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2011-12 NHL on TSN/TSN2 Schedule

Now we have the last of our NHL National TV schedule posts. This will be the longest as we combine the schedules from TSN and TSN2 into one post. We have TSN’s press release which talks about the 151 combined games on the two networks.

Hockey Lives Here: TSN and TSN2 Hit the Ice with 151 NHL Regular Season Games

– TSN’s schedule includes 73 match-ups featuring at least one Canadian team –
– Additional 74 NHL games available exclusively on TSN2 –
– All NHL games available live nationally on TSN Mobile TV –

Toronto, ON (August 18, 2011) – The NHL’s biggest stars are lacing ‘em up on Canada’s Sports Leader, as TSN and TSN2 deliver the nation’s favourite pastime to fans from coast to coast with its 151-game 2011-12 NHL ON TSN broadcast schedule – the most games ever for TSN platforms.

All TSN and TSN2 NHL games are available live on TSN Mobile TV.

The national broadcast package is part of TSN and TSN2’s multi-year, multimedia rights agreement with the NHL. A total of 77 regular season games will air on TSN, with 73 games featuring at least one Canadian team. TSN retains English-language exclusivity of WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY with a total of 30 games including four double-headers, during which there are no other national or local NHL telecasts. TSN also tees up the regular season with pre-season action featuring Canadian clubs.

TSN2’s regular season schedule features an additional 74 exclusive live NHL games.

“With the Canucks’ Stanley Cup run and the Jets’ return to Winnipeg, Canadians can’t wait for the puck to drop on the new NHL season. This year we’ll be giving fans more NHL coverage than ever before with 151 games on TSN and TSN2,” said Stewart Johnston, President, TSN. “In addition to live games, Canadian hockey fans also receive all-encompassing coverage of their favourite NHL teams on all of TSN’s broadcast, digital, online and mobile platforms.”

Regular season coverage on TSN gets underway on Friday, Oct. 7 with an NHL Premiere game from Europe, as the NY Rangers take on the LA Kings at 1 p.m. ET in Stockholm, Sweden. TSN2 also has NHL coverage from overseas at 1 p.m. ET, with the Anaheim Ducks facing off against the Buffalo Sabres in Helsinki, Finland.

TSN returns to North America with a trio of games the following week featuring match-ups with Minnesota @ Ottawa (October 11), Winnipeg @ Chicago (October 13), plus Vancouver @ Philadelphia during the network’s marquee WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY (October 12). (See schedule below.)

Highlights of the NHL ON TSN schedule include four all-Canadian match-ups featuring Winnipeg @ Toronto (October 19), Vancouver @ Calgary (November 1), Winnipeg @ Montreal (January 4) and Ottawa @ Montreal (March 14). Headlining the NHL ON TSN’s Canadian team coverage during the regular season is 17 Toronto games along with 15 Montreal games, 10 games for Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, and five games for Winnipeg.

Additional highlights of the NHL ON TSN regular season schedule include:
• 17 double-headers on TSN/TSN2
• 14 Original Six match-ups
• 16 games featuring Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks
• 14 games featuring Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals
• 12 games featuring Tim Thomas and the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins
• 11 games featuring Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins
• Dany Heatley’s return to Ottawa with the Minnesota Wild on October 11

In addition to its package of regular season games, TSN has live coverage of the first three rounds of the STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS, exclusive Canadian coverage of the NHL DRAFT LOTTERY and the NHL ENTRY DRAFT.

TSN’s NHL coverage will be complemented with extensive daily NHL news coverage on TSN.ca along with daily hockey news shows THAT’S HOCKEY, and THAT’S HOCKEY 2NITE and reports on SPORTSCENTRE, OFF THE RECORD WITH MICHAEL LANDSBERG and THE REPORTERS WITH DAVE HODGE.

TSN will confirm its schedule for regional Montreal Canadiens games in the coming weeks.

Now the TSN schedule.

