2002/03 ESPN & ABC NHL tv schedule

[DaveJohnson]

I see the schedule was released today. Hopefully the TSN and Sportsnet ones will be out soon.

Date Network Time (ET) Game

*Oct. 9 ESPN 8 p.m. Dallas at Colorado or
N.Y. Rangers at Carolina

Oct. 9 ESPN2 10:30 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles

Oct. 10 ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh

Oct. 10 ESPN2 10:30 p.m. Detroit at San Jose

Oct. 13 ESPN2 9 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim

Oct. 17 ESPN2 8 p.m. Montreal at Detroit

Oct. 20 ESPN2 7 p.m. Washington at Dallas

Oct. 24 ESPN2 7 p.m. Ottawa at Boston

Oct. 27 ESPN2 7 p.m. San Jose at Chicago

Oct. 29 ESPN2 8 p.m. San Jose at Detroit

Oct. 31 ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Philadelphia

Nov. 3 ESPN2 7 p.m. Dallas at Detroit

Nov. 7 ESPN2 8 p.m. Boston at Detroit

Nov. 10 ESPN2 8 p.m. Nashville at Colorado

Nov. 13 ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia

Nov. 17 ESPN2 7 p.m. Colorado at Phoenix

Nov. 21 ESPN2 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Philadelphia

Nov. 28 ESPN2 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta

Dec. 1 ESPN2 7 p.m. Calgary at Detroit

*Dec. 5 ESPN 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia or
Detroit at Phoenix

Dec. 8 ESPN2 7 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit

Dec. 11 ESPN2 8 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Rangers

Dec. 12 ESPN 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Jose

Dec. 15 ESPN2 8 p.m. Dallas at Chicago

*Dec. 19 ESPN 8 p.m. Dallas at Detroit or
Boston at Washington

Dec. 22 ESPN2 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago

Dec. 26 ESPN2 8 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis

Dec. 29 ESPN2 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado

Dec. 29 ESPN2 9 p.m. Detroit at Dallas

Jan. 2 ESPN2 10 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles

*Jan. 5 ESPN 8 p.m. Detroit at Chicago or
Dallas at Anaheim

Jan. 6 ESPN2 8 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers

Jan. 8 ESPN2 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago

Jan. 9 ESPN2 9 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado

Jan. 11 ABC 1 p.m. Colorado at Dallas;
Detroit at Philadelphia;
N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh

Jan. 12 ESPN2 8 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim

Jan. 13 ESPN2 7 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Rangers

Jan. 16 ESPN 9 p.m. Detroit at Colorado

Jan. 19 ESPN2 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers

Jan. 20 ESPN2 8 p.m. Dallas at Colorado

*Jan. 23 ESPN 8 p.m. Boston at Pittsburgh or
St. Louis at Chicago

Jan. 27 ESPN2 8 p.m. Ottawa at Dallas

Jan. 29 ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Carolina

*Jan. 30 ESPN 8 p.m. Chicago at Boston or
Colorado at N.Y. Rangers

Feb. 5 ESPN2 10 p.m. Carolina at San Jose

Feb. 6 ESPN 8 p.m. Colorado at Detroit

Feb. 8 ABC 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Boston;
Detroit at Colorado;
N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia

Feb. 9 ESPN2 9 p.m. Calgary at Colorado

Feb. 10 ESPN2 8 p.m. San Jose at Detroit

Feb. 12 ESPN2 8 p.m. Toronto at Chicago

Feb. 13 ESPN 8 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis

Feb. 16 ESPN 3 p.m. San Jose at Dallas

Feb. 17 ESPN2 10 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles

*Feb. 20 ESPN 8 p.m. Colorado at Pittsburgh or
Los Angeles at Philadelphia

*Feb. 23 ESPN 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Colorado or
Minnesota at St. Louis

