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WESTERN CONFERENCE-LEADING ST. LOUIS BLUES HOST PHILADELPHIA FLYERS ON THIS WEEK'S "WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY" ON NBCSN
Wednesday Night Hockey – Blues-Flyers at 8 p.m. ET; Pre-Game Coverage Begins with NHL Live at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
2020 Premiere of NHL on NBC – Evgeni Malkin and Penguins Host David Pastrnak and Bruins on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET
Thursday on NBCSN – Wild-Lightning at 8 p.m. ET
Tomorrow on NBCSN – Penguins-Wild at 7 p.m. ET
Our Line Starts – NBC Sports New Weekly NHL Podcast – Available Now
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 13, 2020 – The top team in the Western Conference will play on NBC Sports' Wednesday Night Hockey this week, when All-Star Ryan O'Reilly and the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues host Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers this Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
For the second time this season and the first appearance in 2020, NHL on NBC will present the NHL Game of the Week this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET, when Evgeni Malkin and the Pittsburgh Penguins host All-Star David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins.
NBCSN's NHL coverage this week begins tomorrow night at 7 p.m. ET, when Malkin and the Penguins host Zach Parise and the Minnesota Wild in Pittsburgh.
In addition, NBC Sports will present the Wild's second appearance on NBCSN this week on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, when they host Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Kathryn Tappen will host Wednesday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Mike Milbury and Keith Jones and NHL insider Darren Dreger. Liam McHugh will anchor studio coverage on Thursday with Milbury and Ben Lovejoy. Tomorrow night's studio coverage will be hosted by Tappen alongside analysts Jones and Anson Carter.
Following is this week's NHL schedule across NBC Sports:
Date Coverage Network Time (ET)
Tues., January 14 NHL Live NBCSN 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Pittsburgh NBCSN 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime NBCSN 9:45 p.m.*
Wed., January 15 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Philadelphia at St. Louis NBCSN 8 p.m.
NHL Overtime NBCSN 10:45 p.m.*
Our Line Starts NBCSN 11:30 p.m.
Thurs., January 16 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Minnesota NBCSN 8 p.m.
Sun., January 19 NHL Game of the Week – Boston at Pittsburgh NBC 12:30 p.m.
*Immediately following game coverage
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY – FLYERS-BLUES AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Blues (29-10-7, 65 pts) currently sit atop the Western Conference standings and are tied for the league lead in points with both the Bruins and Capitals. The Blues have won their last eight matchups at home and are tied for the most home victories this season (16). David Perron paces the team in goals (20) and points (46).
Currently in the playoff bubble in the Eastern Conference, the Flyers (23-16-6, 52 pts) will look to rebound this week after dropping five of their previous six games. Travis Konecny leads the team in goals (14) and points (38) and will make his first NHL All-Star Game appearance next weekend in St. Louis. Both teams are in action tonight, with the Blues hosting the Ducks, and the Flyers playing host to the Bruins.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, who is in his 15th season as NBC Sports' lead NHL play-by-play commentator, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call Flyers-Blues from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo.
NHL GAME OF THE WEEK – BRUINS-PENGUINS SUNDAY AT 12:30 P.M. ET ON NBC
The Bruins (27-8-11, 65 pts) will face the Penguins (28-12-5, 61 pts) on NBC Sports' NHL Game of the Week this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Boston has earned points in 12 of its last 13 games (7-1-5). The team is led by David Pastrnak (35g/30a) and Brad Marchand (20g/42a), who both rank in the top five in points throughout the league. Pastrnak is also the current league leader in goals scored with 35.
In yesterday's 4-3 shootout victory against the Coyotes, Evgeni Malkin passed Jaromir Jagr for third place on the Penguins' all-time assist list. The win marked the third straight for the Penguins on the road, who have seven victories in their past nine games. Malkin has registered a point in 13 of his last 15 matchups, and paces the team in assists (31) and points (44).
Emrick, Olczyk and Boucher will have the call of the Bruins-Penguins matchup on NBC from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa.
TOMORROW – WILD-PENGUINS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Wild (20-19-6, 46 pts) are led by Eric Staal's 33 points (16g/17a), who will make his sixth career NHL All-Star Game appearance in St. Louis. Minnesota will look to rebound from a 4-1 loss to Vancouver on Sunday. Play-by-play commentator John Forslund and analyst AJ Mleczko will call the action from Pittsburgh.
THURSDAY – LIGHTNING-WILD AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Lightning (27-14-4, 58 pts) had their ten-game winning streak snapped last night when they fell to the Devils, 3-1. During the winning streak, Steven Stamkos collected his 400th career assist, accomplishing the milestone after reaching the 400-goal mark earlier this season.
John Walton will handle play-by-play duties alongside Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
NBC Sports' new weekly NHL podcast – Our Line Starts – has launched and is available now on all podcast platforms. New episodes of Our Line Starts will be released each Wednesday and will highlight the top stories of each week, including behind-the-scenes content and interviews conducted by NBC Sports' NHL commentators.
Last week's episode was hosted by Paul Burmeister, Keith Jones and Patrick Sharp, who discussed current storylines throughout the league, including the Predators' recent hire of head coach John Hynes and teams currently on the playoff bubble. The episode also features Pierre McGuire's interview with New York Rangers president John Davidson.
The 30-minute episode will air on NBCSN this Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. ET. Click here to listen to the show.
Our Line Starts joins NBC Sports' growing roster of podcasts spanning the NFL, Premier League, NASCAR, and much more. Click here for more information.
2019-20 REGULAR SEASON COVERAGE ON NBC & NBCSN
NBC Sports is scheduled to present 110 games during the 2019-20 NHL regular season. All games will be streamed live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app to authenticated users via TV Everywhere. Click here for more info.
STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group's live streaming platforms for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide live streaming coverage of the 2019-20 NHL season via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.
Filed Under: NBC, NHL on NBC, Uncategorized
CLAUDE GIROUX AND PHILADELPHIA FLYERS HOST ALEX OVECHKIN AND WASHINGTON CAPITALS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY ON NBCSN
Wednesday Night Hockey – Capitals-Flyers at 7:30 p.m. ET; Stars-Kings at 10 p.m. ET; Pre-Game Coverage Begins with NHL Live at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Auston Matthews and Toronto Maple Leafs Host Connor McDavid and Edmonton Oilers Tonight at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Avalanche-Rangers – Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Predators-Blackhawks – Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 6, 2020 – Wednesday Night Hockey is back in 2020 with a doubleheader matchup starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers host Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. Coverage shifts west at 10 p.m. ET, when Anze Kopitar and the Los Angeles Kings host Tyler Seguin and the Dallas Stars.
This week's NHL coverage on NBCSN kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. ET with a clash of two of the NHL's young superstars, when Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs host Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Coverage continues Tuesday night when the New York Rangers and Artemi Panarin host Colorado Avalanche and Nathan MacKinnon at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
This week's coverage wraps up with a Central Division rivalry as Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks host Roman Josi and the Nashville Predators at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Kathryn Tappen will host Wednesday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Patrick Sharp and Keith Jones and Bob McKenzie. Tappen anchors tonight's coverage with Mike Milbury and Jones, Tuesday night's coverage will be hosted by Paul Burmeister with Jones and Sharp. And Burmeister will anchor Thursday night's studio coverage with Jones and Mike Johnson.
Following is this week's NHL schedule on NBCSN:
Mon., January 6 NHL Live NBCSN 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Toronto NBCSN 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime* NBCSN 9:45 p.m.
Tues., January 7 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at N.Y. Rangers NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime* NBCSN 10:15 p.m.
Wed., January 8 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Washington at Philadelphia NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Dallas at Los Angeles NBCSN 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime* NBCSN 12:30 a.m.
Thurs., January 9 NHL Live NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago NBCSN 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY – CAPITALS-FLYERS AT 7:30 P.M. ET, FOLLOWED BY STARS-KINGS AT 10 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Flyers (22-15-5) are currently tied with Florida for the second Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. Claude Giroux leads the team in goals (13) for the season. The Flyers will play Carolina tomorrow night before heading into the matchup on Wednesday. The first place Capitals (29-9-5) host Ottawa on Tuesday and defeated San Jose, 5-4, in overtime on Sunday. Alex Ovechkin is tied for fifth in the NHL in goals (24).
Dallas (24-14-4) currently sits in fourth place in the Western Conference and has won 4 straight games, including defeating Nashville in the Winter Classic on NBC on New Year's Day. Tyler Seguin leads the team in assists (21) and points (32). Los Angeles (17-22-4) hosts Columbus tonight prior to their matchup on Wednesday on NBCSN. Anze Kopitar leads the team in goals (15), assists (22) and points (37).
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, who is in his 15th season as NBC Sports' lead NHL play-by-play commentator, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call Flyers-Capitals game from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
Chris Cuthbert will handle play-by-play duties alongside analyst James Fox from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
TONIGHT – OILERS-MAPLE LEAFS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
Toronto (24-14-5) has won three straight games and sits in second place in the Atlantic Division, six points behind the Bruins. Auston Matthews is second in the NHL in goals (28) and had a goal and assist in their win against the Islanders on Saturday. Edmonton (22-17-5) is in the first Wild Card spot in the West and is coming off a 4-1 win against Boston (22-17-5). Edmonton is in fourth place in the Pacific Division behind Las Vegas (24-15-6), Arizona (24-16-4), and Vancouver (23-15-4). Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are tied for the league lead with 65 points apiece.
