Cika wannan magana: A 1989, SportsChannel America ta ba da rahoton farko na Amurka na gasar cin kofin duniya a shekara ta 1989.
Zaɓin NHL. A watan Satumbar 1989, SportsChannel America ya rufe sansanin horo na Washington Capitals a Sweden da yawon shakatawa na farko na Soviet Union. The Capitals sun shiga gasar cin kofin Stanley Calgary Flames, wanda ya gudanar da sansanin horo a Prague, Czechoslovakia sannan ya shiga cikin Tarayyar Soviet. Kowace kungiya ta buga wasanni hudu da kungiyoyin Soviet National League. An buga wasanni a Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev da Riga. Kungiyoyin NHL sun gama tare da rikodin 6<unk>2 da aka haɗu da manyan ƙungiyoyin Soviet, gami da kulob din Red Army da Dynamo Moscow. Biyar daga cikin wasanni takwas an watsa su ta talabijin ta SportsChannel America.