To pick up the slack of NBC Sports Network when it’s not airing games, NHL Network in the United States will carry 78 regular season games. Some will include Hockey Night in Canada games on Saturday evenings. Others will be local broadcasts of various games.
In addition, various studio shows will return like NHL Live on Monday with EJ Hradek and co-hosted by Deb Placey or Bill Pidto.
The nightly NHL on the Fly that carries live look-ins and real-time scoring updates also returns.
And NHL Tonight, the network’s signature wrap-up show with Kathryn Tappen and analysts Barry Melrose, Kevin Weekes or Mike Johnson will end the league’s night.
It’s just too bad we didn’t have any studio programming to update fans during lockout, but that’s water under the bridge now.
Here’s the NHL Network press release.
NHL NETWORK-U.S. TO BROADCAST 78 NHL REGULAR-SEASON GAMES
#hockeyisback — NHL Network Returns Tonight with Live Reports from Training Camps and New Hosts
NEW YORK (January 12, 2013) – NHL Network-U.S. will televise 78 live games this regular season, focusing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and featuring eight double-headers, seven triple-headers and one quadruple-header. Regular-season coverage on NHL Network-U.S. gets underway on Saturday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. ET. with the New York Rangers in Boston to take on the Bruins.
On Saturday evenings, NHL Network-U.S. again will broadcast CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada programming beginning with the Hockey Tonight pre-game show at 6:30 p.m. ET, and Coaches Corner and Hotstove intermission programming during live game broadcasts.
Beginning tonight, January 13 at 7:00 p.m. ET and airing each night leading up to puck drop on the 2012-13 NHL season, NHL Network will be live with a special season preview titled NHL Tonight 2012-13 Season Preview. Along with host Kathryn Tappen, a rotating cast of hockey insiders will bring viewers an in-depth look at the upcoming season, including team-by-team breakdowns, live on-location reports from NHL training camps and all the latest news as the League’s 30 teams gear up for the 99-day race for the playoffs.
With a return to the ice comes the season return of NHL Live, one of the Network’s signature programs. NHL Live begins broadcasting Monday, Jan. 14 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Another fan favorite, the 2013 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, live from the Halifax Metro Centre, also highlights opening week on the Network for U.S. audiences. The game airs live Wednesday, January 16 at 7:00 p.m. ET followed by a special edition of NHL Tonight 2012-13 Season Preview at 10:00 p.m. ET.
In addition, NHL Network-U.S. will broadcast TSN shows NHL Top 50 Players, NHL 30 and NHL Fantasy Draft Special in the coming days. For the complete NHL Network schedule, please visit www.nhlnetwork.com.
New talent at NHL Network
New this season, Glenn Schiiler and Mark Roe join the Network as the hosts of marquee shows NHL On The Fly and NHL Tonight, bringing highlights and their expert analysis to the viewers at home. Prior to joining the Network, Schiiler was a sports anchor on Score Weekend and Score Tonighton The Score, while Roe served as Sports Director for the award-winning CTV News in Barrie, Ontario, where he daily covered the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League.
Returning NHL Network shows
NHL Live airs weeknights from 5-7 p.m. ET, throughout the season. Host EJ Hradek keeps fans in-the-know with headlines and buzz from insiders all over the hockey world. Fans can interact live by either tweeting @NHLLive or calling in with questions at 1-855-HAT-TRICK.
NHL On The Fly, the Network’s signature show, airs nightly from 7-10 p.m. ET taking fans inside the action from around the League with live look-ins, real-time scores, team press conferences and expert analysis from a variety of your favorite NHL veterans, including current and former players.
NHL Tonight hosted by Kathryn Tappen and featuring a rotating cast of analysts including Barry Melrose, Kevin Weekes and Mike Johnson, returns nightly at 10 p.m. ET serving fans with every highlight, from every game, every night. NHL Tonight will re-air the following morning.
2012-13 NHL Network-U.S. live-game broadcast schedule is as follows:
(subject to change)1/19/2013 — NY Rangers at Boston, 7:00 p.m.
