from On Frozen Blog,

Something very cool is happening at the Honda Center in Aneheim. The FSN West feed on NHL Center Ice is showing the LA Kings / Anaheim Ducks game. That’s normal. What isn’t is that there are no FSN Westannouncers. Just the sounds of the game and the crowd. Oh, and all the camera angles are from ice level with what they call “Rinkside View.”

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I happened to catch the first period and really enjoyed the look. First off, game in HD, lots of shots from behind the net and in the corners. Crowd noise was picked-up very well and you had the feeling you were at the game.

I would like to see more teams try this and see what the reaction would be from fans…

Update 12:45pm ET: More on the Freeway Face-Off and the broadcast in this post and its comments

added 12:52pm, John Shannon was just on Hockey Central and said he thought it was fascinating. Produced by Fox Sports and John mentioned you could have received the regular broadcast of the game on another Fox Sports West channel.

John said it worked well, good production people and the low angle view was great, especially in HD.

John said it would work great in Canada too, but you need a station with multiple channels to broadcast on.