See You a Week From Monday, Here’s HNIC Open Thread

Scotiabank Hockey Tonight, 6:30 PM, CBC Full Network/NHL Network
Host: Ron MacLean
Analysts: Kelly Hrudey, Mike Milbury and PJ Stock

Washington vs. Toronto, 7PM, CBC Full Network/NHL Network
Play by Play: Jim Hughson
Color: Craig Simpson
Inside the Glass: Glenn Healy

Montreal vs. Atlanta, 7PM, CBC Quebec
Play by Play: Bob Cole
Color: Greg Millen and Guy Carbonneau
Reporter: Cassie Campbell

Carolina vs. Ottawa, 7PM, CBC Ottawa
Play by Play: Dean Brown
Color: Gary Galley

1st Intermission, Coach’s Corner
Host: Ron MacLean
Analyst: Don Cherry

2nd Intermission, Hotstove
Host: Ron MacLean
Panelists: Pierre Lebrun and Mike Milbury

Minnesota vs. Vancouver, 10PM, CBC Full Network
Play by Play: Mark Lee
Color: Kevin Weekes
Reporter: Scott Oake

HNIC After Hours
Hosts: Ron MacLean and Scott Oake
Analysts: PJ Stock, Kelly Hrudey, Mike Milbury and Kevin Weekes

Next Week… What’s Up With That?

Well, we’re off next week.  It’s exams.  We have work to do.  Open threads with announcers stick around as they always will.

So, what will be happening next week?  Guest Hosts Week!

Ryan Classic from The Classic Blog will be filling in a couple days, and I’m not certain, but I think the lovely Alix Wright, from The Canucks Hockey Blog, will be joining him.  Of course, Wrap Around Curl will bring her whimsy at various points during the week.  Maybe some other folks.  Please treat them as well as you treat me.

Thanks as always for supporting the site.  See you Monday, December 19th.  Big things are on the way.

HNIC Open Thread will open at 5.  Here’s my gift to you, a band I’m seeing in person tonight, The Gaslight Anthem from the great state of New Jersey.

NHL Network Featured Schedule Next Week

Monday, Dec. 14
12:00 NHL Live
4:00 NHL Power Play
8:00 NHL On the Fly

Tuesday, Dec. 15
12:00 NHL Live
4:00 NHL Power Play
7:00 Classic Series: 2008 Stanley Cup Final – Penguins vs. Red Wings
8:00 NHL On the Fly

Wednesday, Dec. 16
12:00 NHL Live
4:00 NHL Power Play
7:00 Classic Series: 2009 Capitals vs. Penguins
8:00 NHL On the Fly
8:30 LIVE: St. Louis vs. Chicago
11:00 NHL On the Fly

Thursday, Dec. 17
12:00 NHL Live
4:00 NHL Power Play
7:00 Frozen in Time: 1987-88 Season Review
8:00 NHL On the Fly
10:30 LIVE: Anaheim vs. San Jose
1:00 NHL On the Fly

Friday, Dec. 18
12:00 NHL Live
4:00 NHL Power Play
8:00 NHL On the Fly
8:30 LIVE: Boston vs. Chicago
11:00 NHL On the Fly

Saturday, Dec. 19
6:30 HNIC Pre-Game
7:00 LIVE: Boston vs. Toronto
9:30 HNIC Post-Game
10:00 NHL On the Fly

Sunday, Dec. 20
12:00 U.S. Under-20 National Team vs. North Dakota
8:00 NHL On the Fly

Mike Milbury is on NBC’s Winter Classic Coverage

We received an e-mail from an NBC spokesman stating that Milbury’s omission from the Winter Classic listings was a clerical error.  So, there you go.