NESN's Boston Bruins Playoff Coverage Plans

We have press releases from three regional sports networks on their plans for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs so I’ll post them one at a time.

Beginning with the New England Sports Network or NESN, it will carry as many as five games of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series between the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals. Fans in the designated Boston Bruins viewing area will be able to watch NESN’s coverage of the game while NBC Sports Network will be blacked out locally.

Jack Edwards, Andy Brickley and Naoko Funayama will be the game crew at TD Garden and the Verizon Center in downtown DC.

Dale Arnold will be the studio host and he’ll be joined by rotating analysts Gord Kluzak, Barry Pedersen and Mark Mowers throughout the series.

NBC is scheduled to air two games of the series.

Here’s the NESN press release.

NESN ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR BOSTON BRUINS FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF COVERAGE

April 10, 2012 – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, will deliver regionally exclusive coverage of up to five games during the Bruins first round playoff series against the Washington Capitals that begins Thursday, April 12. NESN will also expand Bruins pre-game coverage to include at least one hour of coverage before every game as well as complete post-game coverage after every game.

NESN’s popular duo of Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley will call every NESN televised playoff game with Naoko Funayama serving as rink-side reporter. Dale Arnold will host NESN’s studio programs with Gord Kluzak, Barry Pederson and Mark Mowers providing analysis. NESN’s pre and post-game coverage for Bruins home games will originate from the network’s TD Garden studio with coverage of the games in Washington coming from NESN’s studios in Watertown, MA.

NESN’s 2012 Bruins Playoff Coverage Schedule

Thursday, April 12
6:00pm — The Instigators LIVE
6:30pm — Big Bad Bruins LIVE
7:00pm — Bruins Face-Off LIVE
7:30pm — Capitals at Bruins, Game 1
10:00pm — Bruins Overtime LIVE

Saturday, April 14
2:00pm — Bruins Face-Off LIVE
5:30pm — Bruins Overtime LIVE (NESNplus)

Monday, April 16
6:30pm — Big Bad Bruins LIVE
7:00pm — Bruins Face-Off LIVE
7:30pm — Bruins at Washington, Game 3
10:00pm — Bruins Overtime LIVE

Thursday, April 19
6:30pm — Bruins Face-Off LIVE
7:30pm — Bruins at Washington, Game 4
10:00pm — Bruins Overtime LIVE

Saturday, April 21*
2:00pm — Bruins Face-Off LIVE
5:30pm — Bruins Overtime LIVE

Sunday, April 22*
TBD

Wednesday, April 25*
TBD

*  = If Necessary

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s press release on the same series is coming up next.

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