Chicago-Detroit the March 7th Game of the Week
February 19, 2010 3 Comments
NEW YORK – Feb. 18, 2010 – The Sunday, March 7, Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks game has been flexed as NBC Sports’ “Game of the Week” and will be played at the United Center at 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT, the National Hockey League and NBC Sports announced today.
This rivalry – no two NHL teams have played more regular-season games against each other – is once again in full bloom after Detroit got the better of Chicago last year in both the 2009 Western Conference Final and 2009 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field.
This season, Chicago has been led to the top of the Central Division and second place in the Western Conference by their young dynamic Olympic duo of American Patrick Kane and Canadian Jonathan Toews. The Red Wings counter with their own talent-laden roster, including Olympians Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Rafalski, Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk. A fixture at the top of the standings for the past two decades and the two-time defending Western Conference champions, the Red Wings will head to Chicago in unfamiliar territory: battling for a playoff spot.
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING
At least 13 days prior to the scheduled game, one game is selected for broadcast on NBC. All NBC games will be broadcast on Sundays and all games will be presented in HD. Games not flexed to NBC will be available to the teams’ regional carriers and remain at the originally announced start time. The March 7 match-up was first announced on the Thursday, Feb. 18, edition of “NHL Hour With Commissioner Gary Bettman” on NHL.com and SIRIUS XM Radio airing from 6-7 p.m. ET.
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Game will start at 11:30 in the morning local time.
NBC does it again!
Also, last night I could not get the Canada-Swiss game in HD. The feed was not coming in. Anyone else have that problem?
I had some choppiness early on in the HD broadcast–before the 2nd period–but I’m thinking that’s just a Time Warner issue.
Surely there’s some mistake?
I don’t see the mention of “Pittsburgh” anywhere in this press release?