Hockey Fans,
There are 4 marvelous teams in this years semi-finals. It's time to
unite and send the TV executives a message. Like the new rules or not,
it's time to make a statement to insure our sport is not pushed to the
side. Go to any rink in my part of the country and you'll see
literally thousands of kids (and a good number of adults) playing in
hockey leagues. It's hard to imagine that hockey TV ratings are not
higher. On most nights there is nothing on TV more exciting than these
playoff games. Watch. Be counted. Help raise the respectability of
the sport we love. Hockey fans are true sports fans. It's not a game
that attracts a lot of betting action. Think about it. How many
football fans really are fans and not just someone interested because
they like to bet? That won't be the case with most people who follow
hockey.
Eastern Conference Final
*Finals - #2 Carolina Hurricanes vs. #4 Buffalo Sabres Network Score
May 20 @ 2:00pm ET Game 1: Sabres 3 @ Hurricanes 2 (HD) NBC Sabres Lead

Series 1-0
May 22 @ 7:30pm ET Game 2: Sabres 3 @ Hurricanes 4 (HD) OLN Series Tied

1-1
May 24 @ 7:30pm ET Game 3: Hurricanes 3 @ Sabres 4 (HD) OLN Sabres Lead

Series 2-1
May 26 @ 7:30pm ET Game 4: Hurricanes @ Sabres (HD) OLN
May 28 @ 7:30pm ET Game 5: Sabres @ Hurricanes (If Necessary) (HD) OLN
May 30 @ 7:30pm ET Game 6: Hurricanes @ Sabres (If Necessary) (HD) OLN
June 1 @ 7:30pm ET Game 7: Sabres @ Hurricanes (If Necessary) (HD) OLN
Western Conference Final
*Finals - #6 Anaheim Mighty Ducks vs. #8 Edmonton Oilers Network Score
May 19 @ 9:00pm ET Game 1: Oilers 3 @ Mighty Ducks 1 (HD) OLN Oilers
Lead Series 1-0
May 21 @ 9:00pm ET Game 2: Oilers 3 @ Mighty Ducks 1 (HD) OLN Oilers
Lead Series 2-0
May 23 @ 8:00pm ET Game 3: Mighty Ducks 4 @ Oilers 5 (HD) OLN Oilers
Lead Series 3-0
May 25 @ 8:00pm ET Game 4: Mighty Ducks @ Oilers (HD) OLN
May 27 @ 9:00pm ET Game 5: Oilers @ Mighty Ducks
(If Necessary) (HD) OLN
May 29 @ 8:00pm ET Game 6: Mighty Ducks @ Oilers
(If Necessary) (HD) OLN
May 31 @ 9:00pm ET Game 7: Oilers @ Mighty Ducks
(If Necessary) (HD) OLN

As far as I'm concerned, it has been already. All during the regular season,
it seemed that there were stretches of days at a time between games on OLN,
even during late in the season when typically, more games would be on tap.
When ESPN covered the NHL, it typically wasn't difficult to find a game
around every other day at the very least, especially heading into the
halfway point of the season.

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ben

Also, I though it didn't matter what you did unless you had one of
those ratings boxes hooked up to your TV. If someone can organize
those folks then there would anarchy.