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XM Radio Broadcasts Chase Chevrolet ECHL All-Star Game Live

Published on December 13, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that the 2008 Chase Chevrolet ECHL All-Star Game presented by Bud Light and Jackson Rancheria will be broadcast live by XM Satellite Radio, marking the third consecutive year that the nation's leading satellite radio service has carried the game.

"We are thrilled to once again be a part of the ECHL All-Star celebration," said Joe Thistel, director of Sports and Talk Programming of XM Canada. "Our listeners appreciate the exciting play-by-play coverage of the game and our behind-the-scenes look at the League's top prospects, news and highlights."

"XM has been a tremendous supporter of the ECHL and we are excited again for our showcase event to be a part of their live programming," said Glen Thornborough, Senior Vice President of Marketing/Business Development for the ECHL "Hockey fans throughout North America can again listen as some of hockey's top prospects compete in Stockton California."

The ECHL All-Star Game will be broadcast on NHL Hockey Play-by-Play (XM Channel 206) at 10 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 in the United States on XM Radio and in Canada through XM's partner, Canadian Satellite Radio. In addition to its broadcast of the All-Star Game, XM Radio regularly features the Premier 'AA' Hockey League on "Hockey This Morning" with Scott Laughlin heard each weekday morning on HOME ICE XM 204.

The 2007-08 National Hockey League (NHL) season marks XM's third season of NHL coverage and its first season as the exclusive satellite radio provider of the League. XM and the NHL have a long-term broadcast partnership, through 2015. In addition to live coverage of every game for every team in the NHL, XM is the exclusive carrier of the 24-hour hockey talk radio channel NHL Home Ice which provides hockey fans with the latest hockey news, commentary, call-in shows, interviews and other special programming, 365 days a year. XM Satellite Radio also broadcasts the NHL All-Star Game, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Stanley Cup Finals.

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

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

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League 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 336 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06. There have been 191 players who have played in the NHL after the ECHL in the past five seasons.

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 17 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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