Blue Jackets introduce CBJ Gaming

The Columbus Blue Jackets today introduced CBJ Gaming, a new initiative that will allow the club to interact with fans through live streams, tournaments, giveaways and more through a variety of e-sports and gaming activities.

"The continued explosive growth in popularity of gaming and e-sports has led to the creation of CBJ Gaming as a way to continue to celebrate hockey, introduce fans to a different side of team personalities and connect with fans in a new and exciting way," said T.J. Ansley, the club's Director of Digital Media. "Over the past two years, we've had great success with our CBJ EA Sports NHL tournaments and believe this is a way to build off of those events."

For more information, fans can visit www.BlueJackets.com/cbjgaming. All live streams will be available via the CBJ Gaming Twitch account at twitch.com/nhlbluejackets. Fans can also follow on Twitter at

and at the CBJ Gaming YouTube page at

https://cbj.co/CBJG-YT

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CBJ Gaming kicks off with a stream today at 3 p.m. ET as Blue Jackets mascot, Stinger, begins his preparation for Bailey's Cup, the Los Angeles Kings' Mascot tournament. On Friday, 2019 CBJ EA NHL Tournament champion Top Shelf Cookie will take on John Wayne of Caps Gaming in an EA Sports NHL20 battle at 6 p.m. ET. Fans can catch all of the action on Twitch at

twitch.tv/nhlbluejackets

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