John Forslund (play-by-play), AJ Mleczko (analyst) will call the action from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
TUESDAY– AVALANCHE-RANGERS AT 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The New York Rangers (19-18-4) will look to snap a three-game losing streak on Tuesday night. Rookie goaltender Igor Shesterkin is slated to get the start and make his NHL debut for the Rangers. The Avalanche (25-13-4) are coming off back-to-back wins against St. Louis and New Jersey and visit the Islanders tonight. Nathan MacKinnon enters the week third in the NHL in points (64).
John Forslund (play-by-play), Mike Milbury (analyst) and Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire ('Inside-the-Glass') will call the action from Madison Square Garden.
THURSDAY – PREDATORS-BLACKHAWKS AT 8:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
Chicago (19-18-6) heads into the week following a 4-2 win against Detroit on NBCSN on Sunday and boasts a 7-3-0 record in its last 10 games. Patrick Kane is tied for fifth in the NHL in goals (24). The Predators (19-15-7) enter the week following a 5-4 shootout loss to the Ducks on Sunday on NBCSN. This is the third of five meetings between the Hawks and the Predators after splitting the first two.
Brendan Burke (play-by-play) and Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire ('Inside-the-Glass') will call the action from United Center in Chicago.
Filed Under: NBC, NHL, NHL on NBC, Uncategorized
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 2020 BRIDGESTONE NHL WINTER CLASSIC® FEATURING STARS & PREDATORS AT COTTON BOWL ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AT 1 P.M. ET ON NBC
Mike "Doc" Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire and Brian Boucher Call the Action
Mike Tirico Hosts On-Site with Kathryn Tappen, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Patrick Sharp; Tirico to Interview Members of 1999 Stanley Cup Champion Stars
"Playing in the Winter Classic is an experience and an honor. It's more than just a regular-season game." – Patrick Sharp
NBC Sports Partners with Dude Perfect on Hockey Trick Shot Video From Cotton Bowl Featuring Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn
NHL Doubleheaders on NBCSN; Devils-Isles and Blues-Avs on Thursday Night, Followed by Red Wings-Blackhawks and Predators-Ducks on Sunday
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 30, 2019 – NBC Sports presents the 12th installment of the NHL's signature regular-season game on New Year's Day, as Tyler Seguin and the Dallas Stars face off against Roman Josi and the Nashville Predators in the 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 1, 2020, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk, and 'Inside-the-Glass' analysts Pierre McGuire and Brian Boucher will have the call from the Cotton Bowl.
Mike Tirico will host the network's on-site Winter Classic pre-game coverage alongside the NHL Live studio team of host Kathryn Tappen, and analysts Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Patrick Sharp.
Since its inception in 2008, the NHL Winter Classic telecasts on NBC represent the most-watched single NHL game telecasts on record.
Patrick Sharp played in two Winter Classics as a member of the Blackhawks (2009 and 2015) and Brian Boucher was a member of the Flyers and served as the backup goaltender for the 2010 Winter Classic at Fenway Park. Following are comments from Sharp and Boucher on the significance of the Winter Classic:
Boucher: "Aside from the Stanley Cup Final, the Winter Classic was my most anticipated game and one of my top memories as a player. There is truly nothing like playing the game outdoors – the Winter Classic brought back so many great memories from my childhood playing on outdoor rinks and ponds in Rhode Island. Knowing your team is slated to play in the Winter Classic makes the lead-up to the game almost as good as the game itself."
Sharp: "Playing in the Winter Classic is an experience and an honor. It's more than just a regular-season game. You have to earn the right as an organization to play in the Winter Classic. It was a big deal as a player and for the Blackhawks. Looking back, the 2009 Winter Classic put our young team on the big stage and it prepared us for bigger playoff matchups down the road. That game felt like the beginning of good things to come in Chicago."
Following are highlights from NBC Sports' coverage of the 2020 NHL Winter Classic:
Mike Tirico to interview members of 1999 Stanley Cup Champion Stars team: Tirico will interview members of 1999 Stanley Cup Champion Stars team on-site during intermission of coverage on NBC. The Cup marks the only championship for the franchise.
Tim Layden feature on Cotton Bowl: NBC Sports journalist Tim Layden takes viewers through the history of the Cotton Bowl, highlighting the notable sporting and cultural events that have taken place in the confines of the illustrious stadium.
Dude Perfect hockey trick shot video: NBC Sports has partnered with trick shot extraordinaire group Dude Perfect ahead of this year's Winter Classic. Today at 6 p.m. ET, Dude Perfect will release a hockey trick shot video on their YouTube channel which features Stars players Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn.
Dan + Shay: Grammy Award-winning duo Dan + Shay will headline the entertainment for the 2020 NHL Winter Classic, with their performance airing live on NBC during the first intermission.
The Predators (18-14-6, 42 pts) enter the Winter Classic looking bounce back from a pair of losses to Pittsburgh in a home-and-home series last weekend. Captain Roman Josi leads the team with 39 points (14g/25a) and is on a career-high seven-game point streak.
Dallas (22-14-4, 48 pts) are coming off a pair of wins against Colorado and Arizona over the weekend. The Stars are led offensively by Seguin (11g/21a) and the goaltending tandem of Ben Bishop and Anton Khudobin has combined to allow the fewest goals in the Western Conference (99).
Below is NBC Sports' NHL coverage this week:
Wed., January 1 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic – Nashville vs. Dallas NBC 1 p.m.
Thurs., January 2 NHL Live NBCSN 6 p.m.
New Jersey at New York Islanders NBCSN 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado NBCSN 9:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime NBCSN 12 a.m.*
Fri., January 3 No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 Western Michigan NBCSN 7 p.m.
Sun., January 5 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago^ NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Anaheim NBCSN 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime NBCSN 12:30 a.m.*
^subject to local blackouts
THURSDAY – DEVILS-ISLANDERS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Islanders (24-10-3, 51 pts) host the Devils (13-19-6, 32 pts) on Thursday in a matchup of Metropolitan Division and area rivals. The Isles enter the week following a 3-1 come-from-behind victory in Minnesota on Sunday, while the Devils notched a 4-3 overtime win against Ottawa on Sunday.
Brendan Burke will handle play-by-play duties alongside analyst AJ Mleczko and Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY.
THURSDAY – BLUES-AVALANCHE AT 9:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Avalanche (23-12-4, 50 pts) host the Blues (26-8-6, 58 pts) in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference. The Blues beat the Jets on Sunday, 4-1, to extend their winning streak to eight games. The Avalanche face the Jets on Tuesday and are led by Nathan MacKinnon, who will be a Central Division captain for the 2020 Honda NHL All-Star Game and is fifth in the league in points (56).
Play-by-play commentator John Forslund and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call the action from Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.
SUNDAY – RED WINGS-BLACKHAWKS AT 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Blackhawks (17-17-6, 40 pts) enter the week following wins against the Islanders and Blue Jackets over the weekend. Detroit (9-28-3, 21 pts) enter the week following a 2-1 loss to the Lightning in Tampa.
Chris Cuthbert will handle play-by-play duties alongside Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire at United Center in Chicago, Ill.
SUNDAY – PREDATORS-DUCKS AT 10 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
This marks the first of two meetings in the month of January between the Predators and Ducks (16-18-5, 37 pts). Anaheim enters the week following a 2-1 overtime loss to the Flyers and are paced offensively by Jakob Silfverberg (13g/13a).
Play-by-play commentator Alex Faust and analyst Brian Hayward will call the action from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
FRIDAY – COLLEGE HOCKEY – NO. 15 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
In a battle of two ranked teams, the No. 15 Fighting Irish (9-7-2) will look to continue their strong play at home this season where they have 7 victories. Senior forward Mike O'Leary leads the team with 17 points. The No. 19 Western Michigan Broncos (7-7-2) will return from the semester break hoping to end their current three-game losing streak.
Tony Simeone (play-by-play) and Anson Carter (analyst) will call Friday night's game from Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind.
DALLAS STARS & NASHVILLE PREDATORS FACE OFF IN 2020 BRIDGESTONE NHL WINTER CLASSIC® ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AT COTTON BOWL IN DALLAS ON NBC
2020 NHL Bridgestone Winter Classic® – Dallas Stars vs. Nashville Predators – Wednesday, Jan. 1, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC
Friday – Wild-Avalanche at 8 p.m. ET; Pre-Game Coverage Begins with NHL Live at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Tonight on NBCSN – Rangers-Flyers at 7 p.m. ET
First Episode of "Road To The NHL Winter Classic" to Premiere Tonight on NBCSN Following Rangers-Flyers
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 23, 2019 – NBC Sports presents the 12th installment of the NHL's signature regular-season game on New Year's Day, as Tyler Seguin and the Dallas Stars face off against Roman Josi and the Nashville Predators in the 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 1, 2020, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.
Mike Tirico will host the network's Winter Classic pre-game coverage alongside the NHL Live studio team of host Kathryn Tappen, and analysts Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Patrick Sharp. Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk, and 'Inside-the-Glass' analysts Brian Boucher and Pierre McGuire will have the call from Cotton Bowl Stadium.
Since its inception in 2008, the NHL Winter Classic telecasts on NBC represent the most-watched single NHL game telecasts on record, with the exception of the 2014 NHL Stadium Series telecast in primetime on NBC featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks.
The week's NHL action will begin tonight at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN when Artemi Panarin and the New York Rangers face off against Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers.
Coverage continues this Friday, Dec. 27, when Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche make an appearance for the third consecutive week on NBCSN when they host Zach Parise and the Minnesota Wild at 8 p.m. ET.
