ABC: The Sibling of the Greatest?

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) began its NHL career during the 1992 season and continued through the 2004 season. It never showed any marquis games until the 2000 season, when the network started to air the All Star Game as well as the Stanley Cup Finals. As many should know, ABC is the sibling of ESPN, which was also owned by Disney. With these two networks airing NHL games, it wasn't hard to figure out that they did a really good job of doing their job. ESPN was the leader of NHL broadcasts during the 1990's, but what of its sibling counterpart? As one would guess, ABC's broadcasts were very similar to ESPN's, except that these games were provided on national television. Because ESPN was so successful with their broadcasts, ABC picked up right where ESPN left off. In my perspective, ABC was a great choice to air NHL games on a national stage. The games were easily accessible and gave a lot of people a chance to get into the game of hockey. If it wasn't for the network's connection to ESPN, i believe that ABC would not be as great of an achievement in hockey than it has been claimed to have. ABC did a fantastic job and should be ranked as one of the top NHL broadcasts networks of all time.