Stars Featured on Versus Three Times, Local TV Schedule Out Later Today
by Brad Gardner on Aug 26, 2010 9:54 AM CDT
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PrintThere was a day not too long ago when the Stars and Red Wings were sure to be featured on national television against each other at least once a season. Now, even with Mike Modano, 20 year face of the Dallas Stars moving to the hated Wings, they get nothing. It says a lot about where the Stars are in the national hockey consciousness. They're now the Indiana Pacers of national television coverage: They don't get on much and people just kind of tolerate them being there. In other words, they're not very good.
The Stars will be featured on Versus three times this year:
- Nov. 29 @ Carolina
- Jan. 17 vs. Los Angeles
- Feb. 22 vs. New Jersey
The games on the 17th and 22nd are both schedule for 7:30pm starts, so that could change. The game against the Ducks on a Tuesday (10/26) that they changed inexplicably to an 8:00pm start is not on this list. On the behalf of season ticket holders with children everywhere: Why is there an 8:00pm start on a Tuesday if it's not a Versus (or a national tv game in Canada) broadcast?
There are two options for NBC games:
- March 13 vs. Los Angeles
(But they'll probably go with Chicago at Washington) - April 10 @ Minnesota
(But they'll probably go with Detroit at Chicago or Boston at New Jersey)
The only thing I really want to know is a.) Will all the games be televised? and b.) How many will be in HD? The official Dallas Stars Twitter account had this to say on Tuesday...
#DallasStars TV schedule is being finalized and it looks as though all 82 games will be available in HD this season. More soon...
All 82 in HD? Wow, is it 2008 already? I kid, I kid. Production in HD is expensive, and we all know about how Tom Hicks lost his wallet in a bar fight.
The rest of the local TV schedule is expected to be released later today... We'll update when we have it.
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I'd say getting all 82 games televised period is a big deal.
Considering how much they sucked last year. And the year before.
Well, that might have more to do with their current deal with FSN
That doesn’t expire until 2014. What happens after 2014 will be interesting. It’s then when the Stars could find themselves like one of those teams (like the Hurricanes) with pretty spotty tv coverage.
What they did last year
With that Avs game is they crossed their fingers that NBC was going to pick it up, and they didn’t, leaving the Stars with no takers.
Then they just got lucky with the last game of the year because the Modano hype prompted my27 to pick it up late in the spring.
It’s good to hear they (probably) have a plan for all 82 this season. We’ll know soon.
It's also worth noting
That there’s surely more to it than that, and I don’t know a dang thing about how politics and financial of the tv situation work.
by Brad Gardner on Aug 26, 2010 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
For Dish people regarding Versus...
If you’re like me, and you have Dish network, you know that you have to subscribe to the 250+ channel packages in order to get Versus. For me, thats $25 more per month than what I pay now, just to get the 1 additional channel from that package that I would actually watch. Not worth it.
I talked to customer service, and they said they were considering making Versus available in other packages in some form or fashion. So please, for the love of all things holy, call Dish customer service and pester them to death until they make it possible.
I can stand missing those 3 games during the season, but dag nabit, it better be available by the time playoffs roll around.
I think I would have to kill myself
If I didn’t have Versus come playoff time.
by Brad Gardner on Aug 26, 2010 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
thanks for planting that seed in my head
though, atdhe might still be up and running then… that was my life saver this year
Well, if you haven't had it
Then you won’t miss at as bad.
For all the crap that Versus gets, their playoff coverage is really outstanding. They maximize content quite well, even presenting a period of a game here or there while waiting for the later game to start…it’s really nice to just sit and watch playoff hockey for like 7 hours a night during the first round.
ESPN had a better deal back in the day with two channels and sometimes even an alternate channel (I remember this on Directv) to show three games at a time…but those were different times.
by Brad Gardner on Aug 26, 2010 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I know Center Ice wll show select games from the first 2 rounds
But who knows how many of those I’ll actually get to see. I really wish Versus would work with them on that… it sucks. I had versus when I was with Dish, and I loved it. But then I switched to Dish since the same tv package cost me about $35 less per month, plus I got the free HD for life thing… worth it, but I may have made a hockey sacrifice that I’m not ready to cope with just yet.
Versus isn't my problem...
It’s the 20+ games missed because they were blacked out on Dish N. Any word on change for this year?
by Guy Johnson on Aug 26, 2010 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Not yet.
I am also on the lookout for news about the “FSN+” games next year. That screwed us FiOS customers up.
by Brad Gardner on Aug 26, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Locally
FSSW picked up 20+ games (22 I think) over what they picked up in 2008 – 2009. They charged providers more for carrying those games. Dish network blacked out those games rather than pay FSSW more money. Most of them were home games so there was always the “go to the game” option but some of them were away games.
Oh yeah, I remember all that fuss now...
Yeah, I live in TN, so thankfully I don’t have to mess with that…
But I have to shell out the dough for center ice, so it all evens out.
When does Center Ice start? I need to know when I can pay for it this season.
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Oh wait. It's Gamecenter that's online. Damn.
Always get those confused. When does gamecenter start? lol
DefendingBigD: A Dallas Stars Blog
The Maneater: The Mizzou Student Newspaper I cover women's soccer and other sportsy stuff.
dunno, but I might consider doing gamecenter instead of center ice...
that way if the weather is bad, my dish won’t ruin the fun.
The Stars already have those "NBC Game"
(That are pretty unlikely to be NBC games) penciled in on their schedule here:
http://stars.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm
That’s not all that encouraging to think the last game of the season might not be televised in Dallas/Ft Worth. We’ll see.
I'm glad they won't be on VS much
I usually hate it when they are on VS, so I’d rather they stay off there and on the local stations. I miss Ralph and Razor when they are shown anywhere else
I don't care what channel they're on.
As long as Ralph and Razor are announcing the game, everything’s fine.
Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.
by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Aug 26, 2010 4:10 PM CDT reply actions
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