Immediately following tonight's Rangers-Flyers matchup, the first episode of the three-part docuseries, "Road To The NHL Winter Classic," will air on NBCSN. The series will chronicle the Stars and Predators as they prepare to meet outdoors in the 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic on January 1 at Cotton Bowl Stadium at 1 p.m. ET on NBC. Click here to view the trailer. Episode 2 will air on Friday, Dec. 27, at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN and the season finale will be presented on Monday, Jan. 6, at 10:30 p.m. ET immediately following Oilers-Maple Leafs on NBCSN.
Tappen will host Friday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Milbury and Jones. Tonight's studio coverage will be hosted by Tappen alongside analysts Patrick Sharp and Anson Carter.
Following is the upcoming NHL schedule across NBC Sports:
Mon., December 23 NHL Live NBCSN 6 p.m.
New York Rangers at Philadelphia^ NBCSN 7 p.m.
Road To The Winter Classic – Episode 1 NBCSN 10:30 p.m.
Fri., December 27 Road To The Winter Classic – Episode 2 NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Colorado NBCSN 8 p.m.
Mon., January 6 Road To The Winter Classic – Episode 3 NBCSN 10:30 p.m.
2020 BRIDGESTONE NHL WINTER CLASSIC® – PREDATORS-STARS – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, AT 1 P.M. ET ON NBC
The 2020 NHL Winter Classic will mark the first appearance for both Western Conference rivals in the annual New Year's Day game. The matchup will also be played at the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium for the first time.
The Stars (20-14-4) have allowed the second fewest goals in the Western Conference (95), behind the goaltending tandem of Ben Bishop and Anton Khudobin. Offensively, the team is led by Tyler Seguin's (10g/20a) 30 points. The Predators (17-12-6) are currently on a four-game point streak and are paced by captain Roman Josi (13g/20a), who is on a four-game goal streak.
TONIGHT – RANGERS-FLYERS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Flyers (20-11-5) host the Rangers (17-14-4) tonight in a matchup of Metropolitan Division rivals. The Flyers are riding a three-game winning streak and most recently defeated the Senators 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday. Former Ranger Kevin Hayes (9g/11a) recorded a goal in the victory, giving him five points in his last four games. Flyers coach Alain Vigneault will face his former team for the first time.
The Rangers are coming off a 5-1 win against Anaheim at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Artemi Panarin registered an assist to extend his current point streak to seven games.
Play-by-play commentator John Walton and analyst AJ Mleczko will call the action from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
FRIDAY – WILD-AVALANCHE AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Avalanche (22-11-3) are second in the league in goals scored (127) and are led by Nathan MacKinnon, who was named Central Division captain for the 2020 Honda NHL All-Star Game and ranks third in the league in points (53). On Saturday, the Wild (17-15-5) fell to the Jets 6-0, snapping Minnesota's 12-game home point streak. The teams are both in action tonight, with the Wild hosting the Flames and the Avalanche playing the Golden Knights in Vegas.
Chris Cuthbert will handle play-by-play duties alongside Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.
Last week's episode analyzed the Taylor Hall trade and revealed their All-Decade forward selections. The episode also features Pierre McGuire's interview with Toronto Maple Leafs President Brendan Shanahan. Click here to listen to the show.
NBC SPORTS' NHL ALL-DECADE TEAM
FORWARDS DEFENSEMEN GOALTENDERS
Nicklas Backstrom Zdeno Chara Corey Crawford
Patrice Bergeron Drew Doughty Jonathan Quick
Sidney Crosby Victor Hedman
Marian Hossa Erik Karlsson
Patrick Kane Duncan Keith
Phil Kessel Brent Seabrook
Joe Thornton
NATHAN MACKINNON AND COLORADO AVALANCHE FACE OFF WITH PATRICK KANE AND CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS ON "WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY" THIS WEEK ON NBCSN
Wednesday Night Hockey – Avalanche-Blackhawks at 8 p.m. ET; Pre-Game Coverage Begins with NHL Live at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Eddie Olczyk Joins Brian Boucher 'Inside-the-Glass' for Avs-Hawks
NHL Leading Scorer David Pastrnak & Boston Bruins Host N.Y. Islanders Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Jack Eichel and Buffalo Sabres Visit Auston Matthews and Toronto Maple Leafs Tonight at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 17, 2019 – Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche make their second consecutive Wednesday Night Hockey appearance this week when they travel to Chicago to face Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference clash on Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when NHL leading goal-scorer scorer David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins host Mathew Barzal and the New York Islanders.
This week's NHL coverage on NBCSN kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. ET, when Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres visit Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Kathryn Tappen will host Wednesday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Mike Milbury and Keith Jones and NHL insider Darren Dreger. Tuesday night's studio coverage will be hosted by Paul Burmeister alongside analysts Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter. Tappen will anchor Thursday night's studio coverage with Milbury and Roenick.
Tues., December 17 NHL Live NBCSN 6 p.m.
Buffalo at Toronto NBCSN 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime NBCSN 9:45 p.m.
Wed., December 18 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Colorado at Chicago NBCSN 8 p.m.
Thurs., December 19 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Boston^ NBCSN 7 p.m.
^blacked out in Boston
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY – AVALANCHE-BLACKHAWKS AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Avalanche (21-9-3) boast an 8-1-1 record in their last 10 games, including a 3-1 victory against the Flyers last week on Wednesday Night Hockey. Nathan MacKinnon is third in the NHL in points (51). The Blackhawks (13-15-6) enter Wednesday night's game following a 5-3 win against the Wild, as Patrick Kane (18g/22a) helped propel the Blackhawks to victory with his sixth career hat trick.
For the first time, NBC Sports will feature two 'Inside-the-Glass' commentators on this week's Wednesday Night Hockey broadcast, as U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk will join analyst Brian Boucher to call the action from ice-level. John Forslund will handle play-by-play duties for Avs-Hawks from United Center in Chicago, Ill.
THURSDAY – ISLANDERS-BRUINS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
Boston (21-7-6) snapped a five-game winless streak with a 4-2 win in Florida against the Panthers on Saturday. Pastrnak scored twice in the win and now leads the NHL with 28 goals. The Islanders (22-7-2) beat the Sabres, 3-2, in overtime on Saturday afternoon, capped by Anthony Beauvillier's game-winner. New York has allowed the fewest goals in the NHL (72). The Isles face the Predators tonight, while Boston hosts Los Angeles.
Brendan Burke (play-by-play), AJ Mleczko (analyst) and Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire ('Inside-the-Glass') will call the action from TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
TONIGHT – SABRES-MAPLE LEAFS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
Buffalo (16-11-7) has registered points in nine of its last 10 games, including its overtime loss to the Islanders on Saturday. Jack Eichel scored late in the third period of Saturday's loss and ranks second in the NHL in goals (23). Toronto (16-14-4) is coming off a 4-1 win against Edmonton, as goalie Frederik Andersen made 36 saves for his 200th NHL win.
Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Pierre McGuire ('Inside-the-Glass' analyst) will call Sabres-Maple Leafs from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Kathryn Tappen, Keith Jones and Patrick Sharp discuss the surprise firing of Stars coach Jim Montgomery and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's four-point conduct plan to address inappropriate conduct. Pierre McGuire sits down with Sabres coach Ralph Krueger to talk about his time in Europe and his path from the Premier League back to the NHL. Click here to listen to the show.
NO. 1 VS. NO. 2 – LEAGUE-LEADING CAPITALS FACE DIVISION-LEADING BRUINS THIS WEEK ON NBCSN
Wednesday Night Hockey Doubleheader– Bruins-Capitals at 7 p.m. ET; Followed by Flyers-Avalanche at 9:30 p.m. ET
"They have the best line in the NHL. This team seems to have no fear." – Jeremy Roenick on the Bruins
Tomorrow on NBCSN – Western Conference-Leading Blues-Sabres at 7:30 p.m. ET
College Hockey – No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Penn State – Streaming Across NBC Sports Friday and Saturday
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 9, 2019 – The top two teams in the National Hockey League will take center stage on NBC Sports' Wednesday Night Hockey this week, when David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins visit Alex Ovechkin and the league-leading Washington Capitals this Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Action will shift west for the second half of the night's doubleheader at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Nathan MacKinnon and the surging Colorado Avalanche host Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers.
NBCSN's NHL coverage this week begins tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. ET, when Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres host Ryan O'Reilly and the Western Conference-leading St. Louis Blues.
In addition, NBC Sports will present a Top 15 college hockey series this weekend with exclusive live streaming coverage of the No. 15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. the No. 7 Penn State Nittany Lions. Friday's 7 p.m. ET matchup will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app and also be televised live on NBC Sports Philadelphia and NBC Sports Chicago+. The second matchup of the series will stream live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET.
Kathryn Tappen will host Wednesday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Patrick Sharp and Keith Jones and NHL insider Darren Dreger. Tomorrow night's studio coverage will be hosted by Tappen alongside analysts Sharp and Jones.
Following is this week's hockey schedule across NBC Sports:
Tues., December 10 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Buffalo NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Boston at Washington NBCSN 7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Philadelphia at Colorado NBCSN 9:30 p.m.
Fri., December 13 No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Penn State Streaming^ 7 p.m.
Sat., December 14 No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Penn State Streaming# 6 p.m.
