Was just looking at the Versus HD schedule and found a link to the press release for Versus 07-08 NHL coverage.

linky (http://www.versus.com/nw/article/view/40544/?tf=sports_generic_article2.tpl)

All of the network’s regular-season games are exclusive and VERSUS’ regular-season schedule features an exclusive Game of the Week wherein VERSUS will be the only place on television to watch the NHL game in the U.S. at that time. Every NHL game on VERSUS will be produced and shown in hi def where available.

I'm going to make a guess that the Sunday Sept 30th game from London, England will either be on MojoHD or tape delayed that evening when Versus HD is back on the air.

The network’s full schedule follows (subject to change):
*Denotes exclusive Game of the Week
Sun. Sept. 30 Anaheim at Los Angeles 12:00 PM
Wed. Oct. 3* Anaheim at Detroit 7:00 PM
Wed. Oct. 3* Dallas at Colorado 9:30 PM
Tue. Oct. 9* Carolina at Toronto 7:00 PM
Wed. Oct. 10 N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders 7:00 PM
Mon. Oct. 15 Toronto at Buffalo 7:00 PM
Tue. Oct. 16* Atlanta at Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Mon. Oct. 22 Boston at Montreal 7:30 PM
Tue. Oct. 23* N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh 7:00 PM
Mon. Oct. 29 San Jose at Dallas 8:00 PM
Tue. Oct. 30* Pittsburgh at Minnesota 7:00 PM
Mon. Nov. 5 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers 7:00 PM
Tue. Nov. 6* N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders 7:00 PM
Mon. Nov. 12 Carolina at Florida 7:30 PM
Tue. Nov. 13* Detroit at St. Louis 8:00 PM
Mon. Nov. 19 Tampa Bay at Atlanta 7:00 PM
Tue. Nov. 20* Boston at Toronto 7:00 PM
Mon. Nov. 26 Buffalo at Washington 7:00 PM
Tue. Nov. 27* Calgary at Detroit 7:00 PM
Mon. Dec. 3 Dallas at Columbus 7:00 PM
Tue. Dec. 4* Detroit at Montreal 7:30 PM
Mon. Dec. 10 Boston at Buffalo 7:00 PM
Tue. Dec. 11* Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Mon. Dec. 17* Washington at Detroit 7:00 PM
Tue. Dec. 18 Ottawa at Boston 7:00 PM
Mon. Dec. 31* St. Louis at Detroit 7:00 PM
Wed. Jan. 2 Atlanta at Carolina 7:00 PM
Tue. Jan. 8 Colorado at Detroit 7:30 PM
Mon. Jan. 14* N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh 7:00 PM
Tue. Jan. 15 Montreal at N.Y. Islanders 7:00 PM
Mon. Jan. 21* Washington at Pittsburgh 7:30 PM
Tue. Jan. 22 Boston at Montreal 7:30 PM
Sat. Jan. 26 All-Star Skills 7:00 PM
Sun. Jan. 27 All-Star Game 7:00 PM
Tue. Jan. 29 Buffalo at Tampa Bay 7:00 PM
Tue. Jan. 29 San Jose at Edmonton 9:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 30 Anaheim at Minnesota 7:00 PM
Wed. Jan. 30 Chicago at Colorado 9:30 PM
Mon. Feb. 4* Pittsburgh at New Jersey 7:00 PM
Tue. Feb. 5 Carolina at Nashville 8:00 PM
Mon. Feb. 11* Phoenix at Dallas 7:00 PM
Tue. Feb. 12 Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders 7:00 PM
Tue. Feb. 12 Anaheim at Colorado 9:30 PM
Mon. Feb. 18* Detroit at Colorado 8:00 PM
Tue. Feb. 19 Chicago at St. Louis 8:00 PM
Mon. Feb. 25* Philadelphia at Buffalo 7:00 PM
Tue. Feb. 26 New Jersey at Carolina 7:00 PM
Mon. March 03* Boston at Washington 7:00 PM
Tue. March 4 Buffalo at Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Tue. March 4 Vancouver at Colorado 9:30 PM
Mon. March 10* N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo 7:00 PM
Tue. March 11 New Jersey at Montreal 7:30 PM
Mon. March 17* Colorado at Minnesota 7:00 PM
Tue. March 18 Atlanta at Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Mon. March 24* Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders 7:00 PM
Tue. March 25 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers 7:00 PM
Mon. March 31* Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers 7:00 PM
Tue. April 1 TBD
Tue. April 1 Colorado at Vancouver 10:00 PM

fredfa had the NBC schedule info in HotP

NEW YORK – August 15, 2007 – The NBC NHL "Game of the Week" drops the puck on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008 with either the Boston Bruins at New York Rangers or the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks at the Dallas Stars as NBC enters its third season as the network broadcast partner of the NHL with a new innovation: the NHL will offer flexible scheduling for NBC's nine regular season dates (see below schedule).

