Hall of Fame hockey player Mark Messier will be among the on-air talent for Amazon鈥檚 new NHL broadcast.
Amazon has unveiled its plans for 鈥淧rime Monday Night Hockey,鈥 which include Messier working as an analyst for select games.
The broadcast team will also include hosts Andi Petrillo, formerly of CBC Sports, and Adnan Virk, who鈥檚 worked for TSN, ESPN and the MLB Network.
Analysis will come from Blake Bolden, Thomas Hickey, Shane Hnidy and Jody Shelley, while play-by-play will be done by former NHL on NBC talent John Forslund.
Shows will be broadcast live from the home team鈥檚 arena, starting Oct. 14 when the Montreal Canadiens host Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Bell Centre.
Alongside traditional pre-game, intermission and post-game segments, 鈥淧rime Monday Night Hockey鈥 will include an interactive feature where viewers who missed part of the game can catch up by watching a two-minute highlight package compiled by machine learning.
On Thursdays, Petrillo will host a studio show called 鈥淣HL Coast to Coast鈥 featuring highlights, expert analysis and interviews with players, coaches and commentators.
Amazon also announced Monday that its six-part documentary 鈥淔ACEOFF: Inside the NHL鈥 will begin streaming on Oct. 4.
The series features both on-ice and behind-the-scenes moments with some of the league鈥檚 biggest stars, including Edmonton Oilers superstars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, Toronto Maple Leafs winger William Nylander, and Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes.
Amazon and Rogers Communications announced back in April that the companies had reached a deal that will see all national regular-season Monday NHL games in Canada streamed in English on Prime Video for the next two seasons.