ESPN.com's World Cup of Hockey 2016 coverage will be led by four veteran and well-respected NHL journalists - Scott Burnside, Craig Custance, Pierre LeBrun and Joe McDonald. Each will focus on a team or teams and provide daily updates across ESPN digital and social media platforms.
Beginning in training camp, #LevyAndMelrose (Steve Levy, Barry Melrose) video segments highlighting workouts, pre-tournament games and the tournament will be featured regularly.
ESPN.com will provide extensive and in-depth coverage throughout the entire World Cup of Hockey 2016, beginning with team training camps on Sunday, Sept. 4, including in-depth coverage of every tournament game beginning Sept. 17, through the best-of-three Final beginning Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Reporters by Team
Team
USA -Burnside
Team
NORTH AMERICA -Custance
Team Canada -LeBrun
Team Sweden -McDonald
Team Finland -McDonald
Paul Grant, ESPN.com deputy editor, said, "ESPN.com's team of veteran NHL reporters will be the anchor of our coverage on both digital and social media. They have more 90 years of experience and will be integrated with their assigned teams, enabling them to provide a unique perspective of stories as they are unfolding. ESPN.com's coverage will provide live updates and behind-the-scenes access, in addition to detailed analysis of every game."
Many voices will contribute to ESPN's World Cup of Hockey 2016 coverage on ESPN.com and social media, including Twitter takeovers by current and former NHL players.
In addition to training camp highlights and social media reports, advance tournament coverage on ESPN.com will feature in-depth reports from workouts and pre-tournament games. All content will be available on ESPN.com's World Cup of Hockey 2016 page, launching in early September.
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