NHL Network to broadcast HNIC

[nccanes]

This is according to Eklund but if true, it pretty much seals it that I won't bother with Center Ice this season.

Every Saturday night, NHL Network will not only broadcast
the live Hockey Night In Canada double-header, but also the CBC pre-game
show Scotiabank Hockey Tonight and post-game show After Hours.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=17048&blogger_id=1

[Guyute]

That would be very nice.

I've already cancelled CI this year. First year in, ever. Didn't get our money's worth last year, and doubt that'll be different this year. Figure if we need to add it later I'll eat the whopping $10 we would've saved as an early bird. One less bill around Christmas anyway. Only thing that made it tough is that CI is a lot in HD now.
Thanks for the scoop.

[SoCalcaniac]

REALLY? Heh. Wouldn't that be something? I'd like it to come from a better source, but if it's true, that's great exposure for the League. HNIC is must see TV, and if they're showing pregame and After hours? People will love it.

But, I can't possibly cancel CI- too many teams I need to be watching and all those west coast games, I have wondered if we would ever cancel it, and it's so funny, we originally signed up for CI when we bought our house and moved in so hub could watch "all the Pens games" years ago. Now, the Pens are the afterthought, and we're in front of that TV watching wayyyy too many games to count in a weeks time. It's pitiful that all of my favorite regular season shows don't get viewed until Summer time because I don't watch anything but hockey from OCT to June. It would be nice to reduce our DirecTV bill to under $100 bucks, but that's not happening anytime soon!

Let me dig around for another source. Although it does look legit - like a press release that Ek copied to his blog.

Edit: Found it posted on the always reliable Kukla's............so yeah! this is great news for hockey in the U.S. Oh, and looking at the sched- Canes are on 12/21 vs MTL!

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/big_news_for_nhl_network_in_the_us/

[Captain Slack]

I'll believe this when someone other than Ekloser reports it.

[SoCalcaniac]

I'll believe this when someone other than Ekloser reports it.

It's on Kukla's Capt- far more reliable . ;)

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/big_news_for_nhl_network_in_the_us/

[nccanes]

I loved having CI, but it's also a time consumer (as well as $$$ consumer). I'll hate missing the non-FSN games, but I'm missing some FSN (or live) games because of conflicts as it is and there are always options to catch those.

When I was doing the pro/cons of CI, missing HNIC was a big con, but that's totally gone now. Between FNS, VS, NHLN (for this AND On The Fly), I think I'm covered. I was bummed about not seeing much of Cole, but the HNIC/NHLN thing will fill that enough.

Of course, TWC doesn't have NHLN in HD, which sucks.

[Canesluver]

So.... it appears that amongst the BOD of The Clique, that CI is optional. I approve! :lol:

[nccanes]

If I have a piece of your lucky underwear, am I on the BOD? Well, hmmm.....that would mean that RF and JF are too!

[caneshockeychick]

damn...I don't have a piece of underwear :(


Damn living in FL for 2006 season :mad:!!!!!

[Guyute]

still in my wallet. can't bring myself to remove it. lol

[Canesluver]

Guy!! I'm touched & flattered!! I still keep a piece in my ticket holder.... still convinced it's lucky. And CHC... there's still scraps left. I can get you a piece, if you really want one. :lol:

And, NCC--- yes, I just made a new rule: You're automatically on the BOD, if you've got a piece of the lucky undies!

:laugh:

[G-Vegas Caniac]

Well it looks like it's true...


NHL Network announces 2008-09 NHL broadcast schedule in U.S.
U.S. Fans Now Able To Tune-In Weekly to CBC's "Hockey Night In Canada" Broadcast; 75 Regular-Season Games To Air Nationally In High Definition
Friday, 10.03.2008 / 6:23 PM / News (http://www.nhl.com/ice/newsindex.htm?location=%2Fnews&view=headline)
By NHL.com Staff
NEW YORK – With more live game coverage than ever before, NHL Network™ today unveiled its U.S. broadcast schedule for the 2008-09 regular season. It includes 75 regular-season games, all in HD.

