Prime Ticket/FOX Sports West to televise 78 Anaheim Ducks games
The Anaheim Ducks and Prime Ticket/FOX Sports West announced today the club's local television schedule for the 2015-16 National Hockey League regular season.
All 82 regular season games will be televised locally for the fifth consecutive season and sixth time in franchise history. Seventy-eight games will be carried live on Fox networks, including 75 on Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West & three on KCOP-TV. Four additional games will also air nationally on NBC Sports Network.
Click here for the full 2015-16 TV schedule.
In addition, Anaheim's preseason games on Friday, Sept. 25 vs. Los Angeles and Thursday, Oct. 1 vs. Colorado will be broadcast on Prime Ticket, bringing the 2015-16 broadcast total to 84 games.
#NHLDucks; Fox Sports WEST/Prime Ticket announce broadcast schedule for the 2015-16 season: http://t.co/7SXmOypJsJ pic.twitter.com/GpJxfkMG92
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) September 16, 2015
John Ahlers returns for his 14th season as the Ducks television play-by-play voice, having called 826 regular-season games since joining the club in 2002. An original member of the team (1993-94), Brian Hayward opens his 23rd consecutive season as the Ducks' color analyst, having called 1,311 regular-season games with the franchise. Julie Stewart-Binks and Kent French also return to rotate at the reporter position throughout the season. Coverage of the 2015-16 season begins on Friday, Sept. 25 when Anaheim hosts Los Angeles (6:30 p.m. 'Ducks Live' pre-game show).
'Ducks Live' will again supply pre- and post-game coverage for all games on Prime Ticket as French alternates at the host position with Mark Rogondino. Also returning to the set, analyst Guy Hebert will provide unique insights and analysis all season long from the Honda Center, while Hayward provides analysis from the road. Connected original, fast-paced and fun, 'Ducks Live' brings fans closer to the team with player and coach interviews, game analysis and much more. Additionally, Ahlers and Stewart-Binks will contribute to pre- and post-game coverage throughout the season.
From the production truck, Mike Levy will begin his 19th season on Ducks broadcasts and sixth season as game producer, while Bob Sipowich begins his 14th season working Ducks broadcasts including his third full season from the director's chair.
