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The Flyers Will Be All Over National TV Next Season
By Kyle Scott
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The big giant and colorful peacock housed by the overlords at Comcast do love them some Flyers. After all, they own the team.
From the Flyers’ website:
The National Hockey League and NBC today released the national television schedule for the 2017-18 NHL season. The Flyers are scheduled to play in front of a national audience 16 times this season, including four weekend games on NBC.
Four of the 16 games will be exclusively televised on NBCSN as its Wednesday Night Rivalry, which returns for a fifth season and will feature some of the biggest rivalries in the NHL. The network will air exclusive coverage on Wednesday nights for 23 weeks, with games usually starting at 8 p.m. ET.
The full schedule is after the jump.
If a Flyers-Penguins game happens and it doesn’t take place on the networks of NBC, does it really happen?
What’s interesting is that two of the most exciting players in the league – albeit ones from Canada – will only appear on the national TV three times each:
NBC announces that Auston Matthews's Leafs and Connor McDavid's Oilers will both appear three times on NBC/NBCSN next season
— Ryan Kennedy (@THNRyanKennedy) July 31, 2017
AND WHO SAID BEING IN A BIG MARKET ISN’T A FACTOR?*
*Actually no one said that and I needed a crutch to lean on.
Kyle Scott is the founder and editor of CrossingBroad.com. He has written for CBS Philly and Philly Voice, and been a panelist or contributor on NBC Sports Philly, FOX 29 and SNY TV, as well as a recurring guest on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 106.7 The Fan and other stations. He has more than 10 years experience running digital media properties and in online advertising and marketing.