TORONTO and PHILADELPHIA — Bell Media’s TSN and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) today announced the sports network’s NLL Game of the Week broadcast schedule for the 2021-22 regular season, which will feature games from the home arenas of every Canadian franchise in the league.
TSN’s 20-game regular season broadcast schedule begins with the Albany Firewolves visiting the Toronto Rock at the team’s new home, the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ont., on Saturday, Dec. 4. The game will air live on TSN starting at 7 p.m. ET.
The NLL Game of the Week schedule features nine matchups between Canadian teams, which include the Toronto Rock, Halifax Thunderbirds, Saskatchewan Rush, Calgary Roughnecks and Vancouver Warriors, and 11 matches between U.S. and Canada-based teams.
In addition to its NLL Game of the Week broadcasts, TSN will deliver live streaming coverage of every game of the NLL regular season and postseason on its digital platforms, TSN.ca and the TSN app.
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“The NLL Game of the Week on TSN ushers in a new era for the league’s new media business,” said NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz. “The schedule showcases all our great franchises in Canada and the broad range of distribution on both TSN linear and digital platforms allowing fans across the country to experience the excitement of NLL games on TSN.
“As Canada’s premier sports network we could not be more excited and honored to partner with TSN and take our content and media distribution business to the next level,” Sakiewicz said.
In July, TSN and the NLL announced a partnership agreement to bring NLL games to Canadians across broadcast and live streaming platforms for the first time since 2016.
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