ken_valyi
11-18-2007, 11:13 AM
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/News/2007/11/18/4665847-sun.html
The game aired on Fox Sports Net West, featuring the Kings and Ducks in a mid-week matchup between divisional rivals.
Sounds like your basic regular-season tilt, right?
Think again. The broadcast, entitled "Rinkside View," was created to give viewers a live perspective right from their couch. Here's how it was previewed on the Ducks' website prior to the game: "The viewing experience is centered on several cameras positioned rinkside ... hand-held cameras enhance the static positions, giving FSN West the mobility and flexibility to convey the at-the-boards, on-the-ice perspective authentically."
...
No play-by-play calls. No commentary. Not a word.
Save for the sounds of the game itself (players shouting, referee announcements and general crowd noise), the broadcast was quiet. To be honest, it was utterly fantastic.
Perhaps there is hope for the NHL on TV in the US after all. It sounds like some program director finally gets what's best about the game on television rather than trying to change the game (hello stupid glowwing puck) for the small screen.
I hope this isn't a one off event and that FSN Detroit gives this a try. With apologies to my friends here in Michigan, but Mickey Redmond needs to be put out to pasture.
The game aired on Fox Sports Net West, featuring the Kings and Ducks in a mid-week matchup between divisional rivals.
Sounds like your basic regular-season tilt, right?
Think again. The broadcast, entitled "Rinkside View," was created to give viewers a live perspective right from their couch. Here's how it was previewed on the Ducks' website prior to the game: "The viewing experience is centered on several cameras positioned rinkside ... hand-held cameras enhance the static positions, giving FSN West the mobility and flexibility to convey the at-the-boards, on-the-ice perspective authentically."
...
No play-by-play calls. No commentary. Not a word.
Save for the sounds of the game itself (players shouting, referee announcements and general crowd noise), the broadcast was quiet. To be honest, it was utterly fantastic.
Perhaps there is hope for the NHL on TV in the US after all. It sounds like some program director finally gets what's best about the game on television rather than trying to change the game (hello stupid glowwing puck) for the small screen.
I hope this isn't a one off event and that FSN Detroit gives this a try. With apologies to my friends here in Michigan, but Mickey Redmond needs to be put out to pasture.