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Post by devilsdude on Aug 14, 2018 9:48:45 GMT
The full list of fixtures are on elite website twitter or Facebook.
They will be showing the majority of devils games along with playoffs and challenge cup games.
Panthers will be hosting devils on the 26th of September too.
Blaze fans are not happy as there is not one game of them shown all season.
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Post by pip1982 on Aug 14, 2018 9:59:12 GMT
Seems a little unfair that the devils dominate the schedule.
Thought they would go all in on the panthers vs steelers “thing”.
They need to be showing full arenas with plenty of atmosphere, but at least give everyone one home game.
Step in the right direction. I’d love to see the actual viewing figures though.
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Post by kievthegreat on Aug 14, 2018 10:04:15 GMT
Seems a little unfair that the devils dominate the schedule. Thought they would go all in on the panthers vs steelers “thing”. They need to be showing full arenas with plenty of atmosphere, but at least give everyone one home game. Step in the right direction. I’d love to see the actual viewing figures though. I think they missed a trick, should have tried to show both boxing day and the 27th on Freesport and double down on the Panthers-Steelers rivalry. |
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Post by puckit on Aug 14, 2018 10:05:29 GMT
Coventry are the only team not on there at all!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 10:16:25 GMT
#kelmansleague
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Post by tootootrain on Aug 14, 2018 10:23:25 GMT
Coventry are the only team not on there at all! Given their unpredictable attendances perhaps Coventry asked not to host televised games in case it hit them in the pocket? |
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Post by BigLad on Aug 14, 2018 10:25:00 GMT
Devils H2 A3
Lightning H2 A1
Panthers H1 A1
Giants H1 A2
Flames H1 A2
Clan H2 A1
Flyers H1 A1
Stars H1 A1
Steelers H1 A1
Storm H1 A0
Blaze H0 A0
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Post by spik on Aug 14, 2018 10:28:25 GMT
Couldn't they have sqweezed Coventry into an away option?
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Post by Carnell on Aug 14, 2018 11:15:05 GMT
The TBC game in March could be Blazes home game V Giants on 27th March
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Post by DMS on Aug 14, 2018 11:16:16 GMT
Seems a little unfair that the devils dominate the schedule. Thought they would go all in on the panthers vs steelers “thing”. They need to be showing full arenas with plenty of atmosphere, but at least give everyone one home game. Step in the right direction. I’d love to see the actual viewing figures though. I think they missed a trick, should have tried to show both boxing day and the 27th on Freesport and double down on the Panthers-Steelers rivalry. I don’t think they’ve missed a trick at all. Boxing Day is traditionally a huge day across many sports so it is likely that the the viewing figures would be reduced because of many sports fans will be preoccupied with predominantly football. Using the 27th means that there is likely to be a greater number of sports fans available to boost the numbers. In general this is the first year of a new tv deal and for a niche market so it’s just good to have a variety of teams on offer throughout the season as a starting point. |
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Post by meadow on Aug 14, 2018 11:26:52 GMT
As we know, televising the EIHL is a contentious area within some camps that don't want their home attendance figures hit, so I'd imagine these numbers are no accident and are a combination of logistics and certain clubs minimising the amount of time their home games are shown as per the agreement with Freesports. Also as the blaze are one of the clubs who do well out of their webcast (and rightly so, its a decent product imho), it wouldn't surprise if that has played into their non-inclusion.
Figures that us and Shuff as the two clubs eager to fill arenas and with (arguably) the largest travelling away support are only 1H and 1A, whilst the Devils as two time champs and who have no probs filling their rink are shown more - especially as they'll be more of a ratings draw on away games.
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Post by Carnell on Aug 14, 2018 11:41:59 GMT
A list of all the games on a Wednesday this season (televised in Bold):
12/09 - Steelers v Flyers
19/09 - Giants v Panthers
26/09 - Panthers v Devils, Steelers v Stars
03/10 - Stars v Devils
10/10 - Giants v Flames
17/10 - Steelers v Flyers
24/10 - Flames v Steelers
31/10 - Clan v Devils, Steelers v Blaze
07/11 - Devils v Flyers
14/11 - Blaze v Flames, Lightning v Clan
21/11 - Devils v Flyers
28/11 - Panthers v Lightning
05/12 - Devils v Flames, Clan v Steelers, Stars v Giants
26/12 - Panthers v Steelers, Storm v Clan, Lightning v Flames, Blaze v Devils, Stars v Flyers
02/01 - Stars v Clan, Panthers v Flames, Flyers v Lightning
16/01 - Storm v Flames
30/01 - Flames v Steelers
20/02 - Storm v Stars, Flames v Lightning, Steelers v Clan, Panthers v Blaze
27/02 - Flyers v Giants
20/03 - Clan v Devils, Stars v Blaze
27/03 - Blaze v Giants
Looking at the list, I'd assume the following:
The Christmas game, Panthers/Steelers is the biggest of the fixtures, its what gets a lot attention, so they would have been daft to not show one of these
They could have shown the Panthers/Blaze game on the 20/02, but they will have a cup game around this time, so this fixture may end up moving around, plus this would mean having two weeks on the bounce of live games, which might be an issue in the agreement, plus the cup games might lead to 3/4 on the bounce.
The 20/03 game (Clan v Devils) could have a huge impact on where the title goes, which is why i would imagine they went for that game over the Stars/Blaze game.
