Round One TV Sched

[KB in Kelowna]

Thanks to Amo, at the "other place" for this.
2007 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

Series A - #1 Buffalo vs. #8 NY Islanders
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Thu., April 12 8:00 p.m. at Buffalo TSN
Sat., April 14 7:30 p.m. at Buffalo VERSUS, TSN
Mon., April 16 7:30 p.m. at NY Islanders VERSUS, TSN
Wed., April 18 7:30 p.m. at NY Islanders VERSUS, TSN
*Fri., April 20 7:00 p.m. at Buffalo VERSUS, TSN
*Sun., April 22 7:00 p.m. at NY Islanders VERSUS, TSN
*Tue., April 24 TBD at Buffalo TSN

Series B - #2 New Jersey vs. #7 Tampa Bay
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Thu., April 12 7:30 p.m. at New Jersey RDS
Sat., April 14 7:00 p.m. at New Jersey CBC, RDS
Mon., April 16 7:00 p.m. at Tampa Bay CBC, RDS
Wed., April 18 7:00 p.m. at Tampa Bay CBC, RDS
*Fri., April 20 7:00 p.m. at New Jersey CBC, RDS
*Sun., April 22 TBD at Tampa Bay CBC, RDS
*Tue., April 24 TBD at New Jersey CBC, RDS

Series C - #3 Atlanta vs. #6 NY Rangers
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Thu., April 12 7:00 p.m. at Atlanta TSN
Sat., April 14 3:00 p.m. at Atlanta NBC, TSN
Tue., April 17 7:00 p.m. at NY Rangers TSN
Wed., April 18 7:00 p.m. at NY Rangers TSN
*Fri., April 20 TBD at Atlanta TSN
*Sun., April 22 1:00 p.m. at NY Rangers NBC, TSN
*Mon., April 23 7:00 p.m. at Atlanta VERSUS, TSN

Series D - #4 Ottawa vs. #5 Pittsburgh
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Wed., April 11 7:00 p.m. at Ottawa CBC, RDS, VERSUS
Sat., April 14 3:00 p.m. at Ottawa CBC, RDS, NBC
Sun., April 15 6:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh VERSUS, CBC, RDS
Tue., April 17 7:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh VERSUS, CBC, RDS
*Thu., April 19 7:00 p.m. at Ottawa CBC, RDS, VERSUS
*Sun., April 22 1:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh NBC, CBC, RDS
*Tue., April 24 7:00 p.m. at Ottawa VERSUS, CBC, RDS
*if necessary

2007 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

Series E - #1 Detroit vs. #8 Calgary
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Thu., April 12 7:00 p.m. at Detroit VERSUS, CBC
Sun., April 15 1:00 p.m. at Detroit NBC, CBC
Tue., April 17 10:00 p.m. at Calgary CBC, VERSUS
Thu., April 19 TBD at Calgary CBC, VERSUS
*Sat., April 21 3:00 p.m. at Detroit NBC, CBC
*Sun., April 22 TBD at Calgary CBC, VERSUS
*Tue., April 24 TBD at Detroit CBC, VERSUS

Series F - #2 Anaheim vs. #7 Minnesota
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Wed., April 11 10:30 p.m. at Anaheim TSN
Fri., April 13 10:30 p.m. at Anaheim TSN
Sun., April 15 8:00 p.m. at Minnesota TSN
Tue., April 17 9:00 p.m. at Minnesota TSN
*Thu., April 19 10:30 p.m. at Anaheim TSN
*Sat., April 21 TBD at Minnesota TSN
*Mon., April 23 10:00 p.m. at Anaheim TSN

Series G - #3 Vancouver vs. #6 Dallas
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Wed., April 11 10:00 p.m. at Vancouver CBC, RDS, VERSUS
Fri., April 13 9:00 p.m. at Vancouver CBC, RDS, VERSUS
Sun., April 15 9:30 p.m. at Dallas VERSUS, CBC, RDS
Tue., April 17 8:00 p.m. at Dallas CBC, RDS (JIP)
*Thu., April 19 TBD at Vancouver CBC, RDS, VERSUS
*Sat., April 21 8:00 p.m. at Dallas VERSUS, CBC, RDS
*Mon., April 23 TBD at Vancouver CBC, RDS, VERSUS

Series H - #4 Nashville vs. #5 San Jose
Date Time (ET) Location Network
Wed., April 11 8:00 p.m. at Nashville TSN
Fri., April 13 8:00 p.m. at Nashville TSN
Mon., April 16 10:00 p.m. at San Jose VERSUS, TSN
Wed., April 18 10:00 p.m. at San Jose VERSUS, TSN
*Fri., April 20 9:00 p.m. at Nashville VERSUS (JIP), TSN
*Sun., April 22 10:00 p.m. at San Jose VERSUS (JIP), TSN
*Tue., April 24 TBD at Nashville VERSUS, TSN

JIP - joined in progress
*if necessary

[Iced Tea]

Another year of the NHL allowing NBC to butcher the schedule. :rolleyes:

Bettman is a tool. NBC shows less than 20 games per season and then dictates the playoffs with a Wings/Flams game at 10 AM Pacific time on a Sunday.

NBC is using the NHL as filler instead of infomercials because NASCAR, golf and college sports dominate during the day on weekends.

Real hockey fans know hockey is played at 7:00 PM local time.

