{"id":687466,"date":"2026-05-22T14:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/687466\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:14:10","slug":"canadiens-watch-party-scuttled-due-to-lack-of-nhl-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/687466\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens\u2019 watch party scuttled due to lack of NHL approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Eastern Conference Finals\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ILBMWV6RK5BSTJC3UQ3W4BPPMM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>The Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 6-2 on Thursday to take a 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-leagues-and-governing-bodies \">Organizers of a watch party for the Canadiens-Hurricanes Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 were \u201cforced to cancel\u201d plans a day after putting tickets on sale because the NHL \u201cdidn\u2019t green-light the event.\u201d The plan was to show the second game of the series, which was held Thursday in Raleigh, at the 4,080-seat Slush Puppie Centre in Gatineau. The area is one in which the Senators have been \u201ctrying to gain a foothold to help grow their fan base.\u201d The NHL \u201cowns the rights to all broadcasts and didn\u2019t give the organizers the go-ahead to hold the gathering.\u201d NHL rules state that teams own the regional territorial rights \u201cwithin 80 kilometres of their city limits\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/ottawa-senators\/canadiens-playoff-viewing-party-gatineau-cancelled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/ottawa-senators\/canadiens-playoff-viewing-party-gatineau-cancelled\">OTTAWA CITIZEN, 5\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 6-2 on Thursday to take a 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,38775,3915,575,85],"class_list":["post-687466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fan-experience","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}