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NBC Plans

by Paul on 04/24/07 at 06:53 PM ET
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NBC is televising up to 10 dates through the Conference Finals and will then broadcast Games 3-7 of the Stanley Cup Final in primetime.

Conference Semifinals
Saturday, April 28, 3 p.m. ET, San Jose at Detroit, Game 2
Sunday, April 29, 2 p.m. ET, Buffalo at New York, Game 3

Saturday, May 5, 2 p.m. ET, San Jose at Detroit, Game 5*
Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m. ET, Buffalo at New York, Game 6*

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Versus Schedule For Conference Semi-Finals

by Paul on 04/24/07 at 11:47 AM ET
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STAMFORD, Conn. (April 24, 2007) - VERSUS, the national cable television home of the NHL, today announced the network’s schedule for the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoff Conference Semifinal round, which begins on Wednesday, April 25 with VERSUS’ pre-game studio show “Hockey Central” at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by a double-header at 7 p.m. ET when the Buffalo Sabres host the New York Rangers and at 10 p.m. with Vancouver at Anaheim.  Each week night VERSUS will feature one to two playoff games, as well the studio wrap-up show, “Hockey Central”. 

VERSUS anticipates airing up to 52 playoff games, as well as the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final.  The number of playoff games will vary depending upon the length of each individual series. 

The complete schedule for the NHL Playoffs Semifinal round follows (subject to change): 

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Canada Happy

by Paul on 04/24/07 at 10:15 AM ET
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from William Houston of the Globe and Mail,

Hockey Night In Canada has been given back its traditional Saturday night time slot for the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs.
The CBC complained at the start of the post-season when it was denied a Saturday prime time game on the first weekend.
The network will air the second game of the New Jersey Devils-Ottawa Senators series Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT.

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Playoffs 2nd Round Schedule

by Alanah McGinley on 04/23/07 at 09:04 PM ET
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From NHL.com,

NEW YORK—The National Hockey League today announced the dates and starting times for the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoff Conference Semifinal round, which begins Wednesday, April 25 when the Buffalo Sabres host the New York Rangers and the Anaheim Ducks host either the San Jose Sharks or Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks and Dallas Stars contest the seventh and deciding game of their Conference Quarterfinal series tonight in Vancouver.

FULL SCHEDULE:

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Sports Blog TV

by Alanah McGinley on 04/23/07 at 03:23 PM ET
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From Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post and Jamie Mottram of AOL Sports, it’s The Blog Show.

The first few minutes are dedicated to what’s happening in hockey. (And the first story relates to my own blog Canucks & Beyond, so that’s cool. Thanks, guys!)

*The Blog Show website

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Win Or Stay Home

by Paul on 04/22/07 at 10:22 AM ET
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If the road teams win, the home team is done.  Will it happen, stay tuned…

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Take A Very Deep Breath

by Paul on 04/22/07 at 09:42 AM ET
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from Sun Media,

As much as we love playoff hockey, it seems to bring out the worst in us.
Sure, sitting on the couch for hours on end, drinking alcoholic beverages and eating salty snacks sounds good in theory. But after a few weeks, the playoff beard gets itchy, our liver and bulging stomach start to complain and our office pool survivors dwindle to a couple of third-line wingers.
In short, we turn into bitter, angry people.
Would somebody please put Bob Cole out of his misery? Every time the whistle blows, it takes a couple of minutes and several replays before the poor guy is finally able to figure out what happened.

more and it gets worse…

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NHL Needs The Casual Fan

by Paul on 04/21/07 at 12:19 PM ET
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Capitals Insider pointed to this in the NY Daily News,

Still, there is a theory going something like this: The deeper the Rangers, perceived as having national marquee value, go in the playoffs, the more fans, most of them casual NHL viewers, will hop on the bandwagon.
The NHL desperately needs these casual fans. They are the only hope the the league has of pulling its TV ratings out of the toilet.

more fromt he NY Daily News…

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The West Plays Today

by Paul on 04/21/07 at 10:25 AM ET
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Wings try to keep home ice advantage and Canucks try to wrap up the series on the road.
The Wings/Flames game in on NBC throughout the USA and CBC will have the game too.  Mike Emrick, Ed Olczyk provide play-by-play and color, while Pierre McGuire is Behind the Glass for the NBC coverage.

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Ratings Down

by Paul on 04/20/07 at 10:27 PM ET
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from the Dallas Morning News via the Santa Barbara News,

The national Stanley Cup ratings on Versus are down six percent from last season to 0.02, an average of 268,000 homes per game. During the regular season, NBC averaged 1.34 million homes for its regionalized coverage of the post-lockout NHL. That’s less than half the homes that Fox attracted for its NHL coverage a decade ago.

more on the Dallas Stars ratings…

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