Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1989, SportsChannel America nyere ndị mbụ na-akọ akụkọ America nke
Ntughari NHL. Na Septemba 1989, SportsChannel America kpuchiri ogige ọzụzụ Washington Capitals na Sweden na njem njem nke Soviet Union. Ndị isi obodo sonyere na Stanley Cup onye mmeri Calgary Flames, onye mere ogige ọzụzụ na Prague, Czechoslovakia wee gaa Soviet Union. Otu ọ bụla gbara egwuregwu anọ megide klọb Soviet National League. E mere egwuregwu na Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev na Riga. Ndị otu NHL kwụsịrị na ndekọ 6<unk>2 jikọtara megide ndị otu Soviet kachasị elu, gụnyere klọb Red Army na Dynamo Moscow. SportsChannel America na-egosi ise n'ime asọmpi asatọ ahụ.