^Television coverage on NBC Sports Philadelphia, NBC Sports Chicago+ and streaming on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
#on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY – BRUINS-CAPITALS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
In a matchup between the top two teams in the NHL, the league-leading Capitals (22-4-5) host the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins (20-4-6) on this week's Wednesday Night Hockey. The game features the top two goal scorers in the league, with David Pastrnak (25g) and Alex Ovechkin (20g) facing off. Both teams enter the week having won eight of their last ten games, and the Caps are currently on a six-game winning streak. The teams are both in action tonight, with the Capitals hosting the Blue Jackets, and the Bruins playing the Senators in Ottawa.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, who is in his 15th season as NBC Sports' lead NHL play-by-play commentator, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call Bruins-Capitals from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY – FLYERS-AVALANCHE AT 9:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Flyers (17-8-5) have won seven out of their last 10 games and are coming off a 4-3 victory over the Senators. Jakub Voracek (6g/15a) has seven points in the last seven games for the Flyers. Goaltender Carter Hart has won four straight starts.
The Avalanche (19-8-2) rank second in the league in goals scored with 107 and are led by Nathan MacKinnon's (18g/27a) 45 points. The team is currently on a six-game winning streak, following their 4-1 victory over the Bruins on Saturday, and host the Flames tonight.
TOMORROW – BLUES-SABRES AT 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Western Conference-leading Blues (18-7-6) have five players that have recorded more than 20 points, led by David Perron (12g/17a) who has 10 points in his past 10 games. St. Louis is coming off a 5-2 loss against Toronto on Saturday. The Sabres (14-11-6) earned a 3-2 overtime victory against the Oilers last night, as center Jack Eichel (18g/24a) extended his career-high point streak to a league-leading 13 games with an assist.
Play-by-play commentator Brendan Burke and Pierre McGuire ('Inside-the-Glass' analyst) will call the action from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
COLLEGE HOCKEY – NO. 15 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 7 PENN STATE – ON NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA, NBC SPORTS CHICAGO+ AND STREAMING AT 7 P.M. ET ON FRIDAY; STREAMING AT 6 P.M. ET ON SATURDAY
In a battle of two top-fifteen ranked teams this weekend, the No. 15 Fighting Irish (8-6-2) will return to Big Ten play with a home series against No. 7 Penn State Nittany Lions (12-5-0). Notre Dame senior forward Mike O'Leary and freshman forward Trevor Janicke are tied for the team lead in goals scored, with seven apiece. The Nittany Lions most recently defeated Michigan 3-1 on Saturday, and improved to 7-3 in Big Ten conference action.
Tony Simeone (play-by-play) and Notre Dame alumnus Conor Clingen (analyst) will call the matchup on Friday night, and Simeone and current Notre Dame student Austin Rooney (analyst) will have the call on Saturday night from Compton Family Ice Arena in Notre Dame, Ind.
Last week's episode was hosted by Paul Burmeister, Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter, who discussed current storylines throughout the league, including impressive starts to the season by the Bruins and Blues. The episode also features an interview with former first overall pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft Bryan Berard. Click here to listen to the show.
Roenick on the Bruins: "They have the best line in the NHL … goaltending seems to be really strong. Even when they seem to be down in games, they come back and win. This team seems to have no fear. So poised and resilient."
Roenick on the possibility of Pastrnak scoring 50 goals in 50 games: "Everything has to go perfectly right … with as good as Pastrnak, Bergeron and Marchand are, the way they play together, they know where everyone is … (it's) very, very likely if he stays healthy, he's got a good shot at doing it."
Carter on the Blues: "Looks like a team that has really benefited from their Stanley Cup Championship experience … no Stanley Cup hangover at all."
NBC SPORTS' "WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY" FEATURES DEFENDING STANLEY CUP CHAMPION ST. LOUIS BLUES VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS THIS WEEK ON NBCSN
Wednesday Night Hockey – Blues-Penguins at 8 p.m. ET; Pre-Game Coverage Begins with NHL Live at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Tonight on NBCSN – Lightning-Predators at 8 p.m. ET
NASCAR Champions Kyle Busch and Joey Logano Make Guest Appearances on Tonight's NHL Coverage as Part of NBC Sports and NASCAR's "Nashville Takeover" This Week
*Programming Alert* – NBC Sports Flexes Into New York Islanders vs. Boston Bruins Matchup on December 19
College Hockey – No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Boston College – Streaming Across NBC Sports Sunday at 5 p.m. ET
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 3, 2019 – Ryan O'Reilly and the defending Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues visit Evgeni Malkin and the Pittsburgh Penguins on this week's edition of Wednesday Night Hockey tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBCSN's NHL coverage this week begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET, when Roman Josi and the Nashville Predators host Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In addition, NBC Sports will present a Top 10 college hockey clash on Sunday with exclusive live streaming coverage of the No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. the No. 10 Boston College Eagles at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. The game will also be televised live on NBC Sports Philadelphia+.
Liam McHugh will host Wednesday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Mike Milbury and Keith Jones and NHL insider Bob McKenzie. Tonight's studio coverage will be hosted by Paul Burmeister alongside analysts Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter.
Tues., December 3 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Nashville NBCSN 8 p.m.
Wed., December 4 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – St. Louis at Pittsburgh NBCSN 8 p.m.
Sun., December 8 No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Boston College Streaming^ 5 p.m.
^Television coverage on NBC Sports Philadelphia+ and streaming on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY – BLUES-PENGUINS AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The defending Stanley Cup Champion Blues (18-5-6) lead the Western Conference with 42 points following a 4-0 shutout win vs. Chicago last night to extend their road point streak to 10 games. The Penguins (14-9-4) fell to the Blues 5-2 on Saturday, but have earned at least a point in seven of their last ten games. Evgeni Malkin (6g/16a) recorded an assist in Saturday's loss to increase his point total to 15 in his past eight games.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, who is in his 15th season as NBC Sports' lead NHL play-by-play commentator, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call Blues-Penguins from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa.
TONIGHT – LIGHTNING-PREDATORS AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Lightning (12-9-3) lost 3-2 to the Hurricanes on Saturday despite a late rally behind goals from Brayden Point (10g/10a) and Tyler Johnson (5g/6a) in the final period. The Predators (12-10-4) fell to the Panthers on Saturday, 3-0, marking the first time the club was shut out this season. Defenseman Roman Josi (7g/17a) paces the Preds in both points and assists.
Play-by-play commentator John Forslund and Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire will call the action from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
In addition, NASCAR champions Kyle Busch (2019) and Joey Logano (2018) are scheduled to make guest appearances during tonight's NHL coverage as part of NBC Sports and NASCAR's "Nashville Takeover" this week, highlighted by the NASCAR Awards from Nashville this Thursday night on NBCSN.
Busch will join pre-game coverage and Logano will join McGuire 'Inside-the-Glass' during the second period. Busch also made a guest appearance on last night's WWE Raw event on USA Network.
NBC Sports has announced it has flexed into the Thursday, December 19 matchup between the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins. Boston (19-3-5) is currently tied for the NHL lead in points (43) while the Islanders (18-5-2) are coming off a recent 17-game point streak (15-0-2).
Pre-game coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET followed by game coverage at 7 p.m. ET and will be blacked out in the Boston market.
COLLEGE HOCKEY – NO. 9 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 10 BOSTON COLLEGE – ON NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA+ AND STREAMING AT 5 P.M. ET ON SUNDAY
In a battle of two top-ten ranked teams on Sunday, the No. 9 Fighting Irish (8-4-2) will look to build off their strong play at home this season where they are 6-1-0. Senior forward Mike O'Leary leads the team with 16 points. The No. 10 Boston College Eagles (9-4-0) will have their sights set on extending their seven-game winning streak when they host the Fighting Irish at the Conte Forum on Friday and then travel to the Compton Family Ice Arena in Notre Dame, Ind., on Sunday.
Notre Dame alumnus Conor Clingen (play-by-play) and current Notre Dame student Austin Rooney (analyst) will call Sunday's matchup.
Last week's episode was hosted by Kathryn Tappen, Keith Jones and Anson Carter, who discussed accusations surrounding former Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters. The episode also features Pierre McGuire's interview with St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube and a phone call with Brian Boucher discussing shootouts. Click here to listen to the show.
Carter on social progress throughout the NHL: "You can't police everything, and you can't paint everyone with the same brush, but you have to have those conversations with everyone and let people know that this is unacceptable. You can't have these attitudes take part in our league. The world is changing, you have more players that are diverse in the NHL than ever before … if you're not willing to change with the game, then get out of the game."
NHL THANKSGIVING SHOWDOWN – N.Y. RANGERS VS. BOSTON BRUINS – BLACK FRIDAY AT 1 P.M. ET ON NBC
Matchup Marks 8th NHL on NBC Thanksgiving Showdown; 28th Time Bruins Playing on Holiday Weekend
Patrick Kane and Blackhawks Take on Tyler Seguin and Stars Tonight on NBCSN at 8 p.m. ET
Tomorrow on NBCSN – Flyers-Blue Jackets at 7 p.m. ET
STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 26, 2019 – NBC Sports presents the 2019 NHL Thanksgiving Showdown this Black Friday at 1 p.m. ET on NBC, when league-leading goal scorer David Pastrnak and the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Bruins host Artemi Panarin and the New York Rangers, marking the first of 12 NHL games that will air on NBC during the 2019-20 regular season.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, who is in his 15th season as NBC Sports' lead NHL play-by-play commentator, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call the 2019 NHL Thanksgiving Showdown.
NBC Sports brings NHL Live on the road for Friday's Thanksgiving Showdown on NBC, with Kathryn Tappen hosting studio coverage on-site from TD Garden alongside analysts Keith Jones and Mike Milbury.