Highlighting the schedule is the inclusion of CBC's award-winning Hockey Night In Canada, now available to U.S. fans through NHL Network for the first time. Every Saturday night, NHL Network will not only broadcast the live Hockey Night In Canada double-header, but also the CBC pre-game show Scotiabank Hockey Tonight and post-game show After Hours.

Regular-season coverage on NHL Network gets underway in the U.S. on Saturday, Oct. 4 when the New York Rangers (http://www.newyorkrangers.com/) take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (http://lightning.nhl.com/) in Prague, Czech Republic and the Ottawa Senators (http://senators.nhl.com/) and Pittsburgh Penguins (http://penguins.nhl.com/) meet in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Bridgestone NHL Premiere 2008™.

Additional highlights for the 2008-09 NHL broadcast schedule include:
* Live NHL games every Saturday night throughout the season
* 26 double-headers and 1 triple-header
* 17 Wednesday-night games featuring TSN's broadcast of Wednesday Night Hockey
* 5 games featuring the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings (http://redwings.nhl.com/)
* 7 games featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins (http://penguins.nhl.com/) and Sidney Crosby (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8471675)
* 2 games featuring the Washington Capitals (http://capitals.nhl.com/) and last season's Hart Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin
* 5 original NHL Network game productions

"NHL Network is an important platform in super-serving our fans with the hockey content they demand, 24 hours a day," said John Shannon, NHL Executive Vice President of Broadcasting and Programming. "With top-quality production of marquee match-ups on a consistent schedule, in addition to new original programming, NHL Network is creating appointment television for hockey fans nationwide."

NHL Network is the first 24-hour network dedicated to the National Hockey League with unprecedented access to the most comprehensive hockey coverage both on and off the ice. In addition to live NHL games, NHL Network will broadcast live college hockey and the Memorial Cup. The network also airs post-game press conferences, special event programming on-location from NHL events such as NHL Winter Classic™, NHL All-Star weekend, NHL Entry Draft and the Stanley Cup™ Final and its signature daily live highlight show – NHL on the Fly – which airs nightly throughout the hockey season.

NHL Network is now accessible to more than 80 million homes through all of its carriage arrangements, including those with Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network® and Time Warner Cable. NHL Network launched in the U.S in October of 2007 and in Canada in 2001. This is the second season NHL Network will broadcast live NHL games in the U.S.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=384750

[Guyute]

Awesome, that's a Lot of HD hockey :)
Starting to feel better and better about dropping CI. lol

[LostTexan]

Now we just need to convince TWC to get the NHL Network in HD.

[livinthedream]

Guy!! I'm touched & flattered!! I still keep a piece in my ticket holder.... still convinced it's lucky. And CHC... there's still scraps left. I can get you a piece, if you really want one. :lol:

And, NCC--- yes, I just made a new rule: You're automatically on the BOD, if you've got a piece of the lucky undies!

:laugh:

Hey CL - if you've got scraps left I'm calling dibs! :lol:

[Canesluver]

Sure! You got it!

(Gah! What people will do, just to get on the BOD!!! :laugh:)

And I'm with you, Guy-- that's a good number of HD games on NHL. Doesn't make me think twice about not ordering CI. Maybe I'll even start being a regular HNIC watcher, now, too! :D

[SoCalcaniac]

still in my wallet. can't bring myself to remove it. lol

Just looked at my piece the other day as I bought a gorgeous new wallet and moved the lucky piece to it's new home/section of honor. :lol: and CL is correct, they are lucky. That's why I can't let my piece go.

My husband, who says I find ways to lose things so I can go shop for something new, is dumbfounded that I STILL have that piece of of CL's lucky undies and it has gone everywhere with me since that very late night waitin' on a plane to come on back to RDU, when CL was passing pieces among the clique. :laugh:

Ya'll think I should ask JF next time I see him around town if he has his piece still too??

[caneshockeychick]

Oh I definitely want a piece of that!!! :laugh: