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NHL Network Televises Game 2 Of Alaska, Las Vegas Series

Published on April 29, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release




PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that Game 2 of the National Conference Semifinals between the Alaska Aces and the Las Vegas Wranglers will be broadcast at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday on NHL Network in the United States and Canada.

It is the fifth year in a row that NHL Network has featured the Kelly Cup Playoffs, including telecasting the Kelly Cup Finals each of the past four years. NHL Network has presented the "ECHL Game of the Week" and has carried the ECHL All-Star Game telecast live each of the last six years.

Launched in Canada in 2001 and introduced to U.S. viewers in 2007, NHL Network gives viewers unprecedented 24-hour access to the most comprehensive hockey coverage, both on and off the ice. NHL Network televises live regular-season NHL games in addition to classic games, documentaries, instructional shows, highlights and more. NHL Network is available in more than 80 million homes across America through agreements with Cablevision, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network, Cox Communications, Charter, Time Warner and other providers.

About NHL Network
As the definitive hockey destination, NHL Network offers viewers a 24-hour all-access pass to complete hockey coverage both on and off the ice, including live NHL games featuring stars such as Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. The network's daily signature show - NHL On The Fly - offers fans exclusive live look-ins to each NHL game, including goals, shootouts, extended highlights, stellar saves, features, interviews, pre- and post-game reports, team press conferences, expert analysis from a variety of hockey insiders and former players, plus special event coverage from the NHL All-Star Game, NHL Stanley Cup Final and NHL Entry Draft. Additional NHL Network programming includes international and amateur hockey, player profiles, interview shows and youth-oriented programs. NHL Network is available in the United States and Canada by contacting digital cable or satellite providers.

ECHL
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08, the ECHL is the Premier ‘AA' Hockey League and the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 25 teams playing 900 games in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08.

The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May 19, 2003.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL in 2007-08, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

There have been 355 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in the ECHL, including 99 in the last three seasons. There have been 210 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past seven seasons.

There are 15 coaches in the NHL who have ECHL experience including former Wheeling coach Peter Laviolette, who is head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, and former Mississippi coach Bruce Boudreau, who is head coach of the Washington Capitals.

The ECHL is represented for the seventh consecutive year on the National Hockey League championship team in 2007 with Anaheim assistant coach Dave Farrish, players Francois Beauchemin and George Parros and broadcasters John Ahlers and Steve Carroll.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League in 2007-08 and for the past 18 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup champion.

In each of the last two seasons there have been more than 225 players who have played in both the ECHL and the AHL and there were over 800 call-ups involving more than 500 players. In the last five seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 2,000 call-ups involving more than 1,000 players since 2002-03.

Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.

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