Bettman Says Hockey Romance Is Helping the NHL

Gary Bettman is admitting he has been binging *Off Campus*, and he is also acknowledging that hockey romance has given the league a boost. That is not the kind of crossover the old-school hockey guys would have penciled in as a growth engine, but the numbers-game side of the sport has never been shy about chasing new audiences. When the commissioner starts praising the genre’s impact, you know the league sees value beyond the usual rinkside crowd.