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The below article was printed in Hockey Business News
OHL Goes LiveThe Ontario Hockey League recently introduced a Live Stats feature on its Web Site, www.ontariohockeyleague.com, that allows viewers to access information as it happens, direct from the arena. Live Stats will update the game summary as well as player and team statistics on the site.
For this project, the league teamed with Toronto-based multimedia company Commercial Design. The firm developed the software required to operate the service as well as designed the league Web site.
"The fans of the OHL will find this new system adds an all-new element to the way they follow the Ontario Hockey League," says Cary Moretti, general manager of Commercial Design.
During the 2001-02 season, the OHL Web page received more than 900,000 page views per month, a number the league hopes will increase with this new service.
"The traffic on our Web site has been growing rapidly during the past three years," says OHL spokesman Aaron Bell. "Our research clearly shows that visitors to our site are looking for game summaries and statistics. This new system provides that key information on a much quicker basis and gives fans of the OHL, a unique opportunity to follow all of our games as they happen."
Rogers Digital Cable is the title sponsor of the Live Stats feature.