NBC Sports' week of NHL coverage begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Tyler Seguin and the surging Dallas Stars travel to Chicago to face Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Coverage continues Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN as Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers match up against Pierre-Luc Dubois and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Tonight's studio coverage will be hosted by Tappen alongside analysts Jones and Patrick Sharp. Tomorrow night's studio coverage will be anchored by Tappen and analysts Jones and Anson Carter.
Tues., November 26 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago^ NBCSN 8 p.m.
Wed., November 27 NHL Live NBCSN 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Columbus^ NBCSN 7 p.m.
Fri., November 29 Thanksgiving Showdown: N.Y. Rangers at Boston NBC 1 p.m.
2019 NHL THANKSGIVING SHOWDOWN – RANGERS-BRUINS AT 1 P.M. ET ON NBC
The Bruins (15-3-5) lead the Atlantic Division with 35 points following a 5-4 overtime win vs. Minnesota on Saturday to extend their season-opening home point streak to 13 games (9-0-4). David Pastrnak enters the night leading the NHL in goals (20), and teammate Brad Marchand (16g/23a) ranks third in the league in points with 39. The Rangers (11-9-2) are coming off a 3-2 overtime win against the Wild on Monday night and host Carolina on Wednesday. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves on Monday to earn his 455th career regular season win, moving into fifth place on the NHL's all-time list.
Studio coverage on NHL Live on NBC will be highlighted by features on Lundqvist, Bruins defenseman Torey Krug, and Rangers rookie defenseman Adam Fox.
TONIGHT – STARS-BLACKHAWKS AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
This marks the second meeting between the Stars (15-8-2) and Blackhawks (9-9-5) in four days, as Dallas defeated Chicago, 2-1, in a shootout on Saturday. The Stars are on a franchise record-tying seven-game winning streak following Monday's 4-2 win against Vegas and are paced by Tyler Seguin's (6g/15a) 21 points. The Blackhawks, winners of five out of their last ten games (5-3-2), are led by Patrick Kane's (11g/19a) 30 points, tied for seventh-best in the league.
Play-by-play commentator John Forslund and analyst AJ Mleczko will call the action from United Center in Chicago, Ill.
TOMORROW – FLYERS-BLUE JACKETS AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Flyers (12-7-5) enter this Metropolitan Division matchup following a 2-1 victory against the Canucks last night. The Blue Jackets (10-9-4) also earned two points last night when they shut out the Senators 1-0 and have won four of their last five games. Pierre-Luc Dubois (10g/7a) leads the team with 17 points and has four goals in his last five games.
Play-by-play commentator Gord Miller and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire will call the action from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Last week's episode was hosted by Kathryn Tappen, Keith Jones, and Mike Milbury, with a special appearance by Bob McKenzie who discussed the breaking news of the firing of former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock. The episode also features Pierre McGuire's interview with Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley. Click here to listen to the show.
NBC SPORTS' "WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY" FEATURES ORIGINAL SIX MATCHUP BETWEEN RED WINGS & RANGERS ON NBCSN
Wednesday Night Hockey – Red Wings-Rangers at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN
NBC Sports' NHL Viewership Best in Four Years, Up 24% vs. Last Season
NBCSN Doubleheader Tonight – Bruins-Canadiens at 7:30 p.m. ET; Blackhawks-Sharks at 10 p.m. ET
NHL Global Series – Lightning vs. Sabres in Stockholm, Sweden, on Friday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN
NBC Sports to Premiere "The Russian Five" Documentary on NBCSN Following Wednesday Night Hockey
College Hockey – No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 9 Ohio State – Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN
STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 5, 2019 – NBC Sports presents a full slate of NHL coverage this week, highlighted by an Original Six matchup on Wednesday Night Hockey, as Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers host Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
This week's NHL schedule on NBCSN kicks off tonight with a doubleheader beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET, when David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins visit Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 p.m. ET. Coverage shifts west at 10 p.m. ET, when Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks travel to San Jose to take on Brent Burns and the Sharks.
NBC Sports will present live coverage of the 2019 NHL Global Series from Stockholm, Sweden this Friday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning face Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres. In addition to this week's NHL coverage, NBC Sports presents a pair of top-ten college hockey teams this weekend, as No. 9 Ohio State visits No. 5 Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday night.
Liam McHugh will host Wednesday's coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts Jeremy Roenick and Keith Jones and NHL insider Darren Dreger. Kathryn Tappen will anchor tonight's studio coverage with Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter.
Following is this week's NHL and college hockey schedule on NBCSN:
Tues., November 5 NHL Live NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
Boston at Montreal NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose NBCSN 10 p.m.
Wed., November 6 NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m.
Wednesday Night Hockey – Detroit at New York NBCSN 8 p.m.
Fri., November 8 NHL Global Series – Tampa Bay at Buffalo^ NBCSN 2 p.m.
College Hockey – No. 9 Ohio St. vs. No. 5 Notre Dame NBCSN 8 p.m.
Sat., November 9 College Hockey – No. 9 Ohio St. vs. No. 5 Notre Dame# Streaming 7 p.m.
^played in Stockholm, Sweden
#streams exclusively on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
Last night, the Red Wings (4-11-1) were defeated by the Nashville Predators 6-1. The Rangers (5-6-1) were also in action and fell to the Ottawa Senators 6-2, ending their two-game winning streak. Free agent signee Artemi Panarin (6g/6a) leads the team in goals and points. Pre-game coverage on NBCSN will be headlined by a feature on Red Wings alternate captain Dylan Larkin.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winner Mike 'Doc' Emrick, who is in his 15th season as NBC Sports' lead NHL play-by-play commentator, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk and 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Brian Boucher will call Red Wings-Rangers from Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
Through 15 games, NBC Sports has delivered its best NHL viewership in four years (since the 2015-16 season), averaging a Total Audience Delivery of 352,000 viewers, up 24% vs. last season through the same point (278,000 viewers). The viewership increase began with a strong Opening Night doubleheader, which delivered a combined Total Audience Delivery of 600,000 viewers, up 15% vs. last season's Opening Night delivery (523,000 viewers).
"THE RUSSIAN FIVE" DOCUMENTARY TO PREMIERE ON NBCSN FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY
NBC Sports will premiere "The Russian Five" documentary, a feature on the first five Russians to play hockey together in the NHL, tomorrow, Wednesday, November 6, following Wednesday Night Hockey between the Red Wings and Rangers. The documentary tells the story of how Sergei Fedorov, Slava Fetisov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Slava Kozlov, and Igor Larionov were able to defect from their homeland and transform the Detroit Red Wings into perennial contenders and back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions in 1996-97 and 1997-98.
The documentary will air again throughout the course of the NHL regular season and playoffs on NBCSN. More details can be found here.
TONIGHT – BRUINS-CANADIENS AT 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The Atlantic Division-leading Bruins (11-1-2) are paced by the top two point scorers in the league: David Pastrnak's league-leading 29 points (14g/15a) and Brad Marchand with 28 (10g/18a). The Canadiens (7-5-2) came up short on Saturday night against the Dallas Stars in a 4-1 defeat and will return home to Bell Centre for tonight's matchup, where the team is 3-3 this season.
Play-by-play commentator John Forslund and analyst Mike Milbury will have the call from Bell Centre in Montreal, Que.
TONIGHT – BLACKHAWKS-SHARKS AT 10 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
On Sunday night, the Blackhawks (4-6-3) defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 in overtime on a goal scored only 24 seconds into the period by Patrick Kane (4g/8a). The Sharks (4-10-1) have been paced by Brent Burns (3g/11a) and Evander Kane (8g/4a) in the early season and will look to end their five-game losing streak.
Randy Hahn (play-by-play) and Jamie Baker (analyst) will call the Blackhawks-Sharks matchup from SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.
NHL GLOBAL SERIES IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – LIGHTNING-SABRES ON FRIDAY AT 2 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The 2019 NHL Global Series marks the third straight year and eighth season overall that the NHL has traveled to Europe to play regular-season games, as Stockholm, Sweden will host two games between the Lightning (6-5-2) and Sabres (9-4-2) at Ericsson Globe on Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9. NBCSN will broadcast the first matchup on Friday at 2 p.m. ET.
The Lightning and Sabres rosters both feature some of the NHL's top talent from across the world, including natives of Sweden. The Lightning roster is highlighted by captain Steven Stamkos, 2019 Hart Memorial Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov, and Swedish native Victor Hedman. The Sabres roster includes captain Jack Eichel, and Swedish natives Rasmus Dahlin, Marcus Johansson, Johan Larsson, Victor Olofsson and Linus Ullmark.
John Forslund (play-by-play) and Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire will call Friday's matchup.
COLLEGE HOCKEY – NO. 5 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 9 OHIO STATE ON FRIDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
The No. 5 Fighting Irish (5-0-1) earned four points last weekend to open Big Ten play when they traveled to Minneapolis to face Minnesota in a two-game series. Cal Burke (4g/9a) has registered a point in all six Fighting Irish games this season. The No. 9 Buckeyes (6-1-1) began their Big Ten season with two home victories over the Michigan Wolverines last weekend.
Tony Simeone (play-by-play) and Anson Carter (analyst) will have the call Friday night from Compton Family Ice Arena in Notre Dame, Ind.
On Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET, the second matchup of the series will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
Last week's episode was hosted by Kathryn Tappen, Patrick Sharp and Keith Jones, who discussed early season storylines and their favorite personal Halloween stories. The episode also features Pierre McGuire's interview with Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Julien BriseBois. Click here to listen to the show.
