diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index c01de6b5e5..f44468d358 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 from .nba import NBAIE
 from .nbc import NBCNewsIE
 from .newgrounds import NewgroundsIE
+from .nhl import NHLIE
 from .ooyala import OoyalaIE
 from .orf import ORFIE
 from .pbs import PBSIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f86d9de7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import re
+import json
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_urlparse,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+    determine_ext,
+    unified_strdate,
+)
+
+
+class NHLIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = u'nhl.com'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://video(?P<team>\.[^.]*)?\.nhl\.com/videocenter/console\?.*?(?<=[?&])id=(?P<id>\d+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        u'url': u'http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=6?id=453614',
+        u'file': u'453614.mp4',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'title': u'Quick clip: Weise 4-3 goal vs Flames',
+            u'description': u'Dale Weise scores his first of the season to put the Canucks up 4-3.',
+            u'duration': 18,
+            u'upload_date': u'20131006',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        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
+        info_json = self._download_webpage(json_url, video_id,
+            u'Downloading info json')
+        info_json = info_json.replace('\\\'', '\'')
+        info = json.loads(info_json)[0]
+
+        initial_video_url = info['publishPoint']
+        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            'type': 'fvod',
+            'path': initial_video_url.replace('.mp4', '_sd.mp4'),
+        })
+        path_url = 'http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/servlets/encryptvideopath?' + data
+        path_response = self._download_webpage(path_url, video_id,
+            u'Downloading final video url')
+        path_doc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(path_response)
+        video_url = path_doc.find('path').text
+
+        join = compat_urlparse.urljoin
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': info['name'],
+            'url': video_url,
+            'ext': determine_ext(video_url),
+            'description': info['description'],
+            'duration': int(info['duration']),
+            'thumbnail': join(join(video_url, '/u/'), info['bigImage']),
+            'upload_date': unified_strdate(info['releaseDate'].split('.')[0]),
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index de26547621..82a1daeb90 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str):
         '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S',
         '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M',
         '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ',
+        '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S',
     ]
     for expression in format_expressions:
         try: