NHL Center Ice is an out-of-market sports package distributed by most cable and satellite providers in the

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and

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. The package allows its subscribers to see up to forty out-of-market

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games a week using local and national television networks. NHL Center Ice includes Canadian broadcasts, such as games broadcast on

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, as well as

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broadcasts on CBC, Sportsnet, and

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. It also has included out-of-region games broadcast on ABC,

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, and TNT/TBS. Occasionally, French-language feeds from

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may be used if no English-language broadcast is available.

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games (e.g.

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) are included as well. For some cable viewers and those subscribing via

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, both teams' feeds are available for most games. Other cable subscribers may be limited to only one feed and also have a smaller selection of high-definition games. Some providers offer high definition broadcasts when available. A number of providers put Center Ice on the same channels as

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; hockey often gets priority because the conflict occurs during April, at the end of the regular season and beginning of the playoffs. A free preview is usually shown during the first three weeks of the NHL season and right after (or a few weeks after) the

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(or, until 2014, the Olympic break in years when the Winter Olympics occur).

Games not televised on NHL Center Ice

*Games which are nationally televised in the U.S. on ABC,

, TNT, TBS, or NHL Network. (Subscribers get NHL Network for free when they buy Center Ice, unless they subscribe through Spectrum or Verizon Fios, which at this time do not include NHL Network as part of the Center Ice package.) *High-definition feeds of games originating on MSG,

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, MSG2, and MSG+2 on Dish Network *

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Broadcasts (Only shown when it is the only broadcast available for that game). * RDS and RDS2 (French-speaking Canadiens broadcast); these broadcasts are shown only when there is not an English broadcast available.

Availability

NHL Center Ice is available with these cable and satellite providers: * Adams Cable * Altice USA *

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(

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) *

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– part owner *

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– part owner *

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* iN DEMAND *

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* RCN * Service Electric Cable TV & Communications * SaskTel *

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* Summit Broadband * Verizon FiOS

References

External links

Official NHL Center Ice websiteNHL Center Ice Page on in DEMAND's Website
{{U.S. premium television services Satellite television National Hockey League on television Out-of-market sports packages

Games not televised on NHL Center Ice

Availability

See also

References

External links