Cable 14 to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Hamilton Bulldogs Calder Cup Championship
Published on May 30, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
With the Chicago Wolves playing the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League's 2008 Calder Cup Finals, the 2007 Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs are preparing to celebrate the one-year anniversary of their first AHL Championship.
On Thursday, June 7th, 2007, Hamilton topped Hershey 2-1 in game five of the Calder Cup Finals. With the triumph, the Bulldogs won their best-of-seven series with the Bears four games to one and captured the franchise's first AHL championship and the first-ever professional hockey championship for the City of Hamilton. To celebrate this accomplishment and the one-year anniversary of the âDogs first title, Cable 14 will be airing, in its entirety, Game Five of the AHL's 2007 Calder Cup Finals between the Hamilton Bulldogs and the Hershey Bears on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Hamilton Bulldogs Director of Broadcasting and Communications / Play-By-Play Announcer Derek Wills will host the encore presentation. Providing coverage of the game will be the Cable 14 AHL Live broadcast crew of play-by-play announcer Todd Crocker, colour commentator Norm Miller and host Laura Leigh Groppo.
"We thought that repeating this game on Cable 14 would be a wonderful way to remember and reflect on how exciting it was to be a part of the Hamilton Bulldogs Calder Cup Championship exactly one year ago to the day", said Cable 14 General Manager Brent Rickert. "We hope âDogs fans and loyal Cable 14 viewers enjoy this second chance to relive this historical moment."
In addition, fans will have an opportunity purchase a Hamilton Bulldogs 2007 Calder Cup Championship Commemorative DVD Set. The multi-disc set will not only feature Game Five of the AHL's 2007 Calder Cup Finals in its entirety, it will also give viewers an chance to choose who calls the game - either the Cable 14 AHL Live broadcast crew of Todd Crocker, Norm Miller and Laura Leigh Groppo or the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network broadcast crew of Derek Wills and Al Craig. The DVD Set will also include highlights of every game-winning goal from the âDogs 16 wins during the 2007 Calder Cup Playoffs, features and never-before-seen footage from Cable 14's AHL Live broadcasts and a gallery with over 100 photographs taken of the Hamilton Bulldogs during their seven-week-long post-season run. Fans will have the opportunity to pre-order a Hamilton Bulldogs 2007 Calder Cup Championship Commemorative DVD Set beginning on Monday, June 9th.
Currently in its 72nd season of play, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 83 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 6 million fans have attended AHL games across North America in each of the past six seasons.
2008-2009 Hamilton Bulldogs season tickets are now available! For more information, call 905-529-8500 or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.
American Hockey League Stories from May 30, 2008
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- Cable 14 to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Hamilton Bulldogs Calder Cup Championship - Hamilton Bulldogs
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- NHL Network to Broadcast Entire 2008 Calder Cup Finals - AHL
- Time Change For Home Games - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
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