2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup on Sportsnet
Wednesday May 20, 2015
Toronto, ON – Hockey fans from coast-to-coast are receiving front row seats to see the next generation of the game’s stars in action as Sportsnet, home of the Canadian Hockey League, heads to Québec City for comprehensive coverage of the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup, May 22 to 31.
Sportsnet’s coverage of the 97th edition of the CHL national championship gets underway on Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific as the Québec Remparts host the WHL champion Kelowna Rockets. The Oshawa Generals, OHL champions, and Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL champions, round out the lineup for the four team tournament. All games will air on Sportsnet, with the Championship Final airing on Sunday, May 31 at 7 p.m. / 4 p.m. PT. (Please see full broadcast schedule below).
Below are the key details of Sportsnet’s 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup coverage across television, radio and digital:
Television
· Friday Night Hockey host Jeff Marek and analysts Damien Cox, John Shannon and Todd Warriner head to Québec City to provide fans with pre-game, intermission and post-game analysis
· Play-by-play announcer RJ Broadhead and analyst Sam Cosentino hit the broadcast booth to call all of the action, while Rob Faulds hosts from rinkside.
Radio
· Sportsnet 590 The FAN Online will live stream every game of the 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup. All games will be called by Mel Raskin alongside Concordia Stingers coach Kevin Figsby.
· Additional games will be broadcast on Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN (Please see full schedule below).
Sportsnet.ca
Sportsnet.ca will deliver end-to-end coverage of all of the games, stars and story lines from Québec City, including up-to-the-minute news, real-time highlights, scores, schedules and statistics
Analysis and features by veteran CHL writer Gare Joyce and Sportsnet’s prospects guru Damien Cox
Junior – the ultimate podcast for CHL fans co-hosted by Jeff Marek and Sam Cosentino -will record an episode on-site at the Colisée Pepsi
2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup Broadcast Schedule
*Schedule subject to change
Friday, May 22
· Kelowna Rockets vs. Québec Remparts, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West & Pacific
Saturday, May 23
· Rimouski Océanic vs. Oshawa Generals, 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Sunday, May 24
· Québec Remparts vs. Oshawa Generals, 4:30 p.m. ET / 1: 30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Monday, May 25
· Rimouski Océanic vs. Kelowna Rockets, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)
Tuesday, May 26
· Oshawa Generals vs. Kelowna Rockets, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Wednesday, May 27
· Québec Remparts vs. Rimouski Océanic, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)
Thursday, May 28
· Tie-Breaker*, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific, Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Friday, May 29
· Semifinal, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Sunday, May 31
· Championship Final, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific, Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
*if necessary
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The 2015 MasterCard Memorial Cup is proudly supported by MasterCard, title sponsor of this event for 17 straight years. Associate sponsors include BMO Bank of Montreal, SUBWAY, Cooper Tires, and autoTRADER.ca.
For more information about the event please visit www.mastercardmemorialcup.ca, and follow the event on Twitter @MCMemorialCup and @CHLHockey using #MCMemorialCup.