AWARDS-CONTENDER 'THE RUSSIAN FIVE' TO MAKE U.S. TELEVISION DEBUT ON WED., NOV. 6, ON NBCSN
One of the Highest Grossing Documentary Releases of 2019; An Edge-Of-Your-Seat Hockey Thriller
NEW YORK – Nov. 5, 2019 – Critically-acclaimed documentary The Russian Five will make its U.S. television debut on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN, immediately following coverage of the Wednesday Night Hockey matchup between the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers.
The Russian Five tells the story of the first five Russians to play hockey together in the National Hockey League (NHL) and how they helped transform the Detroit Red Wings from perennial losers to back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions. Toward the end of the Cold War the Red Wings hatched an audacious plan to draft the best Soviet players from behind the Iron Curtain and help them defect to Detroit, sneaking them out under cover of night and whisking them to the Motor City where they won the fans' hearts and changed the way hockey is played in North America forever.
With never before seen home videos, game footage from some of the most iconic moments of the NHL in the 90's and interviews with over 10 Hall of Famers, whether you've been a lifelong hockey fan or you're new to the game, The Russian Five is must-see viewing.
"As the home of hockey in the U.S., we are always looking for ways to further serve the sport's passionate fan base," said Michael Perman, Vice President, Programming, NBC Sports. "The Russian Five is a perfect fit, as it documents the unconventional and dramatic way one of NHL's most-memorable dynasties was built. Hockey fans will love this film."
"The Russian Five left a lasting legacy on the game of hockey and this documentary dives into not only what they accomplished on the ice to bring the Stanley Cup back to Detroit, but also the human side of the story, including their incredible journey from the Soviet Union to Detroit that required cloak and dagger efforts worthy of your favorite Cold War spy novel," said Joshua Riehl, director of The Russian Five.
The Russian Five was released in US theaters earlier this year and became one of the highest grossing theatrically released documentaries of 2019. Later, the film spent weeks among the top documentaries on the iTunes charts.
A favorite of film critics, the film has a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Los Angeles Times chief film critic Kenneth Turan called it "a sports film to savor" and also wrote: "One of the most dramatic and emotional of sports stories gets the expert film it deserves…a documentary that is moving in ways you won't see coming."
The film won the audience awards at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival and the Windsor International Film Festival, took home the Spirit of Michigan Award at The Detroit Free Press Film Fest, and was named Best of Fest at the Seattle International Film Festival.
The Russian Five is directed by Joshua Riehl, executive produced by Daniel Milstein, and produced by Jenny Feterovich, Steve Bannatyne and Jason Wehling.


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OpenPlay is supplying its online sports booking system to the ACT to help them manage their new community sports facilities which include 5 a side football pitches, 11 a side football pitches and other facilities for hire. We are also helping them manage all their community activities ranging from soccer camps to drop in sessions for all ages and abilities. Finally the ACT will be trialing Openplay's new league management sofware.
This brings the number of football clubs clients for OpenPlay up to six, with the Argylle Community Trust joining the likes of Palace for Life Foundation, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers Football Club, Blackburn Rovers FC and Morecambe FC.


In the wake of Kyle Plush's tragic death, The Enquirer spent six months investigating auto-safety complaints of Honda Odyssey minivans.
Kyle Plush, 16, died April 10 when the third-row seat in his 2004 Honda Odyssey flipped over and smothered him.
Nearly 1.5 million consumer complaints were analyzed; hundreds of pages of federal documents reviewed; experts and investigators were interviewed.
More: Are you a Honda Odyssey owner? Help us report the story.
• Federal auto regulators and Honda – Say they believe the accident was an isolated incident.
• Similar complaints – The Enquirer has found more than a dozen consumer complaints regarding third-row seat stability in Honda Odysseys.
• Plush investigation – The Enquirer has obtained a memo that confirms the seat that killed Plush may have had a latching problem.
• Safety experts – Outside safety experts say there is enough evidence to warrant a formal defect investigation.
• Agency turmoil – Multiple government reviews demand screening reforms at America's chief auto-safety regulator.


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Q: How to create a installer for Ubuntu is there any tool to create something like an Installer for Ubuntu as there is for Windows?

A: If you're after the equivalent of an .msi , then a .deb file is what you want.
If necessary you can make it interactive using an install-time script (preinst or postinst).
.deb files
A deb is just a zip archive (named xxx.deb), having a particular structure including the software itself and some metadata. Metadata includes things like 'dependencies', so you don't need to ship 3rd-party tooling (e.g. python libraries or a database engine).
There are many ways of building debs, and your toolchain for building your software may have a plugin for this (e.g. Maven is a Java build tool which has a .deb plugin)
Here are some starting points:

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*https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete (see 'binary packages')

*http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkg_basics.en.html

*pbuilder is a tool recommended by Ubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto
Interactive installers
If you're after an interactive installer, you could use 'debconf' to provide some simple inputs, to be run inside your preinst or postinst script. (e.g. mysql-server uses debconf)
http://www.fifi.org/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html

IzPack
Alternatively, if you're interested in a cross-platform GUI installer, and you are happy to use a Java-based tool, then you might want to look at IzPack. IzPack is mainly for packaging Java apps, but it can be used for non-java software aswell.
http://izpack.org/

A: The Ubuntu Packaging Guide should have all the information you need. Basically you could just provide the binary if that's all you program needs, but even then making a .deb would handle e.g. copying it to the proper location for the user. If you want your package to be available directly from the repositories you will have to request that. I'm not sure what the guidlines for that are in Ubuntu.

A: to zip & pack compiled file I think not and it is pointless to have one.
if you want to pack your own software best method is to put an shell script inside it and put compile commands and get inputs from user inside it. name it as install.sh and zip it in a "tar.gz" format.

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Found in the Flood
September 26, 2005 Issue
The most remarkable aspect of the media's treatment of the hurricane coverage was the return of the poor, in coverage that was neither condescending nor condemnatory.
The New Orleans flood produced a dizzying array of images both striking and shocking, but what was perhaps most unusual about them was the return to American television screens and newspaper front pages of poor people in a manner that was neither condescending nor condemnatory. A tone was set by the likes of Jason DeParle in the New York Times, who began his story like this: "The white people got out. Most of them, anyway…. it was mostly black people who were left behind. Poor black people, growing more hungry, sick and frightened by the hour as faraway officials counseled patience and warned that rescues take time." Wil Haygood in the Washington Post struck a similar tone (albeit buried on page A33): "To those who wonder why so many stayed behind when push came to water's mighty shove here, those who were trapped have a simple explanation: Their nickels and dimes and dollar bills simply didn't add up to stage a quick evacuation mission."
Beyond the confines of its much beloved tourist districts, New Orleans was a far poorer, blacker and more dangerous city than most Americans imagined. According to figures posted on The Progress Report, the Lower Ninth Ward, where the flooding was worst, is more than 98 percent black, with average annual household income below $27,500, not even half the national average, with a quarter of those earning less than $10,000. As Brian Wolshon, a consultant on the state's evacuation plan, told the Times, the city's evacuation plan paid little attention to its "low-mobility" population–the old, the sick and the poor with no cars or other way to get out of town.
It's impossible to tell why it was that so many TV news professionals, even the infamous media whores of cable news, caught the fever, unapologetically pointing to race and class as fundamental dimensions of the unfolding catastrophe. Perhaps they had no choice but to notice; perhaps their professional shame had grown unbearable during the years–even the post-9/11 years–of covering to death every missing little blue-eyed, blond white girl; perhaps, caught inside the tragedy, their human spirits collided with their professional selves. No matter the reason, it was a sight to behold.
In an interview with House majority leader Tom DeLay, African-American MSNBC anchor Lester Holt asked, "People are now beginning to voice what we've all been seeing with our own eyes–the majority of people left in New Orleans are black, they are poor, they are the underbelly of society. When you look at this, what does this say about where we are as a country and where our government is in terms of how it views the people of this country?" When DeLay responded with the usual right-wing nonsense–"We're doing a wonderful job, and we are an incredibly compassionate people"–Holt refused to back off. "Those people at the Superdome, those people at the convention center. They're largely black, and they're largely poor, and they're largely left behind. What does that say about our country right now and how it treats its citizens?" MSNBC also showed Condoleezza Rice looking no less out-to-lunch addressing the cameras than she had the day before, shopping for shoes. "You've spoken very eloquently around the world about growing up as an African-American in the South," she was pointedly asked. "Are you concerned now that at least the impression is going to exist in this country and abroad that some of the relief has been affected by the race and class of the people most affected?" The Secretary of State shamed her heritage as well as her PhD with the idiotic response, "That Americans would somehow in a color-affected way decide who to help and who not to help, I just don't believe it."
While MSNBC played far above its usual batting average, it was CNN whose aggressive and impassioned reporting provided the biggest surprise and offered perhaps the finest coverage in the network's history. Chris Lawrence described "babies 3, 4, 5 months old, living in these horrible conditions…. These people are being forced to live like animals." Paula Zahn grilled the hapless Bush crony Michael Brown, who pretends to direct FEMA. "And finally tonight, sir," she demanded, "you said earlier today that part of the blame for the–what you think will be an–enormous death toll in New Orleans rests with the people who did not evacuate the city, who didn't heed the warnings. Is that fair, to blame the victims, many of whom tell us they had no way out, they had no cars of their own, and that public assistance wasn't provided to get them out of the city?" Jack Cafferty's commentaries were also impressive: smart, gutsy and focused on the issues of race, class, poverty, federal incompetence and the cost to the victims of having 40 percent of the National Guard away at war.
