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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESPN has been awarded the exclusive United States media rights for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, the NHL and NHL Players Association announced on Wednesday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The tournament will be held from&amp;nbsp;Sept. 17 to Oct. 1 next year at&amp;nbsp;the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The World Cup of Hockey consists of eight teams in a round-robin format that turns into a semifinal and final. ESPN will have exclusive television and radio rights for all games. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Poignant reunion for the Miracle on Ice team at Lake Placid&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NHL and NHLPA&amp;nbsp;also announced that exclusive English-language media rights in Canada were awarded to Sportsnet, while French-language media rights in Canada were awarded to TVA.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 2016 tournament will feature&amp;nbsp;the United States, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic, as well as two all-star teams, one from Europe and one from North America.&amp;nbsp;More than 150 NHL players are expected to participate.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The World Cup of Hockey has not been held since 2004, when Canada won the title.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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