34 Live Games and 'Fan Favourite' Highlight NHL Network in 2006/07 Sports Programming / NHL Network Posted by RAD on Oct 04, 2006 - 09:32 AM NHL Network offers more live hockey than ever with an unprecedented 34-game live regular season broadcast schedule in 2006/07 - the most extensive broadcast package in the network's five-year history. NHL Network's newest initiative - Fan Favourite - gives viewers the opportunity to choose which game will be broadcast on four separate occasions. In the days leading up to each game, viewers can log onto www.nhlnetwork.ca [1] to pick their Fan Favourite game. Results will be announced on the network's signature show, NHL On The Fly, the day before the scheduled match-up. (See Fan Favourite broadcast schedule below.) The network's live game coverage gets underway on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 10 p.m. ET with a look at two revamped squads as the New York Islanders visit Chris Pronger's new team, the Anaheim Ducks. NHL on The Fly returns for a fifth season tonight - opening night of the 06/07 season - at 9 p.m. ET. Hosted by Dan Pollard and Todd Lewis, the program airs nightly from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET, featuring every goal, every shootout, every night, as well as expert analysis from NHL veterans Gary Green, Dave Reid and Bill Berg. NHL On The Fly: Final follows at 1 a.m. ET with a daily one-hour NHL wrap-up/highlights show. Highlights of NHL Network's broadcast schedule include: * four Fan Favourite games * seven matinee match-ups, including an American Thanksgiving weekend doubleheader (Nov. 24) * 16 Sunday games, including two doubleheaders * 10 games featuring Western Conference contender Anaheim Ducks * two games each featuring last year's rookie sensations, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin NHL Network's 2006/07 Regular Season Broadcast Schedule October * Wednesday, Oct. 11 - NY Islanders @ Anaheim at 10 p.m. ET * Sunday, Oct. 15 - Dallas @ Anaheim at 8 p.m. ET * Monday, Oct. 16 - Nashville @ NY Islanders at 7:30 p.m. ET * Thursday, Oct. 19 - Detroit @ San Jose at 10:30 p.m. ET * Sunday, Oct. 22 - Anaheim @ Los Angeles at 6 p.m. ET * Friday, Oct. 27 - Los Angeles @ Columbus at 7 p.m. ET * Sunday, Oct. 29 - San Jose @ Tampa Bay at 5 p.m. ET * Sunday, Oct. 29 - Minnesota @ Colorado at 8 p.m. ET November * Sunday, Nov. 5 - Buffalo @ NY Rangers at 5 p.m. ET * Sunday, Nov. 12 - Minnesota @ Anaheim at 8 p.m. ET * Wednesday, Nov. 15 - Philadelphia @ Anaheim at 10 p.m. ET * Friday, Nov. 24 - Fan Favourite Game * Friday, Nov. 24 - New Jersey @ Anaheim at 4 p.m. ET December * Sunday, Dec. 3 - NY Islanders @ NY Rangers at 5 p.m. ET * Sunday, Dec. 3 - Los Angeles @ Anaheim at 8 p.m. ET * Thursday, Dec. 7 - Colorado @ San Jose at 10:30 p.m. ET * Monday, Dec. 11 - Phoenix @ San Jose at 10 p.m. ET * Sunday, Dec. 17 - Colorado @ Chicago at 7 p.m. ET * Wednesday, Dec. 20 - Dallas @ Anaheim at 10 p.m. ET January * Sunday, Jan. 7 - Tampa Bay @ Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m. ET * Sunday, Jan. 14 - Minnesota @ Chicago at 7 p.m. ET * Monday, Jan. 15 - Fan Favourite Game February * Monday, Feb. 19 - Pittsburgh @ NY Islanders at 1 p.m. ET * Monday, Feb. 19 - Boston @ Philadelphia at 7 p.m. ET * Sunday, Feb. 25 - Colorado @ Anaheim at 8 p.m. ET March * Sunday, March 4 - Boston @ New Jersey at 7 p.m. ET * Friday, March 9 - Fan Favourite Game * Sunday, March 11 - Los Angeles @ Dallas at 3:30 p.m. ET * Friday, March 16 - Columbus @ San Jose at 10:30 p.m. ET * Sunday, March 18 - Tampa Bay @ Washington at 1 p.m. ET * Sunday, March 25 - NY Rangers @ NY Islanders at 12:30 p.m. ET * Friday, March 30 - Phoenix @ San Jose at 10:30 p.m. ET April * Wednesday, April 4 - San Jose @ Anaheim at 10 p.m. ET * Friday, April 6 - Fan Favourite Game NHL Network's Fan Favourite Broadcast Schedule Friday, Nov. 24 * Carolina @ Boston at 12 noon ET * Columbus @ Philadelphia at 1 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 15 * Tampa Bay @ NY Islanders at 12 noon ET * Buffalo @ Boston at 1 p.m. ET Friday, March 9 * Carolina @ Washington at 7 p.m. ET * Dallas @ Columbus at 7 p.m. ET * Los Angeles @ Detroit at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, April 6 * Atlanta @ Carolina at 7 p.m. ET * Florida @ Tampa Bay at 8 p.m. ET * Anaheim @ San Jose at 8:30 p.m. ET Please note that Channel Canada's NHL TV Schedule [2] will include those games shortly. This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1588 Links in this article   [1] http://www.nhlnetwork.ca/   [2] http://www.channelcanada.com/tvzone/nhl.php