With The Vault, Game Center Live Comes Close to Creating the Ultimate NHL Multimedia Experience

I woke up yesterday and randomly decided to check out Game Center Live, as I have on various days throughout the season.  I suddenly noticed a feature called “The Vault” and next to it, a tab that said “Classic”.  I click on it, and what do you know?  What seemed like an endless supply of games from the 1970′s until about 1998.  Brilliant.  Mostly, I was overjoyed because they had FOX’s coverage of one of my favorite things ever, the 1997 NHL All-Star Game in San Jose.  It was good.

Here are the details:

The NHL has also announced the launch of NHL Vault, a classic games library currently featuring nearly 150 digitized, full-length NHL games dating back to the 1960s.

Exposing the rich visual history of the National Hockey League, NHL Vaultis an added value for all NHL GameCenter LIVE subscribers, or as a standalone subscription for $4.95 per month. Additional classic games are selected by the NHL’s own editorial team and added to NHL Vault every month.

In addition to digitized classic NHL games, NHL Vault also includes new features specifically designed to meet increased fan demand for:

Condensed Games – 10-12 minute game highlights available the next day. In-market condensed games will be made available 48 hours after the contest.

Enhanced Search and Filtering – Finding the game you want to see has never been easier.

NHL GameCenter LIVE and NHL Vault were both co-developed with the NHL’s strategic partner NeuLion.

So if you have GCL, check this out.  It’s the closest the NHL has ever come to creating a total multimedia experience for it’s fans.  In a word… awesome.

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