The league announced a seven-year deal with FloSports on Friday. FloHockey will stream all 576 QMJHL regular season games, playoffs and special league events through 2032.
“We always want to offer more to our fans, and this agreement with FloSports is a step in that direction," said QMJHL commissioner Mario Cecchini in a new release. "It's a historic partnership that will give our fans a new and improved webcasting experience. Technology is advancing at breakneck speed, and we want to be at the front of the parade in terms of customer experience. What's more, FloSports subscribers will also be able to watch games from the American League, ECHL and LHM18AAAQ, among others.”
As Cecchini noted, FloSports currently owns the streaming rights to the AHL, ECHL, USHL and a number of other hockey leagues. Subscribers will have access to all of that, a nice bonus that CHL TV didn't offer.
FloHockey also creates written, video and audio content, so QMJHL fans will have that to look forward to as well.
The potential bad news for QMJHL followers: the reviews of FloSports' streaming services and technical support are mixed, so we'll see how this plays out. The good news is that most QMJHL teams have built very strong streaming setups that should carry over to this new provider.
The announcement likely means CHL TV is dead with the QMJHL and WHL both moving away from the platform. The WHL recently announced an agreement with Victory+, which will make all games available for free beginning next season.
Here's FloHockey's current pricing setup. The annual subscription fee works out to be $203.88. The QMJHL league pass on CHL TV cost $129.99 this past season – but that didn't include playoff games.
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