Feb. 23 ESPN2 6 p.m. Dallas at Chicago

Feb. 24 ESPN2 10 p.m. Calgary at San Jose

*Feb. 27 ESPN 8 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Rangers or
Chicago at Philadelphia

March 2 ESPN 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Dallas

March 2 ESPN2 6 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit

March 3 ESPN2 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers

March 5 ESPN2 9 p.m. Chicago at Dallas

*March 6 ESPN 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Boston or
Phoenix at St. Louis

March 8 ESPN2 8 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia

March 9 ESPN 3 p.m. Boston at Chicago

March 9 ESPN2 6 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim

March 15 ABC 3 p.m. Colorado at Detroit;
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey;
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

March 16 ESPN2 6 p.m. Colorado at Washington

March 17 ESPN2 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey

March 19 ESPN2 9 p.m. San Jose at Colorado

*March 20 ESPN 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia or
Anaheim at St. Louis

March 22 ABC 3 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis;
N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia;
Chicago at Colorado

*March 27 ESPN 8 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia or
Los Angeles at Colorado

March 29 ABC 1:30 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis;
N.Y. Rangers at Boston

March 29 ABC 6 p.m. Phoenix at Colorado

*April 3 ESPN 8 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis or
N.Y. Islanders at Detroit

*April 6 ESPN 3 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina

[GOD]

N.Y. Rangers at Carolina
....the first Ranger win in their road to the CUP in 2003 ! Take it to the bank !

I will be sitting front and center in the old lazy boy awaiting that game ! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif Suck it up Leaf fans...it's gonna be a long season for you !!! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

[DaveJohnson]

The season hasn`t even started and the trash talk is starting....Love it! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

[astrosfancbeaver]

Not as many games as there were 2-4 years ago. (Fox's last season, when they aired every week from Feb. on) (ESPN/ESPN2 had 150+ games 2-3 years ago)

IMO, when this current contract is up- Expect the NHL to go to the Peacock Network (and still probably ESPN/ESPN2) and with telecasts every week. Their best sports offerings- the Triple Crown, NASCAR and Norte Dame football.

[Andrew8468]

*Smacking God upside the head because he is obviously off his medication again* /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

ESPN/ESPN2 is cutting their NHL coverage by 30% this season because the ratings are down. So the coverage has gone from 128 games in 2000/01 to 101 last year to 71 this season.

I wish NBC didn't have any NASCAR coverage because they suck! Add Benny Parsons to the Fox crew somewhere and let Fox/FX/Fox Sports Net/Speed cover it all season.

[astrosfancbeaver]

How many games were there on ESPN/ESPN2 in '99-'00?

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Another reason why ESPN/ESPN2 reduced NHL coverage is they picked up the NBA this coming season. It'll be on Wed. nite, shifting hockey to thurs. nite.

[hddave]

Ho-hum. Looks like ESPN/ABC doesn't think Edmonton or Vancouver are worthy of televising. Probably a few more teams also. Sure wish they would try to cover all the divisions. Oh well at least we'll see the Canucks in the Stanley Cup playoffs on ESPN/ABC. LOL

[GOD]

LOL...I will have 2 of whatever you are drinking !!! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

[DaveJohnson]

HDDave I have a funny feeling Edmonton and Vancouver don`t care if their games are televised elsewhere as I`m sure they want to bolster their own PPV this year. JMHO. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Signed Plain Old Analog Dave /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[Andrew8468]

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Ho-hum. Looks like ESPN/ABC doesn't think Edmonton or Vancouver are worthy of televising. Probably a few more teams also. Sure wish they would try to cover all the divisions.

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Ho hum, there is a pretty good reason why the Canadian teams don't show up on ESPN/ABC or on FOX before them. If the Rangers were losing to the Leafs, guess how many ratings points they would get from viewers in Toronto? ZERO! If you have low ratings, you can't charge as much for commercials and you make less money.

[Hans]

I do not know Edmonton or Calgary PPV /forums/images/icons/smile.gif /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif
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