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| NHL Network Offers Free Preview, Today Through Oct. 31 |
| Posted
on Friday, September 30, 2005 - 10:23 AM |
In anticipation of the upcoming 2005-06 NHL regular season, NHL Network presents a 32-day free viewing period, available to all digital cable and satellite subscribers beginning today through October 31.
Highlights of NHL Network's schedule during the preview include four pre-season games, a behind-the-scenes look at the NHL's newest talent with NHL All Access: The 2005 Entry Draft, NHL Season Preview Specials, and the network's signature shows NHL on The Fly and NHL on The Fly: Final.
Pre-Season Games
Before the regular season gets underway on October 5, NHL Network wraps up its coverage of 17 pre-season games with the following four match-ups:
* Friday, Sept. 30 - Pittsburgh @ Washington at 7 p.m. ET
* Saturday, Oct. 1 - NY Rangers @ Boston at 7 p.m. ET
* Sunday, Oct. 2 - New Jersey @ NY Rangers at 5 p.m. ET
* Sunday, Oct. 2 - Chicago @ St. Louis at 7:30 p.m. ET
NHL All Access: The 2005 Entry Draft
All eyes are on phenom Sidney Crosby as NHL Network captures the thrilling moments of the NHL Entry Draft and NHL Draft Lottery with NHL All Access: The 2005 Entry Draft, airing Saturday, Oct. 1 at 10 p.m. ET. Produced by NHL Productions, this 90-minute special takes viewers behind the scenes with exclusive footage leading up to and including the 2005 Entry Draft.
Before Crosby's future NHL home can be decided, the NHL prospects go through the rigors of the NHL combine with strength, endurance and agility testing. The combine also gives each team's upper management the opportunity to meet the players for light-hearted, background interviews. Cameras then follow Crosby home to Cole Harbour, NS, where he and his family await the results of the NHL's first-ever draft lottery. The intensity builds with every envelope opened by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, until the Pittsburgh Penguins are revealed as the winners in the Crosby sweepstakes. Cameras catch Pittsburgh staff revelling in the results, while a phone call is placed to Penguins owner and player Mario Lemieux.
The entertainment continues as viewers are then treated to a backstage pass at the NHL Entry Draft with Crosby, Jack Johnson, Benoit Pouliot and other top prospects. NHL All Access tags along with Crosby's childhood friend Johnson, as well as Pouliot, as they experience the tense moments until their name is called, followed by the relief and gratification afterwards. on the draft floor, NHL All Access provides exclusive sound bites from some of the league's top executives including Anaheim's Brian Burke, Edmonton's
Kevin Lowe and Crosby's new boss, Pittsburgh's Ken Sawyer.
NHL Network 2005-06 Season Preview Specials
After a busy off-season of signings and trades, NHL Network previews the upcoming NHL season with two 90-minute NHL Network 2005-06 Season Preview Specials on October 2 and 3 at 10 p.m. ET. Host Dan Pollard and analyst Gary Green examine the Eastern Conference on October 2 and whether the Tampa Bay Lightning can repeat as Stanley Cup champions, while Pollard and Green preview the Western Conference on October 3 and whether the resurgent Calgary Flames can once again make a run at the Cup.
NHL on The Fly & NHL on The Fly: Final
NHL Network's signature show NHL on The Fly starts its fourth season on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Airing nightly from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET, NHL on The Fly provides live look-ins to NHL games every night, all across the league. Hosted by Dan Pollard and Todd Lewis, NHL on The Fly is a one-stop shop for up-to-the-minute hockey information with extended highlights (including overtime shootouts), real-time scores, interviews, pre- and post-game reports, news conferences and expert analysis from a variety of NHL insiders, including Gary Green, Dave Reid, Kay Whitmore and Bill Berg.
NHL on The Fly: Final is a daily one-hour NHL wrap-up/highlights show, airing from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. ET directly following NHL on The Fly, repeating on loop from 5 a.m. to 12 noon ET each morning.
NHL Network has around-the-clock hockey programming, offering viewers the most complete and in-depth hockey coverage including news, information, extended highlights and live look-ins to NHL games on the network's signature show, NHL on The Fly. Additional NHL Network programming includes NHL Game of the Week replays, international hockey, amateur hockey, player profiles, interview shows and youth-oriented programs.
Related links:
- NHL Network's Website
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