The NHL Stadium Series, games played in outdoor arenas, begins this weekend as games are played in Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and Yankee Stadium in New York. Both games will be aired nationally through the auspices of the NBC Sports Group.
NBCSN will provide coverage of the game from Chavez Ravine on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET as the Anaheim Ducks take on the Los Angeles Kings. Russ Thaler will be the on-site host. Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter will be the on-site studio studio analysts. Calling the game will be Dave Strader, Brian Engblom and Roenick.
On Sunday, NBC airs the New Jersey Devils-New York Rangers game from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY. The NHL Live crew of Liam McHugh, Keith Jones and Mike Milbury will provide the hosting duties and they’ll be joined by Jeremy Roenick who will take a red eye flight from LA to New York.
The main NHL on NBC team of Mike Emrick, Ed Olczyk and Pierre McGuire will call the game.
Here’s what else is in store for the NHL on NBC this week.
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S COVERAGE OF NHL STADIUM SERIES BEGINS THIS WEEKEND FROM DODGER STADIUM AND YANKEE STADIUM
NHL Stadium Series Coverage Begins Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Ducks-Kings from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
Devils-Rangers from Yankee Stadium Kicks Off NBC’s NHL Stadium Series Coverage Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET
NHL Live Will Be On-Site from Both Stadiums and Throughout NHL Stadium Series
NHL Revealed Premieres Tonight at 11 ET on NBCSN; Docu-Series Provides All-Access Look at NHL Stadium Series
NBCSN’s Hockey Coverage Includes Five NHL & College Matchups, Highlighted by Blackhawks-Red Wings on Wednesday Night Rivalry at 8 p.m. ETSTAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 21, 2014 – NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the NHL Stadium Series begins this weekend with coverage from both Chavez Ravine and the home of the Bronx Bombers, when the Anaheim Ducks face the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, followed by a cross-river battle between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils at Yankee Stadium on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC, part of more than 35 hours of hockey coverage across NBC and NBCSN this week.
This weekend’s Ducks-Kings and Devils-Rangers matchups are the first two of four games comprising the NHL Stadium Series, a new set of four outdoor games to be held at iconic outdoor stadiums in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. The NHL Stadium Series dovetails off of the Winter Classic, which NBC Sports co-created along with the NHL and has produced the six most-watched NHL regular-season games in the past 39 years. Coverage of the NHL Stadium Series continues on Wednesday, Jan. 29 with Rangers-Islanders from Yankee Stadium, and concludes Saturday, March 1 with Penguins-Blackhawks from Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill.
Coverage of Ducks-Kings from begins at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NHL Live on-site at Dodger Stadium, hosted by Russ Thaler alongside analysts and former NHL players Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter. Dave Strader (play-by-play), Brian Engblom (analyst) and Roenick will have the call from Dodger Stadium, inside the same broadcast booth that usually hosts legendary Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully. The Ducks are the top team in the NHL (37-9-5, 79 pts) and have not lost at home in regulation this season (20-0-2), while the Kings (29-15-6, 64 pts) have allowed the fewest goals in the NHL (103).
Twelve hours following the conclusion of Ducks-Kings from Los Angeles, NBC’s coverage of Devils-Rangers from Yankee Stadium begins at 12:30 p.m. ET. Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call from Yankee Stadium in The Bronx. NHL Live’s Liam McHugh (host), Mike Milbury (analyst), Keith Jones (analyst), and Roenick will be on-site at Yankee Stadium to provide pre- and post-game analysis, as well as commentary during intermissions. Roenick will be flying directly from Dodger Stadium to Yankee Stadium in time to provide commentary for Devils-Rangers, following the Ducks-Kings game in Los Angeles. The Rangers are 27-21-3 (57 pts) and have won three straight games heading into Tuesday night’s game against the New York Islanders, while the Devils sit six points behind the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division (20-19-11, 51 pts).
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In congruence with the start of the NHL Stadium Series, NBCSN will debut NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other, a seven-part docu-series providing an all-access look at the teams and players participating in the NHL Stadium Series, tonight at 11 ET. Players featured in tonight’s debut episode include Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins/Team Canada), John Tavares (New York Islanders/Team Canada), and Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks/Team Canada).
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NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other debuts following an Original Six matchup on Wednesday Night Rivalry, when Toews, Patrick Kane (Team USA) and the Blackhawks visit Jimmy Howard (Team USA) and the Detroit Red Wings on NBCSN at 8 p.m. ET. Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire will have the call from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. In addition, NBCSN will present a debut episode of NHL Rivals, featuring the Blackhawks and Red Wings, tonight at 7 ET.
NBCSN’s NHL continues on Thursday, when Crosby and the Penguins visit Tavares and the Islanders at 7:30 p.m. ET. Gord Miller (play-by-play) and McGuire will provide live commentary from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y.
In addition to its NHL coverage, NBCSN will provide live coverage of Northeastern at Notre Dame in college hockey action. The two-game Hockey East series begins Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, with coverage of the second game of the series starting at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday. Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) and Ken Hodge (analyst) will have the call from the Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind.
NBC Sports Live Extra – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets – will stream all 2013-14 NHL regular-season games televised on NBC and NBCSN, including this week’s Wild-Stars, Blackhawks-Red Wings, Penguins-Islanders, Ducks-Kings and Devils-Rangers games, as well as this week’s Northeastern-Notre Dame college hockey games.
Date Coverage Network Time (ET) Wed., January 22 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m. NHL Rivals – Blackhawks-Red Wings (Encore) NBCSN 7 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Rivalry – Chicago at Detroit NBCSN 8 p.m. NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other NBCSN 11 p.m. Thu., January 23 NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other (Encore) NBCSN 12 a.m. NHL Top 10 NBCSN 12:30 a.m. NHL Rivals (Encore) NBCSN 7 a.m. Chicago at Detroit (Encore) NBCSN 7:30 a.m. NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other (Encore) NBCSN 11 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders NBCSN 7:30 p.m. Fri., January 24 Northeastern at Notre Dame – College Hockey NBCSN 7:30 p.m. Sat., January 25 Northeastern at Notre Dame – College Hockey NBCSN 7 p.m. NHL Live (On-Site from Dodger Stadium) NBCSN 9:30 p.m. NHL Stadium Series – Ducks-Kings from Dodger Stadium NBCSN 10 p.m. Sun., January 26 NHL Stadium Series – Devils-Rangers from Yankee Stadium NBCSN 7:30 p.m. NHL RIVALS – BLACKHAWKS-RED WINGS – WEDNESDAY 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
NHL Rivals, which debuts this week last night at 11 p.m. ET and reairs tonight at 7 p.m. on NBCSN, dovetails off of NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Rivalry, which Forbes dubbed, “the hottest new brand in sports.” This week’s episode will feature an Original Six rivalry dating back more than 85 years between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings, highlighting playoff and division battles from the 1950’s and 60’s, the rebirth of a rivalry in the late 1980’s, and last year’s seven-game semifinal thriller.
Former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman: “I think they wanted to build their franchise around Pat LaFontaine, but he was picked third and I was picked fourth (in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft). I was thrilled, hoping Detroit was a good place for me to play quickly, so I was very excited when I was acquired by the team.”
Current Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews: “Even though we won a cup in 2010, we didn’t have to go through Detroit that year. For me, in my six years in the league, they’ve always been a measuring stick as far as what we want to be.”
There you have it.
