video game licensee 1991 PepsiCo^ Carbonated soft drinks, water, energy drinks, savory snack foods 2006 SAP Database and cloud software 2015 Sportradar Betting data rights, betting streaming rights and media data rights; integrity partner 2015 Adidas Outfitter 2017 Apple Mobile phone, tablet, computer, connected watch/smartwatch 2017 Fastenal Maintenance, repair and operations 2020 Amazon Web Services Cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning 2021 Caterpillar Heavy equipment, industrial power 2022 Sweet NFT 2022 BRAND (NORTH AMERICA) CATEGORY SINCE Ticketmaster Preferred primary ticketing 2007 Enterprise Rent-a-car; non-exclusive for ride sharing services, used vehicle sales, car sharing services 2009 PPG Paint 2017 Chemours Refrigerant solution 2018 MGM Resorts Resort destination 2018 BetMGM* Sports betting, iGaming 2018 FanDuel* Sports betting, daily fantasy sports, iGaming, free-to-play 2018 Great Clips Hair salon 2019 Kruger Products** Tissue paper products (bathroom, facial, kitchen) 2019 Chipotle Mexican-themed quick service and Mexican-themed fast-casual restaurant 2021 Extreme Networks WiFi 2021 OFX Currency exchange 2021 Signify Lighting 2021 BioSteel Sports drink, sports nutrition bar, sports hydration and fitness 2022 BRAND (U.S.-ONLY) CATEGORY SINCE Honda Vehicle 2008 Discover Credit card, bank 2010 Geico Automotive insurance 2010 Caesars Sportsbook Sports betting, free-to-play 2018 Jagermeister Shot 2018 Navy Federal Credit Union Military appreciation 2018 New Amsterdam Vodka Vodka 2018 MassMutual Life insurance, retirement planning 2019 Boston Beer Co. (Truly Hard Seltzer) Beer, hard seltzer, hard cider and hard iced tea (all non-exclusive) 2019 Guaranteed Rate Mortgage 2020 Verizon^^ 5G, wireless services, multi-access edge computing 2020 Bally's Sports betting, free-to-play 2021 Betway Sports betting, free-to-play 2021 DraftKings Sports betting, daily fantasy sports, iGaming, free-to-play 2021 PointsBet Sports betting, free-to-play 2021 BRAND (CANADA-ONLY) CATEGORY SINCE Kraft Heinz Packaged goods (coffee, dry/frozen meals, condiments/spreads) 1989 Scotiabank Banking (day-to-day retail banking, debit/credit cards, mortgages, loans) 2007 Canadian Tire/Mark's Work Warehouse/Sport Chek Home improvement retailer/clothing retailer/sporting goods retailer 2010 Tim Hortons Coffee, tea, iced cappuccino, breakfast, donut 2010 Molson Coors Beer (non-exclusive) 2011 Rogers Telecom 2014 Kellogg's (Frosted Flakes) Breakfast cereal, breakfast cereal bars, frozen waffles/pancakes, toaster pastries (all non-exclusive) 2015 Danone Yogurt, coffee creamer, plant-based beverages 2017 Imperial Oil (Esso) Retail fuel and lubricants 2018 Nestle Confectionary 2019 Olymel (Pinty’s) Meat (fresh/frozen) 2019 Sobeys/IGA Retail grocery 2019 SkipTheDishes Food ordering and delivery platform for prepared meals from third-party restaurants 2021 Clutch Online pre-owned car retailer 2022 Hyundai Auto Canada/Genesis Motors Canada Automotive, luxury automotive 2022 PROLINE+/Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. Sports book, online casino/iGaming, lottery 2022 BRAND (INTERNATIONAL) CATEGORY SINCE Czech Tourism (Czech Republic) Tourism 2019 Hankook (Sweden/Finland) Tire 2019 Tipsport (Czech Republic) Sports betting 2019 Atria (Finland) Meat products 2020 Gigantti (Finland) Retailer 2020 Iloq (Sweden) Digital locking systems 2020 OlyBet (Estonia) Sports betting 2021 Beko (Czech Republic) Appliances 2022 Interwetten (Austria/Germany) Sports betting 2022 Koopertiva (Czech Republic) Insurance 2022 Norqain (Switzerland) Watch 2022 OP Bank (Finland) Bank, financing, consumer electrical and mobile retailer 2022 Replay (Czech Republic) Retail 2022 Skoda (Czech Republic) Auto 2022

NOTES: ^ = Moved from a North American partner to a global partner in 2022. * = U.S only in 2018; North America beginning in 2022. ** = Canada-only starting in 2019; North America beginning in 2022. ^^ = Also a sponsor 2007-2014.

NHL rolls out 70 sponsors to start 2022-23 season (2024)
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