Yet in the media's Bush propaganda wing, Fox was still Fox. Bill O'Reilly, deaf and blind to the obvious class implications of the pre-flood exodus, speculated, "A lot of the people who stayed wanted to do this destruction" and wondered why "looters" were not being shot on sight. Indeed, aside from the surprisingly passionate Shephard Smith, much of Fox's reporting could have been datelined "Neverland." Neil Cavuto brought in Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life, to advise those who'd lost everything to "play it down and pray it up." Fred Barnes complained that those in need had purposely bilked the taxpayers with their cavalier choice of domiciles. "They know they're going to flood. And when these things happen, they want the taxpayers all over the country to pay, and they do." Charles Krauthammer joshed back, "It's a bit unseemly to talk about cutting off aid to these people while the hurricane is still roaring through Mississippi. But let's give it a try," proceeding to needle Barnes about his own summer house. Together with Brit Hume, the Fox pundits laughed about the rain damage to the cover of the Barnes family swimming pool.
Yes, it was a regular laugh-riot over at Fox. But for once, the rest of the media did not follow them into the sewer and instead gave their faux-news phonies a chance to see how real journalists do the job.


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A 1-Year Supply of Birth Control Pills Is Very Beneficial, Study Shows
Compared with a more frequent refill policy, a 12-months-at-once policy helps prevent unwanted pregnancies and saves money, according to new research.
By Cheryl Alkon
Everyday Health Archive
Giving 12-months worth of the birth control pill at once is effective, research shows.Tatjana Zlatkovic/Stocksy
Having a year's worth of birth control pills on hand, rather than a three-month supply that has to be refilled quarterly, can help prevent unwanted pregnancies and also save significant money on healthcare costs, according to new research.
Related: The Best and Worst Birth Control Methods
In a new study published online July 8, 2019, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) used a mathematical model to determine how much money would be saved if a group of 24,309 women who access the VA system for healthcare received enough birth control pills for a 12-months period. (The model was used since the VA system isn't already set up to dispense that much medication at one time).
A 12-month Supply Policy for the Pill Could Prevent Hundreds of Unwanted Pregnancies
Colleen Judge-Golden, lead author and an MD and PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Sonya Borrero, MD, senior author and director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Women's Health Research and Innovation, found that the 12-month supply would prevent 583 unwanted pregnancies and save the VA more than $2.1 million a year in costs related to prenatal, birth, and newborn expenses.
Approximately 43 percent of women veterans say they have had a gap in filling their three-month supply of pills, since refills aren't automatic. (This is similar to the percentage of women who order birth control pills outside of the VA system.)
Related: Birth Control in America: A Brief History of Contraception
Bigger Supplies Are Good for Women, Good for the Budget
"Based on the outcomes of this model, adoption of a 12-month dispensing option for oral contraceptive pills may support reproductive autonomy and improve reproductive outcomes among women veterans and is expected to produce cost savings for the VA due to reductions in unintended pregnancies," the study concluded. "Thus, the proposed policy is expected to be economically feasible for the VA while better supporting women veterans in meeting their reproductive goals."
Others agree.
The Benefits of Accessible Birth Control
"The more ways we can make it easier for women to get whatever method of birth control is right for them, the easier we will make it for women to plan and space their pregnancies according to their own desires," says Rachel Fey, the director of public policy at birth control advocacy group Power to Decide.
Related: What Is Emergency Contraception or Next-Day Birth Control?
Some States, Plans Allow a 6-Month-Plus Supply of BCPs at a Time
Currently, 17 states and the District of Columbia allow private insurance plans to prescribe a year of birth control pills; the states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. In New Jersey and New Mexico, women can obtain six months of birth control pills with private health plans, while those in New Mexico on Medicaid can get a year's supply, according to Power to Decide.
Policies for Dispensing Birth Control Pills Aren't Well Understood
Sometimes pharmacists and physicians aren't fully aware of such policies and may push back when a woman has a prescription for a year's worth of pills, notes Fey. When Fey asked her pharmacist to run a prescription of a year of birth control pills through her own health insurance policy, the pharmacist was surprised to see that the plan would cover the 12-month supply. "There's a catch-up period that people need to learn about," she says.
A year's supply of pills helps all women, not simply the female veterans researched in the JAMA study.
Related: Contraception Speak: What Is Perfect Use of Birth Control?
Who Benefits the Most From a Year's Supply of the Pill?
More than 19 million women in the United States live in so-called "contraceptive deserts," or an area that lacks reasonable access to a full range of contraception options, says Fey. Having the ability to get a year's worth of birth control pills can help every woman, but especially "any woman who struggles financially, or lives in an area where she has to drive two counties over to get a prescription refill or an initial prescription," says Fey. "If you have a year's worth of pills already in your possession, it is easier to not have a gap in birth control pill use, which relates to preventing unintended pregnancy."
Birth control pills "rely on the user to take them at roughly the same time every day to be effective," says Fey. Anything that helps that process helps all women.
As a comparison, there are other forms of birth control Fey calls "more set it and forget it" methods, such as an intrauternine device (IUD) or implant, that are inserted by a physician, then are typically 99 percent effective without the need to take a daily pill.
But for women who have chosen to take a birth control pill for contraception, having a year's worth of it on hand makes it easier to take daily without missing a dose.
Related: FDA Approves Annovera, the First Vaginal Contraceptive Ring That Can Be Used for 1 Year
What the Study Results Mean for American Women
A news release about the study published by the University of Pittsburgh noted that, "as the largest integrated American health system, the VA has an opportunity to deploy this evidence-based policy on a national scale."
Dr. Borrero agrees. "This is a great opportunity for the VA to roll out this policy change on a national level and continue to be a leader and set an elevated standard for women's healthcare," she said in the same release.
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The Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran is one of Scotland's main carbon emitters
ADDRESSING the climate emergency should be at the forefront of every political party's offering at this General Election.
But no matter how much the others might insist it is at the top of their agenda, only the Scottish Greens are treating the issue with the seriousness it deserves.
Emergency situations demand an emergency response and we are well past the point where tinkering and timidity are acceptable. The evidence shows that the next decade is vital in producing an adequate response and failure to do so will be catastrophic for all of us. The cohort of MPs elected next month will be in office for half of that time which is why it is incumbent on the public and politicians to make the case for the climate at every possible opportunity.
The Climate Bill recently passed by the Scottish Government was not only woefully unambitious but also failed to provide any meaningful roadmap towards achieving its targets. There is a tendency among the larger parties to adopt an "out of sight, out of mind" approach to damage we do to the climate on a daily basis. It's considered a problem for tomorrow when the reality is quite the opposite.
In the region I represent, the Mossmorran gas plant is a clear example of the damage the fossil fuel industry is doing to people in Scotland right now. It is a scourge on communities and has had a clear negative impact on the lives of people living around it.
Mossmorran is one of Scotland's largest industrial polluters. Over the years there have been increasing bouts of flaring at the plant, operated by ExxonMobil and Shell. These incidents cause tremendous amounts of noise, light and vibrations which can last for days at a time. There were prolonged incidents earlier this year and a recent report from NHS Fife accepted that residents had suffered a "considerable degree of physical and psychological disturbance" as a result. ExxonMobil's plant was taken offline in August for repairs and a company statement at the time said it would be closed until "at least November". It hasn't reopened yet. Unsurprisingly, the process of rebooting the plant involves a significant amount of flaring.
We're more than halfway through November and local residents still haven't heard a peep from the plant. This means that families, having already had their Easter and summer holidays disrupted, could now face the prospect of more of the same at Christmas. The unwanted prospect of the plant flaring over the holiday period would be a bitter blow to those communities.
The operators have claimed they're unable to release detailed flaring schedules on the basis that the information is commercially sensitive.
It is yet another example of private capital's interests being put well before the interests of people. This plant is demonstrably damaging to both the environment and the people who live near it. Given the "world-leading" climate targets the Scottish Government is very keen to remind us about, you would think that ministers would have had detailed conversations with the operators about the long-term future of the plant. Paths to decarbonisation will surely have been mapped out, plans made for the people who rely on jobs at the plant.
Sadly, this isn't the case. There has been no discussion between Scottish Government and the plant about decarbonisation. Climate targets are all well and good but a complete unwillingness to make progress towards actually achieving them renders them almost entirely obsolete. Conversations between government and industry are surely one of the first steps needed. It is clear that industry isn't going to make the leap on its own.
If we're serious about fighting back against the climate emergency then the Mossmorran plant must, sooner or later, either close or use technology to completely
decarbonise. But we need to make sure the workers are not left behind. We need to ensure there are well paid, good quality, sustainable jobs for them to move into. A failure to recognise that and to plan for it is nothing short of neglect.
The situation at Mossmorran is the front line of Scotland's approach to the climate emergency. It strikes at the heart of why my colleague Scott Rutherford is standing in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath at the General Election and why Greens are standing across Scotland. We can't stay quiet while the other parties take baby steps towards a sustainable future. We recognise that bringing about the radical transformation needed will be easier when Scotland is independent, but we also recognise that this emergency can't wait for independence, or Brexit, or a new government.
We're standing in constituencies held by all the other parties because at one point or another they've let us all down when it comes to the environment. They can't be allowed a free pass anymore. There simply isn't the time.
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Erection Ejaculation: How It Occurs
When a male is aroused sexually, the blood vessels in the penis relax and open up, allowing blood to fill them. Blood trapped under high pressure creates an erection. Ejaculation is a reflex action controlled by the central nervous system.
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What is the anatomy of the penis?