NBC will be able to select from up to four games on Sunday afternoons. Thirteen days prior to the scheduled games (on Mondays), NBC, in conjunction with the NHL, will select one of those games as the "Game of the Week" to be broadcast during the NBC window. The other games will remain available to the teams' regional carrier but will not be televised during NBC's broadcast window.

Next season, all NBC regular season games will be broadcast on Sundays for the first time and all games will be presented in high definition. NBC will broadcast postseason games on select Saturdays and Sundays, and Games 3-7 of the Stanley Cup Final in primetime.

Potential schedule highlights include: the NBC "NHL Game of the Week" making its first regular season visit north of the border as the Montreal Canadiens host the New York Rangers on Feb. 3; the Ducks traveling to "Hockeytown" to meet the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 10; and Sidney Crosby (the NHL's youngest MVP since Wayne Gretzky) and the Pittsburgh Penguins dueling conference rivals the Rangers, who added Scott Gomez and Chris Drury (both former Stanley Cup champions) in the off season, on March 30. Teams are permitted up to four appearances in the NBC NHL "Game of the Week."

2008 NHL ON NBC REGULAR SEASON FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE
(All Games Announced 13 Days Prior)

Sunday, Jan. 20, 1:30 p.m. ET
Boston @ New York Rangers or
Anaheim @ Dallas

Sunday, Feb. 3, 2 p.m. ET
New York Rangers @ Montreal

Sunday, Feb. 10, 3:30 p.m. ET
Anaheim @ Detroit or
Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh or
New York Rangers @ Washington

Sunday, Feb. 17, 3:30 p.m. ET
Detroit @ Dallas or
Pittsburgh @ Buffalo or
San Jose @ New York Rangers or
Colorado @ Chicago

Sunday, March 2, 12:30 p.m. ET
Detroit @ Buffalo or
Philadelphia @ New York Rangers or
Atlanta @ Pittsburgh

Sunday, March 9, 12:30 p.m. ET
Pittsburgh @ Washington or
Boston @ New York Rangers or
Nashville @ Detroit

Sunday, March 16, Noon ET
Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh or
Detroit @ Columbus or
Boston @ Washington

Sunday, March 30, 12:30 p.m. ET
New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh or
Nashville @ Detroit or
Boston @ Buffalo

Sunday, April 6, 12:30 p.m. ET
Chicago @ Detroit or
New York Rangers @ New Jersey or
Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia

Partial schedule for HDNET NHL

Looks like Thursday/Saturday combo this year.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Schedule&network=HD%20NET&season=20072008

I see that NBC is still heavy with Pittsburgh, Detroit and the NY Rangers. The interesting thing is it says that a team can only be shown 4 times. They will have to pick wisely early since the Rangers are involed in 8 of their flex games, and Detroit and Pittsburgh in 7.

I wonder if WMAQ NBC affiliate in Chicago will have their $hit together this year and pass through the HD signal. Last year, they said they did not have that ability so we were stuck watching SD hockey :mad:

Yuck. Guess I'll have to get Center Ice again so I can watch the Canucks.

i can't wait to see the Center Ice HD Schedule. i really hope they are doing up to 4 games per night this year.

Lots of Rangers games and two early season match ups vs the Isles! Thanks for putting this up.

i can't wait to see the Center Ice HD Schedule. i really hope they are doing up to 4 games per night this year.

The only way I order CI this year is if Comcast gets the HD package to me or if I switch to D*

I see that NBC is still heavy with Pittsburgh, Detroit and the NY Rangers. The interesting thing is it says that a team can only be shown 4 times. They will have to pick wisely early since the Rangers are involed in 8 of their flex games, and Detroit and Pittsburgh in 7.

Where does it say this?

Where does it say this?

Very last line of the PR before the schedule...

Teams are permitted up to four appearances in the NBC NHL "Game of the Week."

Very last line of the PR before the schedule...

ahh, silly me. to think i "read" the article twice and still missed it.

Might have an addition to the NBC schedule

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2992844

There is apparently going to be another "Ice Bowl", NHL style.

