 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Chibvumirano chepakutanga cheNHL neFox chakanga chakakosha, sezvo chibvumirano cheterevhizheni cheU.S. chakarangarirwa kwenguva refu kuti hachikwanisi kuitwa neligi panguva yekutungamira kwaJohn Ziegler. Kwemakore gumi nemanomwe mushure mekunge ma1975 Finals airatidzwa paNBC, kwaisazove nenhepfenyuro yenyika pamusoro penhepfenyuro yenhepfenyuro yeNHL muUnited States kunze kweiyo 1979 Challenge Cup uye Game 6 ye1980 Stanley Cup Finals paCBS, uye kufukidzwa kweNBC kweNHL All-Star Game kubva muna 1990Kubvira muna 1993 kusvika muna 1994, uye nhepfenyuro dzacho dzaingova shoma mumatunhu. Izvi zvaikonzerwa nenyaya yokuti hapana nhepfenyuro yaida kuzvipira kutakura nhamba huru yemitambo, iyo yakazopa kuongororwa kwakaderera kweNHL. ABC pakupedzisira yaizotangazve nhepfenyuro yenhepfenyuro yemitambo yeNHL yenguva dzose pane nguva yekutenga kuburikidza neESPN yemwaka wa1992-93. Izvi zvakaramba zvichiitika mumwaka wa1993-94, Fox asati atora nzvimbo yemwaka mishanu inotevera. 