On Saturday, NESN will have two hockey games to cover, the Bruins taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs live from the Air Canada Center in what is a Hockey Night in Canada game on CBC. In addition, NESN will cover the Hockey East Championship game live from TD Garden. Both games drop the puck at 7 p.m. In New England and on DirecTV and Dish, the Bruins will be on the main NESN channel and the college hockey will be on NESNplus. For NESN National in Michigan, North Carolina and Florida, the Hockey East Championship will be on the schedule. We have the particulars from the New England Sports Network.
NESN TO DELIVER SIMULTANEOUS LIVE COVERAGE OF BOSTON BRUINS AT TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS AND HOCKEY EAST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON SATURDAY, MARCH 19 AT 7 PM
March 15, 2011 – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, will deliver simultaneous live coverage of two games on Saturday, March 19, 2011. The Bruins vs. Maple Leafs game will be seen on NESN throughout New England while live coverage of the Hockey East championship game from TD Garden will be available on NESNplus throughout New England. Outside New England, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will carry the Hockey East championship game on NESN National while DirecTV and Dish Network will carry the game nationally on NESNplus.
NESN’s coverage of the Hockey East Tournament begins with coverage of both semifinal games on NESN, live from TD Garden on Friday, March 18 at 5:00 PM. The first game features Boston College vs. Northeastern followed by New Hampshire vs. Merrimack at 8:00 PM. The winners of each semifinal game will face-off Saturday night for the Hockey East championship.
NESNplus are the channel positions that NESN distributors provide so NESN can cover two live events at the same time. In most Comcast communities the Hockey East championship game will be seen on channel 84. Find a complete list of NESNplus channels at NESN.com/NESNplus.
NESN Schedule for Saturday, March 19th
6:30 PM – Bruins FaceOff LIVE
7:00 PM – Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs (L)
9:30 PM – Bruins Overtime LIVE (L)
10:00 PM – NESN Daily (L)
10:15 PM – Hockey East Championship Game (replay)NESNplus and NESN National Schedule for Saturday, March 19th
6:30 PM – Hockey East FaceOff LIVE
7:00 PM – Hockey East Championship Game (L)
9:30 PM – Bruins Overtime LIVE (L)
10:00 PM – NESN Daily (L)
10:15 PM – Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs (replay)
More later.
