NHL Network Schedule Of Live 2009-10 Pre-Season Games Begins Monday With Kraft Hockeyville Game At 10:30 P.M. ET

NHL NETWORK SCHEDULE OF LIVE 2009-10 PRE-SEASON GAMES BEGINS MONDAY WITH KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE GAME AT 10:30 P.M. ET

— Slate Of 10 Pre-Season Games To Air In The U.S., Six On NHL Network Canada —

NEW YORK (September 10, 2009) – Live NHL hockey returns to NHL Network in the U.S. and Canada on Monday, Sept. 14th, when the New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks open the NHL pre-season schedule at 10:30 p.m. ET from Terrace, B.C., winner of the Canada-wide Kraft Hockeyville contest.  The game is the first of ten live pre-season games appearing on NHL Network U.S. and six on NHL Network Canada in anticipation of the 2009-10 NHL regular season, which opens Thursday, Oct. 1.

For U.S. viewers, the 10-game schedule includes an appearance by each of the six Canadian teams, both the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers – combatants in the 2010 Bridgestone/NHL Winter Classic® on New Year’s Day –  and three games featuring the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, including a Sept. 27 pre-season rematch with the Detroit Red Wings.  The network will have a different live game on every night of the week Sept 21-27.  In Canada, viewers will be treated to two games featuring Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, as well as games featuring Original Six teams the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins.

2009-10 NHL Network U.S. Pre-Season Game Schedule 2009-10 NHL Network Canada Pre-Season Game Schedule
Mon., Sept. 14        NY Islanders @ Vancouver        10:30 p.m. ET*         Mon., Sept. 14        NY Islanders @ Vancouver        10:30 p.m. ET
Wed., Sept. 16        Boston @ Toronto                 7 p.m. ET*                 Tues., Sept. 15        Boston @ NY Rangers         7 p.m. ET
Thurs., Sept. 17        Toronto @ Philadelphia         7 p.m. ET                 Sat., Sept. 19                NY Rangers @ Boston         4 p.m. ET
Mon., Sept. 21        Pittsburgh @ Montreal         7:30 p.m. ET*         Mon., Sept. 21        Detroit @ NY Rangers         7 p.m. ET
Tues., Sept. 22        Pittsburgh @ Toronto         7 p.m. ET*                 Thurs., Sept. 24        Washington @ NY Rangers         7 p.m. ET
Wed., Sept. 23        Toronto @ Buffalo                 7 p.m. ET                 Sun., Sept. 27        NY Rangers @ Washington         Noon ET
Thurs., Sept. 24        Edmonton @ Tampa Bay         8:30 p.m. ET*
Fri., Sept. 25                Boston @ Ottawa                 7 p.m. ET*
Sat., Sept. 26                Vancouver @ Calgary         9 p.m. ET*
Sun., Sept. 27        Pittsburgh @ Detroit          5 p.m. ET*
* Telecast available in HD