Scott D. Pierce: NHL ticks off NBC, so the network retaliates

NBC and the NHL are the best of friends and the closest of allies. Wait — maybe that should have been written in the past tense. The NHL has ticked off NBC, and NBC has turned around and very publicly thumbed its nose at the NHL by keeping it off national TV for the duration of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ouch. The NBC broadcast network and cable’s NBC Sports Network have been the national TV home of the National Hockey League since 2006. The partnership has been good for the NHL, whi