The Carolina Hurricanes, and many other teams across the National Hockey League and development leagues (such as the ECHL), have found a way to continue engaging their fanbases amid the novel coronavirus epidemic in the form of live streaming NHL20 games.
This is nothing new, as gamers have been doing it for quite some time. However, it is the first time in memory that sports franchises have taken to it.
It also opens the opportunity for eSports to open up to, quite literally, sports. Traditionally eSports cover games such as Blizzard’s Overwatch, Riot Games’ League of Legends, and Valve Corporation’s Counter-Strike.