According to a report from The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres will play an outdoor game on Jan. 1, 2008 at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the NFL's Buffalo Bills.

The game will reportedly air nationally on NBC, but neither the network nor the NHL would confirm the report.

"If and when we have something to announce we will make sure the announcement gets heard," NHL spokesperson Frank Brown told the newspaper.

ESPN The Magazine's E.J. Hradek originally reported in early June on the NHL's plans for another outdoor game.

In 2003, the league took the game outdoors for the highly successful "Heritage Classic" in Edmonton. A crowd of nearly 60,000 braved sub-zero temperatures at Commonwealth Stadium to see the Oilers skate against the Canadiens.

That game was preceded by a legends tilt, featuring stars such as Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Guy Lafleur. Messier, who at the time was an active member of the New York Rangers, received permission to participate in the special event.

The network’s full schedule follows (subject to change):
*Denotes exclusive Game of the Week

Does this mean they're not pre-empting locals, unlike last year?

Looks like Versus got screwed by Bettman too.

BTW, the 'outdoor' game in Buffalo was confirmed by the Buffalo News last Friday.

Sabres will play outdoors on Jan. 1 (http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabresnhl/story/147955.html)

The Buffalo Sabres will take it outside New Year's Day.

Various NHL sources have confirmed the Sabres have firmed up plans to play the Pittsburgh Penguins in Ralph Wilson Stadium at 1 p.m. Jan. 1. The long-discussed Ice Bowl will be televised by NBC.

An announcement is expected in Buffalo on Sept. 10.

Multiple sources claimed the Ice Bowl was in jeopardy of not taking place because financing the construction and maintenance of an outdoor hockey rink was difficult, but a deal came together this week.

NHL spokesman Frank Brown would not confirm the game had been finalized.

"When and if we have something to announce we'll make sure it's announced loudly," Brown said.

The Sabres declined to comment.

Ralph Wilson Stadium seats 73,967 for football. Crowd capacity for hockey, with room for additional field seating, could be greater.

The Ice Bowl would be the first outdoor NHL game since the Heritage Classic between the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens in November 2003. Despite a minus-18 degree wind chill, 57,167 watched in Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

I wonder if WMAQ NBC affiliate in Chicago will have their $hit together this year and pass through the HD signal. Last year, they said they did not have that ability so we were stuck watching SD hockey :mad:

i called wmaq each week when the games weren't in HD - if you recall they did show the hawks that one time in HD = pissed me off too

i'm a centre ice subscriber with directv but i'm considering dish.

can you guys confirm that dish shows both home and away feeds of the games?
do they show hockey nite in canada?
any word on The NHL Network coming to dish?

do they show any hd games on dish centre ice (other than on vs and hdnet)??

thanks so much!

Sunday, Feb. 10, 3:30 p.m. ET
Anaheim @ Detroit or
Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh or
New York Rangers @ Washington


NBC has chosen Anaheim @ Detroit for this week. The other games will be returned to the team's RSN and the game time may be changed.

Sunday, Feb. 17, 3:30 p.m. ET
Detroit @ Dallas or
Pittsburgh @ Buffalo or
San Jose @ New York Rangers or
Colorado @ Chicago

NBC has chosen Detroit @ Dallas for this week. The other games will be returned to the team's RSN and the game time may be changed.

A team can appear no more then 4 times on NBC's game of the week. The count so far, with the above announcements.

Anaheim - 1
Boston - 1
Dallas - 1
Detroit - 2
Montreal - 1
NY Rangers - 2

Sunday, March 2, 12:30 p.m. ET
Detroit @ Buffalo or
Philadelphia @ New York Rangers or
Atlanta @ Pittsburgh

NBC has chosen Philadelphia @ New York Rangers for that week. That is game number three on NBC for the Rangers leaving them only one more available. I'm guessing NBC will have a heavy dose of Pittsburgh when Crosby returns.

Sunday, March 9, 12:30 p.m. ET
Pittsburgh @ Washington or
Boston @ New York Rangers or
Nashville @ Detroit




NBC has chosen Pittsburgh @ Washington for their game that week.

NBC has chosen Pittsburgh @ Washington for their game that week.

Crosby going to be back for that one? Would love to see Crosby and Ovechkin face off against each other...haven't seen the latest timetable on Sid's return

Flyers/Rangers later today should be an outstanding game. It's a remarkably close race this year and the Flyers seem to have righted the ship after a horrendous losing streak through February.