TSN is the #1 Source for NHL Trade Deadline Day with TRADECENTRE ’14, Live on March 5 at 8 a.m. ET
TORONTO (March 3, 2014) – Canada’s Sports Leader delivers all
the news and analysis surrounding NHL Trade Deadline Day during TRADECENTRE ’14 (#TradeCentre)
– TSN’s signature 10-hour event. Consistently ranking as the industry’s
most-watched and most-trusted source for NHL Trade Deadline Day news, TRADECENTRE ’14 airs Wednesday, March 5 beginning at 8 a.m. ET on TSN.
Before
kicking off TRADECENTRE ’14, TSN’s
team of Hockey Insiders and experts set up one of the most anticipated days of
the hockey season during the 60-minute COUNTDOWN
TO TRADECENTRE airing tomorrow (Tuesday,
March 4) at 8:30 p.m. ET.
From 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday, TRADECENTRE
’14 delivers in-depth coverage of every trade. For fans at work or
on-the-go, the entire broadcast will be available via live stream on TSN.ca and on the brand new TSN Hockey app. TRADECENTRE
’14 will also be available live on NHL Network in the U.S.
Immediately
following TRADECENTRE ’14 on TSN,
host Rod Smith recaps the day’s events with reaction
from around the NHL on SPORTSCENTRE at 6 p.m. ET while NHL ON TSN takes over at 7 p.m. ET with Toronto @ NY
Rangers.
TSN has been
delivering comprehensive coverage of NHL Trade Deadline Day since 2000. Each
year, Canadians overwhelmingly make TRADECENTRE
their #1 choice for news and analysis. Last year’s TRADECENTRE more than doubled the average audience recorded by its
closest competitor, while TSN Digital recorded 23.6 million page views across
all of its platforms – making it one of the Top 5 busiest days ever in TSN
Digital history
TRADECENTRE ’14 Broadcast Team
Host James
Duthie leads TSN’s TRADECENTRE ’14 team of Hockey Insiders
and experts – including former NHL players, coaches, and general managers – through
10 hours of hockey talk. Throughout the day, TRADECENTRE ’14 will feature interviews, breaking news and instant analysis
of each transaction, while also checking in with SPORTSCENTRE’s Bureau
Reporters on site with each Canadian team to file live reports.
The TRADECENTRE ’14 broadcast team:
·
Host: James Duthie
·
TSN
The Reporters Panel:
Dave Hodge
with Michael Farber, Toronto
Sun’s Steve Simmons, and National Post’s Bruce Arthur
·
SPORTSCENTRE
Bureau Reporters:
Cory
Woron, Brent
Wallace, Ryan
Rishaug, Sara
Orlesky, Mark
Masters, John
Lu, Farhan
Lalji, Paul
Hollingsworth, Jermain
Franklin, and Matthew
Scianitti
RAM has
signed on as lead sponsor of TRADECENTRE
’14 and the Trade Breaker Desk, helmed by TSN’s Hockey Insiders.
TRADECENTRE ’14 on TSN Digital
Launching just
in time for TRADECENTRE ’14, the fully
customizable TSN Hockey app delivers real-time game updates, news alerts, video
highlights, and more from Hockey Canada, NHL, and AHL. Designed and engineered in partnership
with the Toronto-based digital studio The Working Group, the TSN
Hockey app is available on iOS and will soon be available for Android.
The TSN
Hockey app and TSN.ca
are the ultimate destinations for NHL Trade Deadline Day. In addition to live
streaming TRADECENTRE ’14, these TSN
Digital platforms also feature the following highlights:
·
Trade Tracker – delivering real-time updates on all
the trades as they happen.
·
Twitter Tracker – pulling together tweets from TSN’s
team of Hockey Insiders, experts, and correspondents
·
TSN Big Board – providing stats, cap hits and other
key information on players in play
·
Trade Deadline Playbooks – displaying each team’s situations in
terms of upcoming free agents, players with no-trade clauses, top prospects,
and potential plans
·
TSN
Fantasy Guru Scott Cullen’s take on NHL Trade Deadline Day’s
impact from a fantasy perspective
In addition,
TSN’s social media team keeps fans in the loop on TSN’s official Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts with real-time content
related to the biggest trades. The
TRADECENTRE ’14 broadcast will also feature fan tweets using the hashtag #TradeCentre
within the TradeCentre Twitter Bar.
TRADECENTRE ’14 on TSN Radio
For in-depth
local coverage of NHL Trade Deadline Day, fans can listen to TSN
Radio stations across
the country: TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto, TSN
Radio 690 in Montreal,
TSN
Radio 1290 in Winnipeg,
TSN
Radio 1200 in Ottawa,
TSN
Radio 1260 in Edmonton,
and TEAM
1040 in Vancouver. Live
streaming of TSN Radio is also available on TSN Digital platforms.
Each station
features coverage focused on the local NHL team in their market and dips in and
out of live coverage of TRADECENTRE ’14
– with the television broadcast also featuring look-ins from select TSN Radio stations.
SOCIAL MEDIA
LINKS
#TradeCentre
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