1/20/2013 — Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, 7:00 p.m.
1/24/2013 — NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7:00 p.m.
1/25/2013 — Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
1/26/2013 — Colorado at San Jose, 4:00 p.m.
1/26/2013 — Toronto at NY Rangers, 7:00 p.m.
1/27/2013 — Buffalo at Washington, 3:00 p.m.
1/28/2013 — Boston at Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
1/31/2013 — Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, 7:00 p.m.
2/1/2013 — St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
2/2/2013 — New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 1:00 p.m.
2/2/2013 — Boston at Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
2/7/2013 — Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m.
2/8/2013 — Anaheim at Dallas, 8:00 p.m.
2/9/2013 — Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 1:00 p.m.
2/9/2013 — Phoenix at San Jose, 4:00 p.m.
2/9/2013 — Toronto at Montreal, 7:00 p.m.
2/14/2013 — Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
2/15/2013 — Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
2/16/2013 — Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:00 p.m.
2/18/2013 — Nashville at Colorado, 3:00 p.m.
2/18/2013 — Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
2/21/2013 — Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
2/22/2013 — San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
2/23/2013 — New Jersey at Washington, 12:00 p.m.
2/23/2013 — Colorado at Los Angeles, 4:00 p.m.
2/23/2013 — Nashville at Detroit, 7:00 p.m
2/24/2013 — Boston at Florida, 3:00 p.m.
2/28/2013 — Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
3/1/2013 — Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
3/2/2013 — Ottawa at Philadelphia, 12:00 p.m.
3/2/2013 — Washington at Winnipeg, 3:00 p.m.
3/2/2013 — Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:00 p.m.
3/2/2013 — Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
3/3/2013 — St. Louis at Dallas, 3:00 p.m.
3/4/2013 — Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
3/7/2013 — Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:00 p.m.
3/8/2013 — Chicago at Colorado, 9:00 p.m.
3/9/2013 — Philadelphia at Boston, 1:00 p.m.
3/9/2013 — St. Louis at San Jose, 4:00 p.m.
3/9/2013 — Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
3/14/2013 — Washington at Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
3/15/2013 — New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:00 p.m.
3/16/2013 — NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, 1:00 p.m.
3/16/2013 — Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:00 p.m.0
3/16/2013 — Detroit at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
3/20/2013 — Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
3/21/2013 — New Jersey at Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
3/22/2013 — Pittsburgh at NY Islanders, 7:00 p.m.
3/22/2013 — Detroit at Anaheim, 10:00 p.m.
3/23/2013 — Vancouver at Los Angeles, 4:00 p.m.
3/23/2013 — Boston at Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
3/28/2013 — Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.
3/29/2013 — Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.3/30/2013 — Boston at Philadelphia, 1:00 p.m.
3/30/2013 — NY Rangers at Montreal, 7:00 p.m.
4/4/2013 — New Jersey at Boston, 7:00 p.m.
4/4/2013 — Detroit at Phoenix, 10:00 p.m.
4/5/2013 — NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m.
4/6/2013 — Edmonton at Los Angeles, 4:00 p.m.
4/6/2013 — NY Rangers at Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
4/6/2013 — Calgary at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
4/7/2013 — Dallas at San Jose, 4:00 p.m.
4/8/2013 — Carolina at Boston, 7:00 p.m.
4/12/2013 — Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
4/13/2013 — Vancouver at Colorado, 3:00 p.m.
4/13/2013 — Montreal at Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
4/13/2013 — Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
4/18/2013 — Vancouver at Dallas, 8:00 p.m.
4/19/2013 — Pittsburgh at Boston, 7:00 p.m.
4/20/2013 — Florida at New Jersey, 1:00 p.m.
4/20/2013 — Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m.
4/20/2013 — Detroit at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
4/21/2013 — Florida at Boston, 3:00 p.m.
4/21/2013 — Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
4/22/2013 — Chicago at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
4/25/2013 — Anaheim at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
4/26/2013 — Edmonton at Minnesota, 8:00 p.m.
That will conclude the 2013 NHL TV schedules.
