Overview
- NHL Productions announced a third Stanley Pup special that will showcase 32 rescue dogs representing each NHL team in a friendly mini‑rink contest using a “puppy puck.”
- The broadcast will be available on truTV and HBO Max with later streams and repeats on the NHL’s YouTube channel and NHL Network to widen visibility for adopters.
- Comedian Kenan Thompson serves as a celebrity coach while photographer and host Elias Weiss Friedman will lead the follow-up adoption segments that highlight individual animals and partner rescues.
- Participating shelters include Brandywine Valley SPCA, which will offer both dogs and cats for adoption as the program aims to place puppies and older animals, a stated goal of NHL Productions’ Matt Nicholson.
- The event builds on two prior seasons by using the Stanley Cup audience and celebrity guests to convert entertainment exposure into real adoption outcomes for rescue organizations.