NBCSN to Air Over 25 Hours of Hockey Coverage This Week

By: Jan. 05, 2015
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NBCSN presents more than 25 hours of hockey coverage this week, including four NHL matchups and three COLLEGE HOCKEY games, highlighted by a doubleheader on Wednesday night featuring Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins against Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins on Wednesday Night Rivalry at 8 p.m. ET. Coverage continues with a Wednesday nightcap at 10:30 p.m. ET, when Ryan Getzlaf and the NHL-leading Anaheim Ducks host Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers.

This week's NHL coverage begins tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Logan Couture and the San Jose Sharks visit Zach Parise and the Minnesota Wild. Coverage concludes on Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET, when Parise and the Wild travel to Chicago to face Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks.

NBCSN's NHL pre-game coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live. Liam McHugh anchors Tuesday night's coverage alongside Jeremy Roenick and Keith Jones, and hosts Wednesday night's coverage withMike Milbury, Roenick, Jones and NHL insider Bob McKenzie.

NBCSN continues its 2014-15 COLLEGE HOCKEY coverage with three games this week, highlighted by the "Rivalry On Ice" between the No. 3 Harvard Crimson and the No. 19 Yale Bulldogs from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET. Coverage begins Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET with the New Hampshire Wildcats hosting the Dartmouth Big Green, and continues Saturday at 6 p.m. ET with the Western Michigan Broncos against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

NHL Live, NBC Sports Group's pre- and post-game studio show, will originate from downtown Phoenix during SUPER BOWL week. Beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 27 the program will be located at "Super Bowl Central," NBC Sports Group's primary home for studio programing during SUPER BOWL week, located in downtown Phoenix.

Hosts Liam McHugh and Kathryn Tappen will anchor NBCSN's NHL LIVE coverage throughout the week, alongside former players and analysts Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick.

NBCSN will feature six NHL telecasts during the week prior to SUPER BOWL XLIX, including the Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals on Wednesday Night Rivalry on Jan. 28. The week will also feature rematches of the 2014 Stanley Cup Conference Finals, when the Los Angeles Kings host the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 28 at 10:30 p.m. ET, and the New York Rangers host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. ET. On SUPER BOWL Sunday, the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals meet at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN.



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