Versus Jumps Into the 2nd Round of the NHL Playoffs

The 1st round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs ended on Wednesday and the 2nd round begins on Thursday. I like that. Hit the ground running. Keep the momentum of a great 1st round going. And we have the Western Conference teams ready so get started as soon as they’re set to go. And Versus which had the 1st round, will be ready with one game tonight.

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL ROUND STARTS TONIGHT ON VERSUS WITH EXCLUSIVE GAME 1 COVERAGE OF DETROIT RED WINGS/SAN JOSE SHARKS SERIES AT 8:30 PM ET 

NEW YORK, N.Y. (April 29, 2010)-VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country, continues its coverage of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Conference Semifinals commence tonight.  The network will drop the puck on its first night of second-round coverage at 8:30 p.m. ET with Hockey Central followed by exclusive coverage of Game 1 in the Detroit Red Wings/San Jose Sharks series at 9 p.m. ET. VERSUS will air another Hockey Central show at 11:30 p.m. ET following the conclusion of the game.



In the Conference Semifinal round, VERSUS will air at least two exclusive games per series (both Eastern Conference series will have three exclusive games) and the remaining games will be blacked out locally as they were during the first round. During the Conference Finals, VERSUS will air exclusive coverage of both series and the network's 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage will culminate with exclusive coverage of Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.  

VERSUS' Conference Semifinal schedule follows (All times ET, subject to change): 



Thursday, April 29 - 9 p.m., Detroit at San Jose, Game 1* - Western



Friday, April 30 - 7 p.m., Montreal at Pittsburgh, Game 1* - Eastern



Saturday, May 1 - 8 p.m., Vancouver at Chicago, Game 1* - Western



Sunday, May 2 - 8 p.m., Detroit at San Jose, Game 2* - Western



Monday, May 3 - 7 p.m., Philadelphia at Boston, Game 2* - Eastern



Monday, May 3 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), Vancouver at Chicago, Game 2 - Western



Tuesday, May 4 - 7 p.m., Pittsburgh at Montreal, Game 3 - Eastern



Tuesday, May 4 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), San Jose at Detroit, Game 3 - Western



Wednesday, May 5 - 7 p.m., Boston at Philadelphia, Game 3* - Eastern



Wednesday, May 5 - 9:30 p.m., Chicago at Vancouver, Game 3 - Western



Thursday, May 6 - 7 p.m., Pittsburgh at Montreal, Game 4* - Eastern



Thursday, May 6 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), San Jose at Detroit, Game 4 - Western



Friday, May 7 - 7 p.m., Boston at Philadelphia, Game 4* - Eastern



Friday, May 7 - 9:30 p.m., Chicago at Vancouver, Game 4* - Western



Saturday, May 8 - 7 p.m., Montreal at Pittsburgh, Game 5*,** - Eastern



Saturday, May 8 - 10 p.m., Detroit at San Jose, Game 5** - Western



Sunday, May 9 - 8 p.m., Vancouver at Chicago, Game 5** - Western



Monday, May 10 - 7 p.m., Pittsburgh at Montreal, Game 6** - Eastern



Monday, May 10 - 9:30 p.m. (JIP), San Jose at Detroit, Game 6** - Western



Tuesday, May 11 - 9:30 p.m., Chicago at Vancouver, Game 6** - Western



Wednesday, May 12 - TBD, Montreal at Pittsburgh, Game 7** - Eastern



Wednesday, May 12 - TBD, Detroit at San Jose, Game 7** - Western



Thursday, May 13 - 8 p.m., Vancouver at Chicago, Game 7** - Western



Friday, May 14 - 7 p.m., Philadelphia at Boston, Game 7** - Eastern



Games with (*) denotes EXCLUSIVE game; games with (**) are subject to change as best of seven series may be over; (JIP) - joined in progress

That’s it.