The penis is made up of:
Two chambers called the corpora cavernosa, which run the length of the organ and contain a maze of blood vessels shaped like cavernous spaces (like a sponge).
The urethra, or channel for urine and sperm, which runs along the underside of the corpora cavernosa.
Erectile tissue, which surrounds the urethra, two main arteries and several veins and nerves.
The shaft, the longest part of the penis.
The head (glans), which is at the end of the shaft.
The meatus, or opening at the tip of the head where urine and semen are discharged.
How does an erection occur?
When the blood vessels of the corpora cavernosa relax and open up, blood rushes in through the cavernosus arteries to fill them. The blood then gets trapped under high pressure, creating an erection.
An erection begins with sensory and mental stimulation. During sexual arousal, nerve messages begin to stimulate the penis. Impulses from the brain and local nerves cause the muscles of the corpora cavernosa to relax, allowing blood to flow in and fill the open spaces. The blood creates pressure in the corpora cavernosa, making the penis expand and creating an erection.
The tunica albuginea (the membrane surrounding the corpora cavernosa), helps to trap the blood in the corpora cavernosa, sustaining the erection. Erection is reversed when muscles in the penis contract, stopping the inflow of blood and opening outflow channels.
How does ejaculation occur?
Sexual stimulation and friction provide the impulses that are delivered to the spinal cord and into the brain. Ejaculation is a reflex action controlled by the central nervous system. It is triggered when the sexual act reaches a critical level of excitement. It has two phases.
In the first phase, the vas deferens (the tubes that store and transport sperm from the testes) contract to squeeze the sperm toward the base of the penis and the prostate gland and seminal vesicles release secretions to make semen. At this stage, the ejaculation is unstoppable.
In the second phase, muscles at the base of penis contract every 0.8 seconds and force the semen out of the penis in up to 5 spurts.
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'Dancing' by Cleo Fariselli at Almanac, Turin
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Almanac presents Dancing, a solo exhibition by Italian artist Cleo Fariselli.
The installation investigates light as the premise to the visual existence of the world, its archetypal and imaginative role in defining the relation between subject construction and its projection into outer realities and entities.
In the middle of the space, a mirrorball, composed by sharp irregular fragments, rotates in silence lit by spotlights. Suspended in mid air, it recalls a kernel or the nucleus of an atom in the center of an empty volume.
This dangerous celestial body is moving slowly in a dark surreal dance hall. Its shiny pop nature, in between sculpture and interior design, is broken by the threat of the blades that compose it.
The shattered mirrors that form the globe's surface reflect the beams of the spotlights in irregular compositions - constantly in motion. These images cut through the darkness of the space, appearing in the surrounding of the sculpture: over the walls of the room and the bodies of the audience - which, in turn, are mirrored and multiplied in the mirrorball.
The sculpture stages a game of reflections and alterations between inside and outside, scales and perceptions. Through light, it questions the stability of a perspective - of seeing and being seen.
With the ambiguity of the shapes and movements reflected by the sphere, the work becomes a device of wonder and astonishment, projecting an outer world like a carousel or magic lantern - acquiring the unknown nature of a constellation or an aurora.
The precariousness of the structure, its uneasy and harmful materiality, evoke the igloos by Mario Merz or the broken mirrors by Pistoletto - an ironic reference to Arte Povera for being Cleo's first solo exhibition in Turin. At the same time, its sharp moving edges question the role of art as form of entertainment and its violence.
The light, its dazzling reflections and the double that creates, trigger an osmotic exchange between inner and outer realities where, at once, we lose and find ourselves in the unstable images projected by the mirrorball.
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The American Economy is Destroying Itself
by Paul Craig Roberts
The historian who chronicles America's decline will lay the blame on free market ideology.
I say this as a believer in the market. My books and scholarly articles demonstrate the superiority of market systems over government allocative schemes. The problem arises when market economics ceases to be thoughtful and becomes ideological or a dogma.
A good example of the latter is a recent Heritage Foundation study that argues that global outsourcing is the best way to equip the US military with the best technology at least expense. The study brushes away concerns with the erosion of the American manufacturing, science, and engineering knowledge base by asserting that such concerns imply protectionism and that protectionism means the death of innovation.
Protectionism can be problematical for innovation, and the study is correct to point this out. Where the study fails is in ignoring that innovation does not take place in a vacuum. Innovation requires a material base and depends on a strong manufacturing, science and engineering foundation backed by R&D programs.
In an interview with Manufacturing & Technology News (August 8), the study's project leader, Jack Spencer, sees protectionism as the only threat to American innovation, which he otherwise takes for granted:
"Our belief is that subjected to the free market, the United States is still going to produce most things because our comparative advantages are innovation and new technology. If liberated from protectionism, we can compete and that is where we will always emerge as winners."
This belief is simply untrue. As this belief is the basis for the study, the study has done nothing but confirm a preordained belief.
The US has no God-given comparative advantage in innovation and new technology. We were leaders in these fields, because we were leaders in manufacturing.
We were leaders in manufacturing, because Europe and Japan destroyed themselves in wars, and the rest of the world destroyed themselves in various forms of socialism and cronyism.
America's hegemony in manufacturing, science and engineering was the product of historical circumstances. Moreover, it occurred despite American protectionism.
The historical circumstances have changed. The US gave away its scientific and engineering education and its agriculture. It did this partly for idealistic reasons and partly as cold war strategy.
Once socialism collapsed in Asia, US corporations began outsourcing abroad the manufacture of products for US markets. Success with offshore manufacturing has led to offshore outsourcing of research and development and now innovation itself.
As a recent report from the National Research Council recognizes, "product development and technical support follow manufacturing." One consequence for America is the loss of many manufacturing capabilities and "the increasing availability abroad of unique technologies not found in the United States."
This development is taking a huge toll on America's human resources in manufacturing skills, engineering and science. The first American victims were blue collar workers. Millions of them lost their jobs and experienced sharp declines in the quality of their lives. But as research, engineering, design, and innovation followed manufacturing abroad, now it is white collar workers in information technology and university graduates in engineering and physics who are being displaced.
American university enrollments in science and engineering are declining because there are no jobs for graduates. It is pointless to invest money, sweat and toil in an education that has no payoff. Markets do work. Markets are working to shrink the demand for, and supply of, American engineers and scientists.
The next impact is going to be on project manager jobs, practically the sole remaining source of career related employment for many engineers and technical people. Project management jobs require people experienced with the technology of the job. The loss of technical and engineering jobs empties the pipeline of people who have the experience to assume management positions. Far from being able to innovate, the US will even lack the human resources to manage technical and scientific projects.
Many uninformed people believe the problem is that America doesn't produce enough scientists and engineers. Manufacturing & Technology News reports that "a group of 15 US business organizations has launched a national campaign aimed at doubling within 10 years the number of bachelor's degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics."
What is the point of this when there is a huge supply of unemployed engineers and technical people who have been displaced by offshore outsourcing and by H-1b and L-1 work visas for foreigners? I know an American software engineer in his thirties whose job was outsourced. After searching fruitlessly for a job for four years, he took a job in Thailand writing software programs for $850 per month.
The anecdotal stories are legion. Yesterday, a friend reported to me that the service technician who repaired his garage door opener said his company was flooded with resumes from college graduates and engineers who cannot find work and are willing to take jobs installing garage doors.
US executives, with an eye to quarterly earnings and their bonuses, continue to spend considerable resources lobbying for increases in work visas that enable them to replace their American engineers, scientists, and technical people with lower cost foreigners. These executives lie through their teeth when they assert the lack of qualified Americans for the jobs. The fact of the matter is, the executives force their American employees to train their foreign replacements and then fire their American workers.
In a word, American capitalism is destroying itself by dismantling the ladders of upward mobility that have made large income inequalities acceptable. By rewarding themselves for destroying American jobs and manufacturing, engineering and scientific capabilities, US executives are sowing a whirlwind. American political stability will not survive the turning of an American university degree into a worthless sheet of paper. Libertarians and free market ideologues who rejoice in freedom should open their eyes to freedom's destruction.
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS has held a number of academic appointments and has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. His graduate economics education was at the University of Virginia, the University of California at Berkeley, and Oxford University. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at: paulcraigroberts@yahoo.com
Paul Craig Roberts is a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. Roberts' How the Economy Was Lost is now available from CounterPunch in electronic format. His latest book is The Neoconservative Threat to World Order.


Written by URAP Sierra Abasolo, a third-year history major participating in the IMLS, "Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology" project. Spring semester 2018.
This photo (MVZ 11158) was captured by Otto Emerson near the base of Mount Diablo in Pine Canyon. The photo shows the camp of Walter E. Bryant and Otto W Emerson in March of 1887. Emerson was known for collecting environmental samples as a sort of hobby of his, so these men may have been out to expand their research.
This photo stood out to me as I was sorting through hundreds of photos because of the extravagant looking tent in the background that caught my attention. The tall stripped tent that comes to a point at the top reminded me of a circus tent. Another aspect I found striking about this photo is how old it is. Most of the photos I have seen are around 1913 or later, but this one was taken in 1887. I was surprised that a photo could have survived over 130 years, and considering photography was not used in the United States until late in the Antebellum period (1812 – 1860).
Another reason I was drawn to this photo was because it was taken at the base of Mount Diablo which is my favorite mountain because I could see it every time I looked out my window. My dad and I also hiked around the base of the mountain several years ago, so I thought it was cool to see such an old photo of one of my favorite places. Also, I plan on climbing to the top with my dad in the next few years.


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