Leafs TV To Televise Ice Pilots Games on Taped Delay Basis
Published on November 3, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release
Pensacola, FL - The Pensacola Ice Pilots announced today for the second season in a row Leafs TV, owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., will be televising select Ice Pilots home games this season on a taped delay basis beginning this weekend vs. Columbia on Friday and Saturday night.
The games will be aired as part of the channels "Mondays on the Farm" programming, which highlights the Toronto Maple Leafs affiliate clubs. Leafs TV is a 24-hour digital television network that is in its fifth year of programming. Viewers in the Maple Leafs broadcast region (Ontario, Canada) will be able to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs future prospects.
"We are thrilled to have Leafs TV once again televising the Ice Pilots games," said Ice Pilots President Mario Forgione. "The players families and friends will have an opportunity to watch some of the games and the city of Pensacola will be showcased as a hockey town in the Toronto, Ontario area."
The Ice Pilots will play home games tomorrow night and Saturday night vs. the Columbia Inferno at 7:05 p.m. Two thousand Ice Pilots stickers will be given away after the game on Friday night.
It is "Sea Wolves Appreciation Day" on Saturday night. Members of the Sea Wolves staff will be in attendance selling "Hurricane Katrina Sea Wolves T-Shirts" and raffling off Sea Wolves hockey sticks which survived the hurricane. Former Sea Wolves players Chris Cava, Nick Greenough and Jay Legault play for the Inferno. Sea Wolves mascot, Hook, will be at the game to meet and greet fans. Tickets for Sea Wolves fans are offered in advance only at $8 and $12 by contacting Aaron Horowitz director of tickets at 850-432-7825 ext 269 at the Ice Pilots office.
Fans can purchase individual game tickets in person at the Civic Center box offic
e, at any Ticketmaster location, charge by phone at 434-7444 or through the Ice
Pilots website at www.icepilots.com. For group tickets, season tickets, birthday
parties and corporate partnerships, fans can call the Ice Pilots office at 432-PUCK
(7825).
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