The 1st round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs ended on Wednesday and the 2nd round begins on Thursday. I like that. Hit the ground running. Keep the momentum of a great 1st round going. And we have the Western Conference teams ready so get started as soon as they’re set to go. And Versus which had the 1st round, will be ready with one game tonight.
NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL ROUND STARTS TONIGHT ON VERSUS WITH EXCLUSIVE GAME 1 COVERAGE OF DETROIT RED WINGS/SAN JOSE SHARKS SERIES AT 8:30 PM ETNEW YORK, N.Y. (April 29, 2010)-VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country, continues its coverage of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Conference Semifinals commence tonight. The network will drop the puck on its first night of second-round coverage at 8:30 p.m. ET with Hockey Central followed by exclusive coverage of Game 1 in the Detroit Red Wings/San Jose Sharks series at 9 p.m. ET. VERSUS will air another Hockey Central show at 11:30 p.m. ET following the conclusion of the game.
In the Conference Semifinal round, VERSUS will air at least two exclusive games per series (both Eastern Conference series will have three exclusive games) and the remaining games will be blacked out locally as they were during the first round. During the Conference Finals, VERSUS will air exclusive coverage of both series and the network's 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage will culminate with exclusive coverage of Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.VERSUS' Conference Semifinal schedule follows (All times ET, subject to change):
Thursday, April 29 - 9 p.m., Detroit at San Jose, Game 1* - Western
Friday, April 30 - 7 p.m., Montreal at Pittsburgh, Game 1* - Eastern
Saturday, May 1 - 8 p.m., Vancouver at Chicago, Game 1* - Western
Sunday, May 2 - 8 p.m., Detroit at San Jose, Game 2* - Western
Monday, May 3 - 7 p.m., Philadelphia at Boston, Game 2* - Eastern
Monday, May 3 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), Vancouver at Chicago, Game 2 - Western
Tuesday, May 4 - 7 p.m., Pittsburgh at Montreal, Game 3 - Eastern
Tuesday, May 4 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), San Jose at Detroit, Game 3 - Western
Wednesday, May 5 - 7 p.m., Boston at Philadelphia, Game 3* - Eastern
Wednesday, May 5 - 9:30 p.m., Chicago at Vancouver, Game 3 - Western
Thursday, May 6 - 7 p.m., Pittsburgh at Montreal, Game 4* - Eastern
Thursday, May 6 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), San Jose at Detroit, Game 4 - Western
Friday, May 7 - 7 p.m., Boston at Philadelphia, Game 4* - Eastern
Friday, May 7 - 9:30 p.m., Chicago at Vancouver, Game 4* - Western
Saturday, May 8 - 7 p.m., Montreal at Pittsburgh, Game 5*,** - Eastern
Saturday, May 8 - 10 p.m., Detroit at San Jose, Game 5** - Western
Sunday, May 9 - 8 p.m., Vancouver at Chicago, Game 5** - Western
Monday, May 10 - 7 p.m., Pittsburgh at Montreal, Game 6** - Eastern
Monday, May 10 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), San Jose at Detroit, Game 6** - Western
Tuesday, May 11 - 9:30 p.m., Chicago at Vancouver, Game 6** - Western
Wednesday, May 12 - TBD, Montreal at Pittsburgh, Game 7** - Eastern
Wednesday, May 12 - TBD, Detroit at San Jose, Game 7** - Western
Thursday, May 13 - 8 p.m., Vancouver at Chicago, Game 7** - Western
Friday, May 14 - 7 p.m., Philadelphia at Boston, Game 7** - Eastern
Games with (*) denotes EXCLUSIVE game; games with (**) are subject to change as best of seven series may be over; (JIP) - joined in progress
That’s it.
