Special conversational NHL Network Showcase game set for Saturday, following MLBN’s Clubhouse Edition approach
This conversational broadcast will feature E.J. Hradek, Jackie Redmond, Kevin Weekes, and Mike Rupp.
This conversational broadcast will feature E.J. Hradek, Jackie Redmond, Kevin Weekes, and Mike Rupp.
"I’m excited to showcase our passion for and knowledge of the game in this style of a show. We’ll be hanging out, watching hockey together on NHL Tonight, just like always, but it just so happens that you’ll hear three female voices reacting to and analyzing the action."
Jamie Hersch, Lauren Gardner, Jackie Redmond and Kendall Coyne Schofield will co-host this year's all-female edition of NHL Now on Monday, March 8 at 4 p.m. ET.
The Devils' COVID-19 postponement led to a NHL Network Showcase schedule swap Saturday.
The 1970 Bruins: Big, Bad & Bobby premieres Sunday, May 10 at 8 p.m. Eastern on NHL Network.
The move is expected to impact hundreds of freelancers and part-time employees.
NHL Network is available now, with MLB Network and Strike Zone coming in the next few weeks.
"It reminded me of Field of Dreams where Kevin Costner says 'I am pitching to Shoeless Joe Jackson.' In my mind, I was going 'I am talking to Mike Eruzione.' This was truly the highlight of my career."
Each of the three networks is showing a new special, and NHLN (six times) and ESPN (once) are also re-airing 2004's Miracle. And there's a lot more coverage on the way as well.
"I think it's a shame, to be honest with you, that the players aren't participating in the Olympics. I know when I got a chance to be in two Olympics, it's probably the highlight of my career."
"What we've experienced so far in our time on the ground with the Flyers has been great in terms of letting our cameras in places where they're going to give viewers and fans an opportunity to see things they wouldn't normally see."
After covering the New Jersey Devils' training camp in a debut season last year, Behind The Glass will cover the Philadelphia Flyers' camp this year.
In an effort to reach younger audiences, the NHL will expand the Stanley Cup Live pregame show to Twitter after it launched last year on Facebook.