NESN Announces 2013 Boston Bruins Broadcast Schedule

Network to Televise 41 Regular Season Games Beginning with Opener on Saturday, January 19^th

January 15, 2013 – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, will deliver live and regionally exclusive coverage of forty-one (41) Boston Bruins games this season, beginning Saturday, January 19^th when the Bruins drop the puck on the 2013 season by hosting the New York Rangers at TD Garden. NESN’s coverage on opening night will start at 5:30 pm with Big Bad Bruins LIVE presented by DCU followed by a special one-hour edition of W.B. Mason Bruins Face-Off LIVE and will conclude with ACE Ticket Bruins Overtime LIVE, the network’s post-game show.

For the 8^th consecutive year, NESN’s broadcast team will feature play-by-play announcer Jack Edwards and color analyst Andy Brickley. Naoko Funayama returns for her 5^th season as NESN’s rink-side reporter. NESN’s pre and post-game shows and intermission coverage will be hosted by Dale Arnold, who will be joined by studio analysts Billy Jaffe, Gord Kluzak and Barry Pederson.

NESN has been the home of the Boston Bruins since 1984. Last season the network garnered the highest average household rating in its history with a 4.7 HH rating. Bruins ratings showed an incredible level of consistency last season, as 23 of the network’s 25 top-rated Bruins regular season games of all-time were played during the 2011/12 season, including the six highest rated games in NESN history. The second highest average in NESN history was recorded the last time the NHL experienced a shortened season back in 1995, when NESN earned a 3.8 HH rating.

Attached is a complete listing of NESN’s 2013 Boston Bruins broadcast schedule. To import the schedule electronically into your web, mobile or desktop calendar, visit www.NESN.com/schedule.

About NESN

NESN has consistently been one of the top-rated regional sports networks in the country with award-winning Red Sox and Bruins coverage. The network is delivered to over 4 million homes throughout the six-state New England region and an additional 4.4 million homes nationally as NESN National. Forbes Magazine recently ranked NESN as the 9^th Most Valuable Sports Business Brand. NESN.com, the network’s online sports news service, is one of the most visited regional sports network websites in the country. NESN also produces a number of distinctive programs under its umbrella Original NESN Entertainment (ONE). NESN is owned by Fenway Sports Group (owners of the Boston Red Sox) and Delaware North (owners of the Boston Bruins).

NESN’s 2013 Boston Bruins Broadcast Schedule