2008-2009 REGULAR SEASON BROADCASTING INFORMATION
As of now, the Colorado Avalanche will make at least
14 national television appearances this season.
No full broadcast schedule has been finalized for both the NHL Network and NBC, but will be announced soon.
77 of the 82 regular season games the Avalanche are scheduled to play will be televised in the Denver television market, across all or parts of Colorado and nine other western states in Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah. A total of 40 games will be shown in high definition.
Altitude Sports & Entertainment will air 68 games
Altitude 2 has 9 games
The Sports Network (TSN) (6):
October 14, 2008 - Colorado at Calgary
October 23, 2008 - Edmonton at Colorado
November 12, 2008 - Colorado at Vancouver
January 16, 2009 - Edmonton at Colorado
February 13, 2009 - Montréal at Colorado
April 5, 2009 - Colorado at Vancouver
Versus (5):
October 9, 2008 - Boston at Colorado
December 1, 2008 - Colorado at Minnesota
December 15, 2008 - Colorado at Detroit (exclusive cablecast)
March 2, 2009 - Colorado at New York Islanders (exclusive cablecast)
April 7, 2009 - Colorado at San Jose
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (2):
November 15, 2008 - Colorado at Edmonton
March 14, 2009 - Colorado at Edmonton
Le Réseau des Sports (RDS) (1):
February 13, 2009 - Montréal at Colorado
For more on the league-wide national television schedules, see these news sources below.
National Hockey League official site (August 14):
League releases TV schedules for 2008-2009
Colorado Avalanche official news releases
(July 31):
Avs' radio home changing to AM 1510
(August 14):
Avs to appear 13 times on national TV
Altitude Sports & Entertainment
(July 31):
Avalanche and Nuggets radio changing to AM 1510
(August 19):
*Altitude releases Avalanche broadcast schedule
Avalanche in HD schedule
Denver Post's All Things Avs blog
(July 31):
Avs have a new radio home
(August 19):
Avs/Altitude broadcast schedule
(August 20):
Norm and the Moshe back on the radio
The Sports Network's (TSN) NHL page (August 14):
TSN announces 2008-2009 NHL broadcast schedule
2008-2009 NHL on TSN schedule
NHL: Hockey Lives Here (video clip)
CBC Sports' hockey page (August 14):
Hockey Night in Canada unveils season schedule
Versus' NHL page (August 14):
Versus announces schedule for 2008-2009 NHL regular season
Much to see on Versus this season
Versus' 2008-2009 broadcast schedule
Kukla's Korner blog (August 15):
The Eye on the Media 2008-09 National TV Guide: Team-by-Team Network TV Schedules
Rocky Mountain News' Avalanche page (August 16):
Versus to air five Avalanche games