The only one I genuinely think they could have confirmed and committed to was the Steelers/Blaze game on 31/10 instead of the Clan/Devils game, seeing as we see the same fixture in March, which I mentioned above, could be a big game.
I think Blaze have got the rough end of the stick, but like I say, we don't know (we might & I've forgotten) they may only have a deal to cover X number of games during the season and they might not be able to do two games on the bounce due to contractual reasons.
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Post by texpef on Aug 14, 2018 11:56:40 GMT
As we know, televising the EIHL is a contentious area within some camps that don't want their home attendance figures hit, so I'd imagine these numbers are no accident and are a combination of logistics and certain clubs minimising the amount of time their home games are shown as per the agreement with Freesports. Also as the blaze are one of the clubs who do well out of their webcast (and rightly so, its a decent product imho), it wouldn't surprise if that has played into their non-inclusion. Figures that us and Shuff as the two clubs eager to fill arenas and with (arguably) the largest travelling away support are only 1H and 1A, whilst the Devils as two time champs and who have no probs filling their rink are shown more - especially as they'll be more of a ratings draw on away games. Makes alot more sense when you put it that way, perhaps there is more to this EIHL lark than the back of a fag packet eh...  |
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Post by kievthegreat on Aug 14, 2018 13:13:17 GMT
I think they missed a trick, should have tried to show both boxing day and the 27th on Freesport and double down on the Panthers-Steelers rivalry. I don’t think they’ve missed a trick at all. Boxing Day is traditionally a huge day across many sports so it is likely that the the viewing figures would be reduced because of many sports fans will be preoccupied with predominantly football. Using the 27th means that there is likely to be a greater number of sports fans available to boost the numbers. In general this is the first year of a new tv deal and for a niche market so it’s just good to have a variety of teams on offer throughout the season as a starting point. TBF I said doing both as opposed to an either/or. Also looking at what Freesports cover, there's nothing jumping out in terms of live sport for boxing day. None of the Rugby torunaments they cover play boxing day, neither do the British Basketball League nor the football leagues they cover have any live games to cover on that day (They do the Conference highlights, but no live games). I'd agree 27th is better than 26th, but based on what Freesports show, I can't see anything jumping out in terms of live sport on boxing day. |
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Post by cooperphil156 on Aug 14, 2018 14:07:12 GMT
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Post by tootootrain on Aug 14, 2018 15:01:41 GMT
Unfortunately I doubt it'll take long for those new to ice hockey to become weary of Aaron Murphy's monotonous and cliché-ridden commentary. |
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Post by Carnell on Aug 14, 2018 15:28:02 GMT
Unfortunately I doubt it'll take long for those new to ice hockey to become weary of Aaron Murphy's monotonous and cliché-ridden commentary. Do you not like his pitter patter commentary where he picks all the clichés off the top shelf where the good whiskey is kept? |
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Post by puckit on Aug 14, 2018 15:40:59 GMT
I like Aaron Murphy but I think the main commentator/host needs to have a British accent. I can just imagine new viewers assuming the league has very little British influence especially with a Canadian main host/commentator. I have heard before new spectators or people I’ve spoken to about my passion for hockey immediately assume the EIHL will be a place for washed up North Americans to play in and ex-pats to watch. |
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Post by tootootrain on Aug 14, 2018 16:17:00 GMT
Do you not like his pitter patter commentary where he picks all the clichés off the top shelf where the good whiskey is kept? In a word, no. It's difficult for me to say this given how much I despise the homophobic, racist and mysognistic nasty little bigot, but if he wasn't such a enormous bell-end Simms would be a good shoe-in for a job like this. Unfortunately he is a homophobic, racist and mysognistic nasty little bigot and enormous bell-end to boot, so that rules him out in my ever-so-humble opinion. |
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Post by iginla on Aug 14, 2018 16:48:23 GMT
Unfortunately I doubt it'll take long for those new to ice hockey to become weary of Aaron Murphy's monotonous and cliché-ridden commentary. Do you not like his pitter patter commentary where he picks all the clichés off the top shelf where the good whiskey is kept? No he’s irritating and somebody needs to tell him ! In general he can be quite good,but it’s the endless cliche’s. Imagine watching football and hearing John Motson rattling on that “in the first stanza Wayne Rooney dribbled his way out of a phone booth and unleashed a cannonating blast into the top corner where Grandma keeps the good whiskey”. Seriously,anybody new to hockey would listen to that and think WTF is this crap ! 🙄🙄 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 17:22:19 GMT
He's a aweful commentator but unfortunately we don't have loads to choose from !
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Post by Chris on Aug 14, 2018 17:55:19 GMT
Does anyone know if there's anyway to access freesports tv from abroad? I'm currently living in Canada and will continue to do so for the rest of the season.
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Aug 14, 2018 18:09:02 GMT
Playoff quarter final and the final, but not the semi finals ??
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Post by spik on Aug 14, 2018 18:16:41 GMT
Playoff quarter final and the final, but not the semi finals ?? Probably as we see the Sunday show with the forerunner semi's shown prior to the big game. |
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Aug 14, 2018 19:54:26 GMT
I thought perhaps that it might affect attendance if people knew the sf were televised. Although it didnt seem to affect this years, but was the tv coverage announced after the tickets went on sale?
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