David LeNeveu is expected to start tonight in OLN's nationally televised game.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/1011cujo1011.html
Anyone know if last night's Pittsburgh-Buffalo game was blacked out on Time-Warner? The tv guide channel had the game showing, and there was a special about the NHL draft prior to game time, but then they just aired regular programming. I live on the border of Vermont 45 miles south of Montreal, so I wouldn't really consider myself remotely within the Buffalo ticket area. I really hope tonight's game really is on, and they are not just saying it is.
Go Lenny!!! ::banana::
OLN has apologized for technical difficulties preventing some people from watching the broadcast.
http://www.nhl.com/news/2005/10/237906.html
Thanks. I was wondering why I would have been shut out from that one. Its not like OLN is the YES Network, with its efforts to be all-powerful and controlling. (Unfortunately for me, you can get NESN on this side of the lake with some of the sport packages, but the Red Sox games are blocked out thanks to the Evil Empire.)
[Q]cth95 Wrote:
Thanks. I was wondering why I would have been shut out from that one. Its not like OLN is the YES Network, with its efforts to be all-powerful and controlling. (Unfortunately for me, you can get NESN on this side of the lake with some of the sport packages, but the Red Sox games are blocked out thanks to the Evil Empire.)[/q]
It has little to do with the evil empire, at least I don't think it does. Each team has a home area defined by MLB, and if you're not in that, you can't get it without the subscription packages (MLB Extra Innings, NHL Center Ice,e tc). The NY/Vt border would make a logical differntiation between Yankees and Red Sox territory for rights.
Areas *can* overlap (Mets/Yanks, Mets/Yanks/Red Sox in Ct) and ever some other not so obvious ones, but I think they try to avoid it.
Oh, for cheaper, but not tv quality, you can get MLB.tv too, if you have highspeed.
It is the evil empire, it's just the empire of Bud and not George. Blackout rules in sports are assinine. The operating assumption si that blacking out the out of market team protects the broadcast rights of the local team. In other words, they expect an oyut of market fan to tune in to the local team because baseball teams are interchangeable. As a Yankee fan stuck in California I can assure that this isn't true.
They obviously also want to cash in by selling the subscription packages. But blackout rules preceeded NHL Center Ice and MLB Extra Innings, so these services are not the driving factor.
At least it's not the stupid NFL blackout rules that blackout a home game locally if the team does not sell out its stadium. Utterly rediculous. Too bad for those fans who don't have $50+ to go to games on Sundays.
[Q]KeithK Wrote:
But blackout rules preceeded NHL Center Ice and MLB Extra Innings, so these services are not the driving factor.[/q]
Even more ridiculous are the blackout rules that prevent MLB Extra Innings from broadcasting against Fox's Saturday afternoon coverage. As a Yankee fan in Chicago, we got the Cleveland-Chicago game the last Saturday of the season, and the Yankees-Red Sox was not available. One would think that if MLB Extra Innings could show the out of market broadcasts with Fox's feed, both Fox and MLB would be better off.
At least ABC and NHL CenterIce had the sense to allow CenterIce to show all the ABC games rather than limit you to the one being broadcast by your local ABC affiliate.
[Q]cth95 Wrote:
Anyone know if last night's Pittsburgh-Buffalo game was blacked out on Time-Warner? The tv guide channel had the game showing, and there was a special about the NHL draft prior to game time, but then they just aired regular programming. I live on the border of Vermont 45 miles south of Montreal, so I wouldn't really consider myself remotely within the Buffalo ticket area. I really hope tonight's game really is on, and they are not just saying it is.
Go Lenny!!! [/q]
It's too bad if it was blocked out for you, you missed a team on the verge of greatness led by their young superstar.
That is of course the Sabres led by Hobey Baker winner Ryan Miller ::nut::
Crap, OLN is only available on digital cable here in Brownsville. I miss my dish. :`(
That's why I was bummed. I wanted to watch Crosby AND Miller (and Mario). I watched the AHL All-Star skills competition on TV last winter, and Miller was pretty amazing. Considering he is just about the only one with an NCAA GAA better than Lenny or McKee (I think) he must be amazing. All this and I am a Bruins fan ever since the southward migration of the Whalers. (I know, that is a sad thing to admit, but I am secure in my fan loyalties.)
[Q]BCrespi Wrote:
At least it's not the stupid NFL blackout rules that blackout a home game locally if the team does not sell out its stadium. Utterly rediculous. Too bad for those fans who don't have $50+ to go to games on Sundays.[/q]If (insert team here) had decent fans, this would never be a problem for anybody. :-P
I guess there's at least ONE reason I'm glad to be a fan of a team with a decades-long waiting list for season tickets.
They just mention another outstanding goalie currently at Cornell, "David McKee" and they played up the whole thing about him being from Texas, since they are playing Dallas.
