NLL Announces Game of the Week Broadcasts for US TV
The National Lacrosse League continues to expand its broadcast offerings with the announcement of a televised Game of the Week package for the 2006 season. The weekly syndicated broadcasts will bring NLL action into at least 30 million homes each week, with additional regions expected to join the broadcasts in the coming weeks. The league recently announced that all games this season will be broadcast live at nll.com via partnership with B2 Networks, and introduced LacrosseTV, a cutting edge broadband service that offers live and archived NLL games.
The Game of the Week broadcasts will air on some of the leading regional sports networks. Comcast Sportsnet affiliates in Chicago, Detroit, Northern California (CSN West) and the Southeast are among those scheduled to carry NLL broadcasts, along with Sportsnet New York, which is scheduled to launch in March. The games will also air in the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Richmond, Virginia regions on CN8, a Comcast owned and operated network. Florida sports station Catch 47 will air games in the Tampa area.
Cable and broadcast outlets in additional regions are expected to join the Game of the Week package in the coming weeks. In addition to the stations mentioned above, the games also air on more than one hundred local television stations across the US. Please check your local listings for the broadcast dates and times in your area. The broadcasts will also be available on satellite from affiliates including CSN West, that are carried by DirecTV (ch. 656) and DISH Network (ch. 409)! Weekly broadcast times for the participating stations will be announced in the coming days.
The NLL Game of the Week brings the league's weekend action to regions across the country on weeknights for a tape delay broadcast. The first of fifteen weekly broadcasts takes place during the week of January 8-14, with a replay of the Arizona Sting at Toronto Rock game of January 7th.
"We're pleased to bring this weekly broadcast of the NLL into at least 30 million homes each week", said Commissioner Jim Jennings. "We expect to add several other regions to this package in the coming days and weeks."
The league's 20th season of professional indoor lacrosse begins on Friday, December 30th, as the Colorado Mammoth host the Philadelphia Wings at Pepsi Center in Denver. Gametime is 9pm Eastern/7pm Mountain.
In addition to the Game of the Week schedule, NLL teams will continue to broadcast games in their home regions. Team broadcast schedules are listed below and also be viewed at nll.com. Schedules are subject to change. Games are re-broadcast on Game of the Week stations beginning on Wednesday of each week. Check your local listings for the broadcast times and dates. The Game of the Week broadcasts will reach a minimum of 30 million US households each week.
Wednesday Broadcast Dates/Matchup
January 11 Arizona at Toronto
January 18 Minnesota at Philadelphia
January 25 Calgary at Edmonton
February 1 Edmonton at Toronto
February 8 Toronto at Calgary
February 15 Rochester at Toronto
February 22 Portland at Philadelphia
March 1 Philadelphia at Toronto
March 8 Minnesota at Toronto
March 15 Rochester at Philadelphia
March 22 Calgary at Edmonton
March 29 Calgary at Toronto
April 5 Rochester at Philadelphia
April 12 Arizona at Calgary
April 19 San Jose at Arizona
Local NLL Team Television Schedules
Arizona Sting on Cox 7 Arizona (all times Mountain)
Fri 1/13, 7:30 pm - Portland at Arizona
Sat 2/18, 7:30 pm - Calgary at Arizona
Sat 3/18, 7:30 pm - Colorado at Arizona
Fri 4/14, 7:30 pm - San Jose at Arizona
Calgary Roughnecks on Rogers Sportsnet West (all times Mountain)
Fri 1/13, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Calgary
Sat 1/21, 7:30 pm - Calgary at Edmonton
Fri 1/27, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Toronto
Sun 2/5, 1:30 pm - Toronto at Calgary
Sat 2/11, 8:30 pm - Toronto at Edmonton
Fri 2/17, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Calgary
Sat 3/4, 8:00 pm - Arizona at Edmonton
Fri 3/17, 7:30 pm - Calgary at Edmonton
Sat 3/25, 12:00 pm - Calgary at Toronto
Sat 4/8, 7:30 pm - Arizona at Calgary
Colorado Mammoth on Altitude (also available on DirecTV Channel 644 and on DISH Network Channel 410) (all times Mountain)
Fri 12/30, 11:30 pm - Philadelphia at Colorado (tape delay at 11:30 pm)
Sat 1/7, 7:00 pm - Rochester at Colorado
Sat 1/21, 8:30 pm - Colorado at Portland
Fri 2/3, 7:30 pm - Colorado at Arizona
Sat 2/11, 7:00 pm - San Jose at Colorado
Sun 3/12, 7:00 pm - Portland at Colorado
Sun 4/2, 7:00 pm - Arizona at Colorado
Edmonton Rush on Rogers Sportsnet West (all times Mountain)
Fri 1/13, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Calgary
Sat 1/21, 7:30 pm - Calgary at Edmonton
Fri 1/27, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Toronto
Sun 2/5, 1:30 pm - Toronto at Calgary
Sat 2/11, 8:30 pm - Toronto at Edmonton
Fri 2/17, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Calgary
Sat 3/4, 8:00 pm - Arizona at Edmonton
Fri 3/17, 7:30 pm - Calgary at Edmonton
Sat 3/25, 12:00 pm - Calgary at Toronto
Sat 4/8, 7:30 pm - Arizona at Calgary
Minnesota Swarm on Fox Sports Net North (also available on DirecTV Channel 641 and on DISH Network Channel 436) (all times Central)
Fri 1/6 - Philadelphia at Minnesota (approx 10:30 pm, after UM Hockey)
Fri 2/10 - Philadelphia at Minnesota (approx 10:30 pm, after UM Hockey)
Philadelphia Wings on Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia (all times Eastern)
Sun 1/1, 12:00 pm - Philadelphia at Colorado (tape delay from 12/30)
Sat 1/14, 10:30 pm - Minnesota at Philadelphia (tape delay)
Sat 2/18, 10:30 pm - Portland at Philadelphia (tape delay)
Sat 3/11, 8:00 pm - Rochester at Philadelphia
Sat 4/1, 1:30 pm - Arizona at Philadelphia
Portland Lumberjax - TV schedule coming soon
Rochester Knighthawks on WB-16 (all times Eastern)
Sat 1/14, 10:00 pm - Toronto at Rochester (tape delay)
Sat 1/28, 8:05 pm - Buffalo at Rochester
Sat 3/18, 8:05 pm - Buffalo at Rochester
Sat 4/15, 7:35 pm - Toronto at Rochester
San Jose Stealth on Fox Sports Net Bay Area - TV schedule coming soon
Toronto Rock on Rogers Sportsnet East & Ontario (all times Eastern)
Fri 1/7, 7:00 pm - Arizona at Toronto
Fri 1/13, 7:30 pm - Buffalo at Toronto
Fri 1/27, 7:30 pm - Edmonton at Toronto
Sun 2/5, 3:30 pm - Toronto at Calgary
Fri 2/10, 7:30 pm - Rochester at Toronto
Sat 2/11, 12:00 AM - Toronto at Edmonton (tape delay)
Fri 2/24, 7:30 pm - Philadelphia at Toronto
Fri 3/3, 7:30 pm - Minnesota at Toronto
Sat 3/25, 2:00 pm - Calgary at Toronto
Sat 4/8, 7:00 pm - Philadelphia at Toronto
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:52 pm