Dueling Bruins Playoff Coverage From NESN, CSNNE

NESN and CSNNE have announced their Boston Bruins playoff coverage plans for the first round series against the Washington Capitals, which begins tomorrow night at the TD Garden.

NESN will carry as many as five games in the series live, including games 1, 3 and 4. NESN will also expand Bruins pre-game coverage to include at least one hour of coverage before every game as well as complete post-game coverage after every game.

NESN’s popular duo of Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley will call every NESN televised playoff game with Naoko Funayama serving as rink-side reporter. Dale Arnold will host NESN’s studio programs with Gord Kluzak, Barry Pederson and Mark Mowers providing analysis. NESN’s pre and post-game coverage for Bruins home games will originate from the network’s TD Garden studio with coverage of the games in Washington coming from NESN’s studios in Watertown, MA.

*  = If Necessary

CSNNE will team up with NBC Sports Group and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic to provide coverage of the series.

Comcast SportsNet will air pre- and post-game coverage for all Bruins Playoff games, including Chevrolet SportsNet Central surrounding every matchup.  Before each game, host Michael Felger will react and respond to Bruins fans’ questions, posts, and tweets submitted on Twitter, Facebook, and CSNNE.com.   Unfiltered, in-depth discussion and analysis of the team’s Playoff performance will be part of all Comcast SportsNet programming, including the Felger & Mazz show, Chevrolet SportsNet Central and Uno’s Sports Tonight.

Felger leads the studio team with NHL veteran Tony Amonte. CSNNE.com Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will be on-site providing in-arena reports from every game, both home and away, joined by Comcast SportsNet anchors Mike Giardi and Kevin Walsh. Contributing to the coverage will be respected Bruins analysts like Kevin Paul Dupont and Bob Beers.  Only Comcast SportsNet New England brings a unique visitors perspective from Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s Capitals coverage team.

Comcast SportsNet’s dedicated specials in Round 1 include:

Thu, April 12 – Chevrolet SportsNet Central Extra at 7 p.m.
Sat, April 14 – SportsNet Central Extra at 2:30 p.m. and at 6 p.m.
Mon, April 16 – SportsNet Central Extra at 7 p.m.
Thu, April 19 – SportsNet Central Extra at 7 p.m.
Sat, April 21 –  SportsNet Central Extra at 2:30 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m. (Game 5 if necessary)
Sun, April 22 – TBD (Game 6 if necessary)
Wed, April 25 – TBD (Game 7 if necessary)