One NHL team is going home with the evening’s biggest prize – the #1 overall pick in the 2011 NHL ENTRY DRAFT – when NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly reveals the draft order on the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY, live Tuesday, April 12 at 8 p.m. ET, exclusively on TSN.
Daly joins host James Duthie and Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie for the 30-minute TSN original production, which also features representatives from each of the five teams eligible to win the #1 overall pick, including Edmonton Oilers’ GM Steve Tambellini, Ottawa Senators’ Executive VP and GM Bryan Murray, Colorado Avalanche’s Executive VP and GM Greg Sherman and Florida Panthers’ Alternate Governor Bill Torrey. The New York Islanders will also be represented at the lottery.
For the second year in a row, the Oilers have the greatest probability of picking first overall in the NHL Entry Draft.
Also in studio for the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY is Kitchener Rangers’ left winger Gabriel Landeskog, one of the top-rated prospects for this year’s draft. In addition, the show includes a feature on top-rated Red Deer Rebels centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
TSN’s production of the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY will also air live on Versus in the U.S.
The 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY headlines TSN’s prime-time lineup of extensive Playoff Preview coverage on April 12 – one day prior to the start of the 2011 STANLEY CUP© PLAYOFFS. Along with the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY, TSN gets hockey fans pumped for the post-season with the 60-minute NHL ON TSN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ’11: FANTASY DRAFT SPECIAL at 7 p.m. ET and the 90-minute NHL ON TSN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ’11: PREVIEW SHOW at 8:30 p.m. ET (see TSN Playoff Preview Broadcast Schedule below).
TSN has coverage of the first three rounds of the 2011 STANLEY CUP© PLAYOFFS. TSN and TSN2 will announce their post-season broadcast schedules following the conclusion of the NHL regular season.
TSN also has live coverage of the 2011 NHL ENTRY DRAFT in June.
TSN’s Playoff Preview Broadcast Schedule
TSN’s jam-packed Playoff Preview lineup is as follows:
NHL ON TSN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ’11: FANTASY DRAFT SPECIAL – April 12 at 7 p.m. ET
Fantasy hockey drafts don’t get any better than this! Expect tons of trash talking as Pierre McGuire, Keith Jones and regular season fantasy champ Darren Dreger look to take down defending fantasy playoff hockey winner Dave Hodge in the fifth annual NHL ON TSN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ’11: FANTASY DRAFT SPECIAL. James Duthie hosts the 60-minute show featuring TSN’s hockey gurus each selecting a team of 10 players in the snake-style draft. A single point is awarded for each goal and assist, while goaltenders earn one point for each playoff victory plus an additional point for a post-season shutout.
2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY – April 12 at 8 p.m. ET
With the #1 overall pick on the line, James Duthie hosts TSN’s exclusive live coverage of the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY from the TSN studios. The 30-minute TSN original production features NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly in studio revealing the lottery results in reverse order, alongside representatives from the Oilers, Senators, Avalanche, Panthers and Islanders, as these teams are eligible to win the highly-coveted #1 overall draft pick in the 2011 NHL ENTRY DRAFT. Along with Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, who is in studio to analyze the results of the lottery and reveal his latest Top 10 draft prospects, the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY also has Kitchener Rangers forward Gabriel Landeskog in studio and a feature on top-rated Red Deer Rebels centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
NHL ON TSN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ’11: PREVIEW SHOW – April 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Hosted by James Duthie, the action-packed 90-minute live program gets fans primed for the playoffs with in-depth analysis of all the First Round match-ups and extensive coverage on the Canadian teams in the post-season. Duthie is joined by the NHL ON TSN panel featuring Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie and analysts Craig MacTavish and Aaron Ward, plus Hockey Insider Darren Dreger and game analysts Pierre McGuire and Ray Ferraro. THAT’S HOCKEY 2NITE analyst Kerry Fraser checks in with a special playoff edition of C’mon Ref that looks at one of the post-season’s most controversial penalties: goaltender interference. The NHL ON TSN STANLEY CUP ’11: PREVIEW SHOW also includes a feature on the Sedin twins and reveals TSN’s consensus choices for all First Round series, plus Conference and Stanley Cup championships.
TSN.ca
TSN.ca complements TSN’s coverage of the 2011 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY with a live blog, giving fans from around the world a chance to interact while the draft order is revealed. The website also features the latest draft rankings so fans can learn more about the top prospects for this year’s entry draft.
Fans can also get up to speed on the NHL Playoffs with TSN.ca’s in-depth breakdowns of each series, including complete game schedules and statistical information, plus daily updates from TSN’s correspondents at the rinks.
