XM Satellite Radio To Carry Two Bulldogs Games This Month

Published on February 2, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


The Hamilton Bulldogs in conjunction with the American Hockey League announced today that 12 AHL games are scheduled to be heard live on XM Satellite Radio on their all-hockey NHL Home Ice channel later this month.

Of the 12 games, two Bulldogs games are scheduled to be broadcast, the first on February 19th when Hamilton battles the Grand Rapids Griffins at 7:00 p.m. and the second on February 27th when the $B!F(BDogs welcome the Rochester Americans to Copps Coliseum for a 7:00 p.m. game. The game against the Americans will use the call of Hamilton Bulldogs Play-By-Play Announcer Derek Wills and Colour Commentator Al Craig.

XM, which has carried select AHL regular-season, playoff and all-star action on NHL Home Ice since 2006, will begin a two-week stretch of AHL coverage on Tuesday, February 16th, with a battle between the Worcester Sharks and the Springfield Falcons.

The AHL on XM (all times Eastern):

Tue., Feb. 16 - Worcester at Springfield, 7:00

Wed., Feb. 17 - Adirondack at Binghamton, 7:00

Fri., Feb. 19 - Hamilton at Grand Rapids, 7:00

Sat., Feb. 20 - Lake Erie at Hershey, 7:00

Sun., Feb. 21 - Hartford at Bridgeport, 3:00

Sun., Feb. 21 - Houston at Peoria, 6:00

Tue., Feb. 23 - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Portland, 7:00

Wed., Feb. 24 - Syracuse at Adirondack, 7:00

Thu., Feb. 25 - Rockford at Milwaukee, 8:00

Fri., Feb. 26 - Lowell at Manchester, 7:30

Sat., Feb. 27 - Rochester at Hamilton, 7:00

Sun., Feb. 28 - Hershey at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 3:00

NHL Home Ice can be found on XM 204 in Canada and the United States and on Sirius 208 on "The Best of XM" package in the U.S. NHL Home Ice provides subscribers with groundbreaking 24/7 hockey talk and is home to live play-by-play coverage of every National Hockey League game during the regular season and the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 84 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 6 million fans have attended AHL games across North America during each of the past eight seasons.

The Bulldogs will host the San Antonio Rampage tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at Copps Coliseum. Fans

can listen to every $B!F(BDogs game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, TALK 820. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the $B!F(BAHL Live' or $B!F(BTALK 820' icons on the Bulldogs website.

Tickets for all Hamilton Bulldogs home games (with the exception of the February 21st game at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec) are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office, any Ticketmaster Outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.ca or through charge-by-phone at 905-527-7666. For more information on $B!F(BDogs season tickets, flex packs, mini packs and group tickets call 905-529-8500 or visit www.hamiltonbulldogs.com.



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