The announcers have made several comments about Cornell hockey. Get to a TV if you can!!!!
Does anyone else have really low audio levels on OLN? ::help::
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
Does anyone else have really low audio levels on OLN?[/q]
Yes
Low audio only on Albert and JD's mics. Their vamp music and commercials are fine.
I am also getting this additional annoying sound.......
[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
Low audio only on Albert and JD's mics. Their vamp music and commercials are fine.[/q]I think what you mean to say is that their vamp music sucks but the volume on it is fine.
[Q]jmh30 Wrote:
[Q2]Jordan 04 Wrote:
Low audio only on Albert and JD's mics. Their vamp music and commercials are fine.[/Q]
I think what you mean to say is that their vamp music sucks but the volume on it is fine.[/q]
::laugh::
Oh shit, they scored on him. He is not playing well right now, looks very nervous.
[Q]Brian Wrote:
Oh shit, they scored on him. He is not playing well right now, looks very nervous.[/q]
He does? Dallas has been on the PP the entire period and it's only 1-0.
I'm sure they know about the levels ... but sent an email anyway (feedback@olntv.com)
I believe OLN is owned by Daniel Snyder....which is a story on to itself.
The announcers just gave more kudos to David McKee and talked about his connection to Texas again.
Sound!!
my audio is fixed :-) ... maybe the email helped (i can think that anyway)
The OLN set reminds me of the early 90's CBC Hockey Night in Canada set. They're going for the retro style :-P
As a Giants fan, this is not a problem for me either, I just think the policy is rediculous. Additionally, while I understand the NFL does not currently have a problem, think about how difficult it is to grow the game in these poorly-attending cities. The stadium is not filled and so the games aren't on TV. This means casual fans can't watch and new fans can't learn to love their home team. This, in turn, will lead to continued low attendance. It's a self-defeating cycle.
Unfortunately he is playing very poorly. ::worry:: The stats are looking ok, but his control of rebounds is pretty bad and he just seems really nervous. He's coasting on a bit of luck, I think. There's only been one really challenging shot and it went in without Lenny even really going for it.
Well, Pheonix being outshot 11-4 probly isnt helping much either.
However, he seemed to get better as the period went on, let's see how he starts the 2nd.
IIRC, the auctioned "all-Cornell" jerseys were RBK. Does anyone know we'll be wearing RBK jerseys this season as the CCM nameplate has all but disappeared (as of the "New NHL" debut)?
... and we're back to low levels ::screwy::
Goal Phoenix! 1-1
Well, I guess Dave's psyching them out - only 3 saves on 5 successful PKs so far. Dallas is afraid to shoot at the mighty Dave! :-P
Heh. A bit of a scrum - maybe Dave will get a chance to kick Marty's ass... ::starwars::
Lenny made a spectacular save one on one, unfortunately with the man advantage at the time.
2-1 Stars at the end of two. A bang-bang play, Lenny had no chance.
Bad, ad defense by the Coyotes. 3-1 Dallas after a breakaway with Modano and Morrow in all alone on Lenny with no defensemen in sight. Lenny had no shot at all!!!
Dallas wins 3-2. Can't blame Lenny for the loss, defense made mistakes and the offense is non-existent due to injuries.
3 GA isn't really bad for the new NHL.
Losing 3-2 seems to be en vogue for Phoenix...
he looked good, was left out to dry on the 2 on 0. watched highlights on espn :)
Technical diffculties? Oh, yeah: OLN wouldn't tune on my dish (but all other channels would). On cable, the audio seemed low but you could hear what seemed like the scritch, scritch, scritch of skates on ice.
It came through loud and clear every time in the first period when the announcers noted he was out of position or dropping down low for a shot that went over him, like the first goal.
You mean the highlights where they kept calling him "Leveneu"? ::screwy::
From http://www.nhl.com/scores/recaps/52_2_recap.html
[Q]"He's played great for us," Phoenix's Brett Hull said of LeNeveu. "I don't think anybody thought he'd be up here at this point. But with Bouch getting hurt, he's held us in games. I think he's been fantastic."[/Q]
[Q]Hair Wrote:
You mean the highlights where they kept calling him "Leveneu"? [/q]
That's better than the Kings game when the LA guys kept calling him "the goaltender."
They must be getting serious about keeping Dave up for awhile. In the first game his helmet had "31" on the chin, but his jersey was "30". In this game, I noticed the helmet matched the jersey. Was he wearing "31" in the AHL? Cujo has that number for Phoenix.
Yes, he wore 31 in Utah.
Then there are the Chicago Blackhawks who refuse to put any of their games on television, even in past years when they sold out every game. When the team started to really stink, many fans drifted away and they didn't have fresh blood to grab the seats.