Hockey / Sport Stream Sites

[Vanflyer]

Okay- this is take one. I will need help from Digity on this (mostly regarding posting- I will maintain).

What I have compiled (after getting blocked out by FirstRow sports due to some regional issues), is a listing of various places to get hockey streams. Folks have given me sites and I have found sites on my own.

I have learned some things, but do not know everything. Here is what I know.

1) How it works- Though it will be crude, it is basically a peer to peer, then distribution system (it basically protects the origin of the source feed). There are many places (5 I know of when it comes to sports /hockey) where anyone can stream a game on the internet (be a feeder) to share with others that are untraceable (relatively)- Casablanca, Live364, METV are a few.

Once someone chooses to share those feeds, there are sites that pick said feeds (games) up and make them available to the masses. The list I have compiled is essentially those sites that share the feeds with the masses. You can go from site to site and find many of the same sites that are broadcasting.

Some sites are very intrusive with adware- to the extent its hard to get around sometimes. The one trick I have learned is that when you get a feed, you can get out of the feeders site / adware intrusion by clicking in the right hand corner of the feed source (ie Casablanca, Live365). That will take out the middleman and the adware (for the most part).

(the next game I will do some screen shots with exactly how to do this).

2) Things to be aware of- Some feeders sources will ask you to download some software to view the feed. I have found that often these are malware, so I advise against it. As long as you have a flash player (ie. Adobe), you will be fine. If they want you to download software to view, just keep going to another link / source.

I am attaching my file. I have 9 links so far. I did a grading system based on 1-10. It is definitely subjective and can be revised. But the nut of it is I used a ranking on multiple sourse feeds + stream speed (totally subjective) - adware. The maximum for any category is 5.

For example:

If FirstRow had multiple sources for feeds (say 4), they would get a score of 4. If the stream signal was consistently strong, they would get another 4. That makes 8. If they had a ton of adware, they would get another 4. It brings the total to 4 (4+4-4).

It is my first attempt and MrX had me "puss" drinking all day (my caveat for the sloppiness). I am welcome to any and all suggestions. I don't mind maintaining. I will refer to Digity on how best channel this (perhaps just on this thread alone).

Peace and happy holidays-

VF

Hockey_Stream_Links_By_HockeyblogsDOTnet.pdf

Edited December 23, 2011 by Digityman

[Vanflyer]

@Digityman

Check your mail. I could not get the files embedded or uploaded. I gave your the xcel and word. I am willing to maintain moving forward, but just need instructions on how to get the files on here (its allot of work on my end to be able to send anything here for whatever reason).

Peace

VF

[jammer2]

@Vanflyer What an excellent project van....very nice of you to compile such a comprehensive list, much less rating them for performance. I don't recall a single time in live game chat when someone didn't need a link because of where they were etc....so a very, very valuable resource you are compiling. Great work! Maybe when you work out the kinks and it's all postable, digity can sticky it somewhere.

[Vanflyer]

@jammer2

Thanks jammer. I sent the files to Digity, so we should have something posted here shortly when he has time. I know there are many Flyers fans that are not in the Philly area and / or oversees. The project was born out of my frustration with FirstRow (it has a automatic redirect where I am).

Its kind of cool, because some of the sites have other hockey if one is bored or just wants to see what is going on in other leagues (Swedish Elite League and KHL in particular).

[Digityman]

@Vanflyer

Check out the attachment in your first post.

[Irishjim]

since the feds have seized and shutdown one of our favorites sites. firstrowsports.tv, i'v found the missed the mirror site firstrowsports.eu. this is up and running in fact i'm watching the sixers/heat game as i type this. i know rule state no mention of basketball here but just wanted to pass the info along. happy streaming

[TedZep]

@Vanflyer,

Thanks Van!

[RBGordie]

This topic hasn't been posted to in a long time so a lot has probably changed.

I'd like to know what people subscribe to in order to watch hockey. They have now made it so confusing that I literally don't know what I need to subscribe to in order to watch the Boston Bruins, living in California. 

As far as I can tell, you have to live near Boston to get NESN. FUBO has NESN but not if you don't live near Boston, from what I can tell. And when I contact some cable companies they literally cannot tell me how many Bruins games I would get in a season or post season. 

And there are so many TV stations that play hockey, alternating between ABC, TNT, Fox, ESPN, etc., that it gets impossible to know what to subscribe to.

So they have shot themselves in the foot! They are losing money due to how difficult and confusing it is. I would buy a subscription if I knew how!

So I end up watching using free streaming websites. They are funky, they freeze a lot, and you can't record them to watch later, and you can't rewind or fast forward, etc., but it's free. 

I use:

onhockey.tv and

https://v2.sportsurge.net/home3/

 

But I'd actually rather pay for a better service if I knew how. They used to have NHL.TV but they got rid of that in favor of the stupid complicated confusing system they have now. 

I subscribe to MLB.TV since it's obvious and easy. I wish the NHL would get their head out of their butts and go back to that kind of system.

 

If anyone knows anything I don't about this, please let me know. Like how to subscribe to the Bruins games! 

 

 

[Brewin Flames]

Just by the NHL Centre ice package...

 

Dirt cheeeep like bird, and you get every game, every team.

[RBGordie]

How do I subscribe to that? I don't have any of the cable TV they list. NHL Center Ice used to be able to be subscribed to all on its own. Now it seems like I need a whole package first for big bucks. Not true?

 

[RBGordie]

How do I edit a post?

 

[RBGordie]

How do I get email notifications when my post gets a reply?

[Brewin Flames]

49 minutes ago, RBGordie said:

How do I edit a post?

 

 

 

Look to the right...see the 3 dots , click on that

[RBGordie]

The three dots on my posts do not have an edit function. Just "share" and "report".

[RBGordie]

On 4/21/2024 at 8:11 AM, Brewin Flames said:

Just by the NHL Centre ice package...

 

Dirt cheeeep like bird, and you get every game, every team.

Here's another example of how confusing that make it to figure out how to subscribe. The hockey schedule shows a lot of games on ESPN and ESPN2.

So I go to look how to subscribe to that. The Disney bundle includes ESPN+

But they don't explain what the heck that means. What the heck the relationship is to those three different ESPN channels.

You have to be a frickin' detective to figure out TV crap these days! Or maybe you have to be a lot younger than me, more savvy with all the streaming crap.