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Coming off one of its most successful NHL campaigns last year, TSN has unveiled its 70-game NHL on TSN national broadcast package for the 2007/08 regular season, highlighted by increased coverage of the six Canadian clubs. TSN will televise 40 regular season games featuring Canadian teams, up from 36 last season, while three-quarters of TSN's weekly Wednesday Night Hockey games involve a Canadian club. The NHL on TSN schedule also includes three all-Canadian match-ups, the North American opening night tilt between two Canadian clubs, and a minimum of five games for each of the six Canadian teams. NHL on TSN coverage gets underway on October 3 - the first night of the season in North America - with the battle of Ontario featuring Ottawa @ Toronto. TSN's additional two all-Canadian match-ups are Edmonton @ Vancouver on November 14 and Montreal @ Toronto on November 27. TSN enjoyed one of its most successful NHL broadcast seasons ever last year, which saw Playoff audiences increase 11 per cent throughout the first three rounds, while the regular season was the network's second-most watched NHL campaign in 11 years. Additional highlights of the 2007/08 NHL on TSN schedule include: Eight doubleheaders Six Original Six match-ups Four 'flexible schedule' games, allowing TSN to televise the best possible match-ups Thirteen games featuring last season's Hart-Ross-Pearson trophies winner Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins The Montreal Canadiens headline the NHL on TSN Canadian broadcast schedule with 13 games, followed by seven Toronto games, six match-ups each for Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton, and five games for Vancouver. For the 2007/08 NHL on TSN national broadcast schedule, visit www.TSN.ca TSN, a division of CTVglobemedia, is Canada's Sports Leader. Setting the Canadian sports broadcasting standard, TSN's flagship news program, SportsCentre, was voted the number-one source for sports news by sports fans from across the country.