[Max Power]

The Sens schedule sucks too. We don't get one evening weekend game and we don’t even get a Friday or Saturday game next weekend if it goes to 6 or 7.
CBC IMO gets screwed here too considering Ottawa and Pittsburgh should be one of the better series this round and is the only Canadian team in the East

[Max Power]

Well what do you know
Kind of like CBC bowing to only Leafs
How's that crow CBC

CBC livid as NHL bows to Americans
WILLIAM HOUSTON

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

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The CBC is furious over the National Hockey League's decision to schedule Saturday's Pittsburgh Penguins-Ottawa Senators match in the afternoon instead of prime time.

The Canadian network wanted the game in the evening timeslot to maximize viewership for the traditional Hockey Night in Canada Saturday night show.

But the league bowed to NBC, which limits telecasts to the afternoon and wants the game because of the marquee potential of Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby.

NBC will air one additional afternoon game on Saturday -- the second game of the New York Rangers-Atlanta Thrashers series.

Particularly galling to the CBC is that it is paying the league a rights fee of $65-million a year while NBC pays nothing in a profit-sharing agreement with the NHL. What's more, the CBC recently signed a contract extension with the NHL in which it will pay $600-million over six years, starting in 2008-09.

"Generally, the network that writes the biggest cheque gets to make the call," a source said. "When ABC was paying the league $100-million [U.S.] a year, and CBC was paying $60-million, ABC got priority."

"If I'm the CBC, I'm saying, 'My God, I just agreed to cut you a cheque for more than half a billion dollars and I still don't get priority over somebody who isn't paying five cents? It's not right.' "

That sounds close to the tone of the conversation on Sunday night when Scott Moore, the head of CBC Sports, put in a call to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in the hopes of changing the schedule.

"I made my feelings known in very strong terms that I felt that game [Penguins-Senators] should be in prime time," Mr. Moore said. "He feels that he's doing the right thing for the game by exposing Sidney to the U.S. audience. I strongly disagree. I couldn't change his mind, and we're very disappointed about that."

Not only did the NHL refuse to give the CBC the Pittsburgh-Ottawa Saturday game in prime time, but the first-round schedule denies the network the assurance of any Saturday night telecasts involving a Canadian team.

There could be one -- Vancouver Canucks-Dallas Stars on April 21 -- but only if that series goes six games.

Without Pens-Sens in prime time on Saturday, the CBC will air Tampa Bay Lightning-New Jersey Devils, a weak matchup unlikely to produce an audience larger than TSN's New York Islanders-Buffalo Sabres telecast, which will air at the same time.

The CBC will lose at least 300,000 viewers, and probably more, because of the league's decision to designate Pittsburgh-Ottawa for Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Moore refused to discuss the particulars of his exchange with Mr. Bettman.

"If I tell you anything more, it would be less than politically correct," Mr. Moore said. "I feel very strongly about it. He felt very strongly about it. We had a very frank discussion about it."

The league's argument is that NBC needs to be given priority to help make hockey a growth TV sport in the United States. However, there is no evidence that the NHL, with or without Mr. Crosby, is growing on NBC. Regular-season audiences were down from last season.

Jamey Horan, the NHL's vice-president of public relations, said the league attempts to address the playoff needs of all broadcasters.

"Although there are always a multitude of competing interests in formulating a playoff schedule, such as building availability, television, and travel, we always make every effort to accommodate and maximize value for our broadcast partners," he wrote in an e-mail. "This year was no different."

The league should pay more attention to the needs of hockey viewers in Canada, says Nick Kypreos, who works for Rogers Sportsnet.

"The more you tamper with the tradition of watching Canadian hockey on Saturday nights, the more you're going to turn audiences away," he said.

[Madferret]

A guy who works nights might like the afternoon Sens games...

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[Max Power]

A guy who works nights might like the afternoon Sens games...

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I like to party
I like the night life

I have tickets to that game so it will have to be beer(s) at Marshees at 1. It don't bother me
What does is no Fri or Sat game the next week. No excuse to drink beer makes Canadian hockey fan go crazy. Terrorist regimes are born this way

[Madferret]

I like to party
I like the night life

I have tickets to that game so it will have to be beer(s) at Marshees at 1. It don't bother me
What does is no Fri or Sat game the next week. No excuse to drink beer makes Canadian hockey fan go crazy. Terrorist regimes are born this way

Sounds like you need a Beer Thermos Maxy.
Enjoy the game on Saturday....Go SENS

[Man.Utd]

By and large this sucks. Some will stand to gain off of it due to various work hours like our good friend Ferret but most Canadians want to watch hockey in its usual time slot. They are being put in an awkward position with this schedule.

But I'm loving seeing CBC get the shaft here after paying millions to broadcasts these games and still losing out to the American stations. After refusing the give the Sens any national coverage for years, and now with them being all but the only game in town for the Eastern slot since Crosby is in the same series, they're begging to be able to play Ottawa........ CBC can suck it.

[The Insider]

Well, I'm not shocked by this, I mean the NHL would schedule their games at 7:00AM if they were ordered to by any American network just with the slight hope that the network will sign them to a huge long term deal and they'll never have to worry about money problems again. The National Hockey League is so desparate for any kind of attention from any media outlet in the USA that they will put the wishes of their fans aside for the wishes of a network which is really sad because the only reason the league is still afloat is because of the core fans and the NHL has for years now abused the fans and I think that if they continue down this road it will eventually anger it's true fans to the point where they just stop watching.

[Iced Tea]

Still hating NBC because the Sabres/Rangers game was on at 2 PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific. I missed the game because I can't keep straight which games NBC screws with and which ones are on at a proper time.

Bettman is such a douche.:curse: