TNT Sports will open its sixth season of\u00a0NHL on TNT from Stateside Live! in Philadelphia, prior to the highly anticipated season-opening showdown between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, September 30, with on-site coverage beginning at 6 p.m. ET prior to live game action at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Fans can join in\u00a0the festivities\u00a0at Stateside Live! starting at 3 p.m.\u00a0as the\u00a0opening\u00a0night studio show originates\u00a0from the heart of Philadelphia’s\u00a0Sports Complex,\u00a0celebrating the renewal of\u00a0one of hockey\u2019s\u00a0fiercest rivalries. The game is part of TNT Sports’ season-opening doubleheader, which begins with Penguins-Flyers at 7:30 p.m. and continues with the Los Angeles Kings visiting the Colorado Avalanche at 10 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Beginning at\u00a06 p.m., NHL on TNT Face Off\u00a0pregame show\u00a0will deliver live interviews, special guest appearances, fan interaction and comprehensive analysis, hosted by Liam McHugh, alongside\u00a0analysts\u00a0Wayne Gretzky, Henrik Lundqvist, Anson Carter and Paul Bissonnette, ahead of\u00a0puck drop at nearby\u00a0Xfinity Mobile Arena. The studio team will also provide insight and commentary throughout the night,\u00a0during\u00a0game\u00a0intermissions\u00a0and\u00a0through\u00a0postgame, following the Kings-Avalanche showdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpening Night is always one of the most exciting nights on the NHL calendar, and there is no better place to begin our sixth season of NHL on TNT than Philadelphia,\u201d said Craig Barry, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer, TNT Sports. \u201cThe passion of Flyers fans, the intensity of the in-state rivalry and the energy of a live audience at Stateside Live! will create an incredible atmosphere as we celebrate the return of hockey on TNT.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Opening Night will\u00a0showcase\u00a0Philadelphia’s passionate hockey culture while bringing fans\u00a0at\u00a0Stateside Live! closer to the action as the NHL season gets underway.<\/p>\n
“TNT will have a front-row seat to the passion, intensity, and excitement that make Flyers hockey so special,” said Keith Jones, President of Hockey Operations for the Philadelphia Flyers. “We\u2019re proud to be able to showcase our city in front of a national audience, and with our fans and a rivalry matchup, it is going to be an unforgettable atmosphere to kick off the NHL season.”<\/p>\n
Additional\u00a0NHL on TNT Opening Night\u00a0programming details to be shared on a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TNT Sports will open its sixth season of\u00a0NHL on TNT from Stateside Live! in Philadelphia, prior to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-286504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}