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[10/05/12 - 06:56 AM]
ESPN to Carry Kontinental Hockey League Games
Coverage begins Tuesday, October 9 with Steve Levy and Barry Melrose calling the Lev vs. Dynamo Moscow game live on ESPN2 and ESPN3.
[via press release from ESPN]

ESPN to Carry Kontinental Hockey League Games

Minimum of seven games to be carried exclusively in the US, including the KHL All-Star Game

Games will also air on ESPN in UK

ESPN today officially announced that it will deliver a minimum of seven games from 2012-13 season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) exclusively on ESPN3 in the US and on ESPN UK. Coverage begins Tuesday, October 9 at 1 p.m. ET with ESPN SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy and NHL studio analyst Barry Melrose calling the Lev vs. Dynamo Moscow game live on ESPN2 and ESPN3. The game will re-air in primetime on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET and will air on delay on ESPN in the UK (Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. BST).

Confirmed games through the end of the month feature an all-star lineup of hockey players, including Alex Ovechkin (Dynamo Moscow), Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA), Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar (Metallurg Mg).

KHL on ESPN3 (US) Date Time (ET) Match-Up
Tue, Oct 9 1:00 p.m. Lev vs. Dynamo Moscow **
Sun, Oct 14 9:00 a.m. Dynamo Moscow vs. Amur
Tue, Oct 16 11:30 a.m. Dynamo Moscow vs. Sibir HD
Thu, Oct 18 11:45 a.m. SKA vs. Sibir HD
Mon, Oct 22 12:30 p.m. Dinamo Riga vs. Metallurg Mg
Mon, Oct 29 11:30 a.m. Dynamo Moscow vs. Dinamo Riga HD
** Also airing on ESPN2

Full schedule information for games on ESPN in the UK will be released shortly and will be available on www.espn.co.uk/TV.

In addition to Levy and Melrose, commentary will be delivered in English language by play-by-play announcer Paul Romanuk and analyst Aaron Murphy. Previously, ESPN3 in the US carried more than 50 games from the KHL live in Russian throughout the 2009-10 and 2010-11 regular seasons and playoffs. In January 2010, ESPN3 distributed the KHL All-Star Game with Levy and Melrose commentating live from Bristol.

About ESPN3

ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members. It is currently available to 73 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.

About ESPN UK

In the UK, ESPN now includes a portfolio of television and digital brands including ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Classic, ESPN America and ESPN America HD, ESPN.co.uk, ESPNCricinfo.com, ESPNFC.com, ESPNScrum.com, ESPNF1.com, ESPN Goals and ESPN Player (broadband).

ESPN and ESPN HD feature exclusive live coverage of the Barclays Premier League, the FA Cup, Aviva Premiership Rugby, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, UEFA Europa League, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, UFC, NBA and much more.





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