-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        json_url = 'http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/servlets/playlist?ids=%s&format=json' % video_id
-        data = self._download_json(
-            json_url, video_id, transform_source=self._fix_json)
-        return self._extract_video(data[0])
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        return self._real_extract_video(video_id)
+
+
+class NHLNewsIE(NHLBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'nhl.com:news'
+    IE_DESC = 'NHL news'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:.+?\.)?nhl\.com/(?:ice|club)/news\.html?(?:\?(?:.*?[?&])?)id=(?P<id>[-0-9a-zA-Z]+)'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=750727',
+        'md5': '4b3d1262e177687a3009937bd9ec0be8',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '736722',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Cal Clutterbuck has been fined $2,000',
+            'description': 'md5:45fe547d30edab88b23e0dd0ab1ed9e6',
+            'duration': 37,
+            'upload_date': '20150128',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # iframe embed
+        'url': 'http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=780189',
+        'md5': '9f663d1c006c90ac9fb82777d4294e12',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '836127',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Morning Skate: OTT vs. BUF (9/23/15)',
+            'description': "Brian Duff chats with Tyler Ennis prior to Buffalo's first preseason home game.",
+            'duration': 93,
+            'upload_date': '20150923',
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        news_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, news_id)
+        video_id = self._search_regex(
+            [r'pVid(\d+)', r"nlid\s*:\s*'(\d+)'",
+             r'<iframe[^>]+src=["\']https?://video.*?\.nhl\.com/videocenter/embed\?.*\bplaylist=(\d+)'],
+            webpage, 'video id')
+        return self._real_extract_video(video_id)