OTTAWA – Newly re-branded A-Channel Ottawa will air 20 Ottawa Senators games this National Hockey League season anniounced the hockey club and the station today.
2005-06 season schedule will see the CHUM channel air all 19 of the club’s Thursday evening games.
The 20-game package marks the fifth consecutive season the Senators are back with the station, which changed identification from The New RO to A-Channel this month.
Of the schedule, 13 games are home games from the Corel Centre. In addition, Rogers Sportsnet will simulcast a majority of A-Channel games in their East region, enabling those outside A-Channel’s viewing area to catch their broadcasts.
“We are thrilled to be able to once again bring the excitement of NHL hockey home to our viewers,” said Don Mumford, A-Channel’s station manager, in the press release. “A-Channel is committed to providing entertainment for the whole family, and that’s exactly what the Ottawa Senators offer.”
A-Channel’s schedule opens in Ottawa against the Montreal Canadiens on October 27 – one of three Thursday night Senators/Canadiens match-ups to be broadcast. One week later, the Senators will receive a visit from the defending Stanley Cup champions Tampa Bay Lightning on November 3. Other key games to be broadcast on the A-Channel include Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 2 and five key divisional match-ups against Joe Thornton and the Boston Bruins between November and April, including Tuesday, April 11 – the only non-Thursday broadcast in the schedule.
"We are incredibly pleased to be back for another season with our partners at CHUM Television, on the newly launched A-Channel,” said Jim Steel, the Senators vice-president of broadcast. “A cooperative effort between A-Channel and the Senators regional broadcast partner Rogers Sportsnet, which will be simulcasting most of the games, has resulted in a terrific local broadcast schedule."
The complete A-Channel broadcast schedule is listed below:
Thur., Oct. 27 Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Nov. 3 Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Nov. 10 at Boston 7 p.m.
Thur., Nov. 17 Florida 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Dec. 1 at Boston 7 p.m.
Thur., Dec. 15 Dallas 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Dec. 22 at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Thur., Jan. 5 at Boston 7 p.m.
Thur., Jan. 12 San Jose 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Jan. 19 Anaheim 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Jan. 26 Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Feb. 2 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
Thur., Feb. 9 Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
Thur., March 2 Washington 7:30 p.m.
Thur., March 9 at Florida 7 p.m.
Thur., March 16 at Boston 7 p.m.
Thur., March 30 N.Y. Rangers 7:30 p.m.
Thur., April 6 Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Tue., April 11 Boston 7:30 p.m.
Thur., April 13 Florida 7:30 p.m.
(Note – Schedules are subject to change)
