Original Six Match-Up Featuring Boston-NY Rangers Highlights TSN’s Live Coverage of Conference Semifinal Series

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TORONTO (May 13, 2013) – As the quest for the Stanley Cup continues, TSN tonight confirmed its broadcast schedule for the Second Round of the 2013 STANLEY CUP® PLAYOFFS, headlined by an Original Six showdown between the Boston Bruins and NY Rangers.

TSN has live coverage of the Conference Semifinal Series – Boston-NY Rangers and Los Angeles-San Jose – featuring the following players:
• Boston: Playoff scoring leader David Krejci, Game 7 heroes Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron, and captain Zdeno Chara
• NY Rangers: 2012 Vezina Trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist, playoff revelation Derick Brassard, and Rick Nash
• Los Angeles: 2012 Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Quick, captain Dustin Brown, and Drew Doughty 
• San Jose: Vezina Trophy finalist Antti Niemi, Logan Couture, and Patrick Marleau 

TSN’s coverage of the 2013 STANLEY CUP® PLAYOFFS continues tomorrow night (Tuesday, May 14) with Game 1: San Jose @ Los Angeles at 10 p.m. ET (see complete broadcast schedule below).

Action in the Boston-NY Rangers series kicks off on Thursday, May 16 with Game 1: NY Rangers @ Boston at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN.

TSN also takes a look back at the opening round of the NHL Playoffs with itsFIRST ROUND IN 60 MINUTES special tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. ET, leading into live game coverage of the San Jose-Los Angeles series. The highlight show focuses on all of the biggest moments from each First Round series, with close attention paid to the match-ups featuring Canadian teams.

TSN’s live coverage of the 2013 STANLEY CUP® PLAYOFFS runs through the third round, with games also available live nationally on TSN Mobile TV.

The network’s Boston-NY Rangers coverage features play-by-play announcer Gord Miller and game analyst Mike Johnson, while play-by-play announcer Chris Cuthbert and game analyst Ray Ferraro call all the action in the Los Angeles-San Jose series.

NHL ON TSN host James Duthie is in the TSN Studio for pre-game shows and intermissions alongside Hockey Insiders Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger, and analysts Aaron Ward and Darren Pang. Joining them during the Second Round are two current NHLers – Danny Briere of the Philadelphia Flyers and George Parros of the Florida Panthers. 

Throughout the NHL Playoffs, TSN has comprehensive coverage of Canada’s favourite pastime on all of its properties and platforms, including TSN.ca, the TSN app for iPhone and iPad, and TSN Radio and TEAM Radio stations across the country. TEAM 1200 in Ottawa has live game coverage of the Senators-Penguins conference semifinal series, while the stations in Toronto (TSN Radio 1050), Montreal (TSN Radio 690), Winnipeg (TSN Radio 1290), and Vancouver (TEAM 1040) feature live coverage of select playoff games.

RDS delivers French-language coverage of the NHL post-season through to the end of the Stanley Cup Final.

TSN’s broadcast schedule for the Second Round of the 2013 STANLEY CUP® PLAYOFFS is as follows:

Boston vs. NY Rangers
• Game 1: NY Rangers @ Boston – Thursday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Game 2: NY Rangers @ Boston– Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. ET on TSN
• Game 3: Boston @ NY Rangers – Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Game 4: Boston @ NY Rangers – Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. ET on TSN
• *Game 5: NY Rangers @ Boston – Saturday, May 25 at TBD on TSN
• *Game 6: Boston @ NY Rangers – Monday, May 27 at TBD on TSN
• *Game 7: NY Rangers @ Boston – Wednesday, May 29 at TBD on TSN

San Jose vs. Los Angeles
• Game 1: San Jose @ Los Angeles – Tuesday, May 14 at 10 p.m. ET on TSN
• Game 2: San Jose @ Los Angeles – Thursday, May 16 at 10 p.m. ET on TSN
• Game 3: Los Angeles @ San Jose – Saturday, May 18 at 9 p.m. ET on TSN
• Game 4: Los Angeles @ San Jose – Tuesday, May 21 at 10 p.m. ET on TSN
• *Game 5: San Jose @ Los Angeles – Thursday, May 23 at 10:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• *Game 6: Los Angeles @ San Jose – Sunday, May 26 at TBD on TSN
• *Game 7: San Jose @ Los Angeles – Tuesday, May 28 at TBD on TSN

*if necessary

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