2011-12 NHL ON TSN SCHEDULE

DAY	DATE	VISITOR	HOME	EASTERN TIME	LOCAL TIME
Fri.	10/7	N.Y. Rangers	Los Angeles	1:00 PM	7:00 PM
Sat.	10/8	N.Y. Rangers	Anaheim	1:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	10/11	Minnesota	Ottawa	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	10/12	Vancouver	Philadelphia	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	10/13	Winnipeg	Chicago	8:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	10/18	Buffalo	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	10/18	N.Y. Rangers	Vancouver	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	10/19	Winnipeg	Toronto	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	10/20	Toronto	Boston	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Thu.	10/20	N.Y. Rangers	Calgary	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	10/25	Ottawa	Carolina	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	10/26	Philadelphia	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	10/27	Toronto	N.Y. Rangers	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Thu.	10/27	Washington	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	11/1	Ottawa	Boston	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	11/1	Vancouver	Calgary	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	11/2	Toronto	New Jersey	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	11/9	N.Y. Rangers	Ottawa	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	11/10	Toronto	St. Louis	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	11/16	Carolina	Montreal	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	11/23	Calgary	Detroit	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	11/29	Nashville	Calgary	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	11/30	Boston	Toronto	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	11/30	Minnesota	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	12/7	Washington	Ottawa	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	12/7	Carolina	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Fri.	12/9	Colorado	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	12/14	Boston	Ottawa	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	12/15	Philadelphia	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Fri.	12/16	Toronto	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	12/20	Buffalo	Ottawa	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	12/21	Montreal	Chicago	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Wed.	12/21	Detroit	Vancouver	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Thu.	12/22	Detroit	Calgary	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Fri.	12/23	Toronto	N.Y. Islanders	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	12/28	Vancouver	San Jose	10:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	1/4	Winnipeg	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	1/11	New Jersey	Edmonton	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Thu.	1/12	Montreal	Boston	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Fri.	1/13	Toronto	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	1/18	Washington	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	1/19	Minnesota	Toronto	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Mon.	1/23	San Jose	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	1/25	Detroit	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	1/31	Toronto	Pittsburgh	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	1/31	Chicago	Vancouver	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	2/1	Pittsburgh	Toronto	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	2/2	Chicago	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Fri.	2/3	Chicago	Calgary	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	2/8	Edmonton	Detroit	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	2/8	Calgary	San Jose	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Thu.	2/9	Toronto	Philadelphia	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	2/15	Boston	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Thu.	2/16	Calgary	Dallas	8:30 PM	7:30 PM
Fri.	2/17	Boston	Winnipeg	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	2/22	Washington	Ottawa	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Thu.	2/23	San Jose	Toronto	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Fri.	2/24	Montreal	Washington	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Mon.	2/27	St. Louis	Calgary	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	2/29	Toronto	Chicago	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Fri.	3/2	Chicago	Ottawa	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Fri.	3/2	Dallas	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	3/7	Toronto	Pittsburgh	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Mon.	3/12	Montreal	Buffalo	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Mon.	3/12	San Jose	Edmonton	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	3/13	San Jose	Calgary	9:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	3/14	Ottawa	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	3/21	Vancouver	Chicago	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Mon.	3/26	Los Angeles	Vancouver	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	3/28	N.Y. Rangers	Winnipeg	7:00 PM	6:00 PM
Thu.	3/29	Philadelphia	Toronto	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Fri.	3/30	Montreal	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Fri.	3/30	Dallas	Vancouver	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	4/3	Anaheim	Vancouver	10:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	4/4	Tampa Bay	Montreal	7:30 PM	7:30 PM

2011-12 NHL ON TSN2 SCHEDULE

DAY	DATE	VISITOR	HOME	EASTERN TIME	LOCAL TIME
Fri.	10/7	Anaheim	Buffalo	1:00 PM	8:00 PM
Sat.	10/8	Buffalo	Los Angeles	2:00 PM	8:00 PM
Mon.	10/10	Tampa Bay	Washington	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	10/11	Florida	Pittsburgh	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	10/12	Boston	Carolina	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	10/18	Pittsburgh	Minnesota	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Tue.	10/25	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Mon.	10/31	San Jose	N.Y. Rangers	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	11/1	Anaheim	Washington	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	11/8	Carolina	New Jersey	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	11/9	Philadelphia	Tampa Bay	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	11/15	Colorado	Pittsburgh	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	11/22	Los Angeles	St. Louis	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Mon.	11/28	Tampa Bay	Minnesota	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Tue.	11/29	Pittsburgh	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	11/30	Tampa Bay	Detroit	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Mon.	12/5	Phoenix	Chicago	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	12/6	Detroit	St. Louis	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Wed.	12/7	Philadelphia	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Mon.	12/12	New Jersey	Tampa Bay	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	12/13	San Jose	Colorado	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	12/14	Chicago	Minnesota	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Tue.	12/20	Chicago	Pittsburgh	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	12/21	Philadelphia	Dallas	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Tue.	12/27	St. Louis	Detroit	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	12/28	N.Y. Rangers	Washington	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Sun.	1/8	Detroit	Chicago	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Tue.	1/10	San Jose	Minnesota	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Wed.	1/11	Pittsburgh	Washington	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Sat.	1/14	Chicago	Detroit	12:30 PM	12:30 PM
Mon.	1/16	Dallas	St. Louis	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Tue.	1/17	Nashville	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	1/18	Buffalo	Chicago	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Mon.	1/23	St. Louis	Detroit	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	1/31	Washington	Tampa Bay	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	2/1	N.Y. Rangers	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Sun.	2/5	Boston	Washington	12:30 PM	12:30 PM
Mon.	2/6	Detroit	Phoenix	8:00 PM	6:00 PM
Tue.	2/7	Los Angeles	Tampa Bay	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	2/8	Boston	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Sun.	2/12	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Sun.	2/12	Philadelphia	Detroit	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Mon.	2/13	San Jose	Washington	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	2/14	Anaheim	Minnesota	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Sun.	2/19	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Sun.	2/19	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Mon.	2/20	Washington	Carolina	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	2/21	Detroit	Chicago	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	2/22	Los Angeles	Colorado	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Mon.	2/27	New Jersey	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	2/28	Los Angeles	Minnesota	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Wed.	2/29	Pittsburgh	Dallas	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Sun.	3/4	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Sun.	3/4	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Tue.	3/6	Minnesota	Colorado	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Sun.	3/11	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Sun.	3/11	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Mon.	3/12	Anaheim	Colorado	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	3/13	Carolina	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	3/14	Colorado	Buffalo	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Mon.	3/19	New Jersey	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	3/20	Phoenix	Dallas	8:00 PM	7:00 PM
Wed.	3/21	Detroit	N.Y. Rangers	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Sun.	3/25	Nashville	Chicago	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Mon.	3/26	Tampa Bay	Philadelphia	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Tue.	3/27	Tampa Bay	Boston	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Sun.	4/1	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Mon.	4/2	Washington	Tampa Bay	7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Tue.	4/3	Pittsburgh	Boston	7:30 PM	7:30 PM
Wed.	4/4	Detroit	St. Louis	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Thu.	4/5	Columbus	Colorado	9:00 PM	7:00 PM
Fri.	4/6	Phoenix	St. Louis	7:30 PM	6:30 PM
Sat.	4/7	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD
Sat.	4/7	TBD	TBD	12:30 PM	TBD

 

And that will do it.