FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

*REMINDER* – NBC SPORTS STANLEY CUP FINAL MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 2 P.M. ET

Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire and Executive Producer Sam Flood

Penguins Lead Series 1-0 – Game 2 Wednesday Night at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Notes and Quotes from Game 1

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 31, 2016 – NBC Sports Group’s lead NHL broadcast team of Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (analyst), and Pierre McGuire (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst), as well as NBC Sports Group executive producer Sam Flood, will review last night’s Game 1 between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins and preview the rest of the Stanley Cup Final on a media conference call today, May 31, at 2 p.m. ET. Media interested in attending should call 719-325-2435; Passcode; 9860542.

 

  • WHAT: 2016 Stanley Cup Final Media Conference Call
  • WHO: Mike “Doc” Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire, Sam Flood
  • WHEN: Tomorrow, May 31 at 2 p.m. ET
  • NUMBER: 719-325-2435
  • PASSCODE: 9860542

 

This marks the 10th consecutive year that Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire will combine to call the Stanley Cup Final for NBC Sports.

 

NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2016 Stanley Cup Final continues tomorrow night with Game 2 at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Pre-game coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NHL Live. Kathryn Tappen and Dave Briggs will anchor pre-game and post-game on-site outside of CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter. NHL Live shifts inside the arena at 7:30 p.m. ET with host Liam McHugh, who will anchor pre-game, intermission and studio coverage alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones.

 

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 2 – TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN – PENGUINS LEAD 1-0

Pittsburgh took Game 1 by a score of 3-2, as Nick Bonino broke a 2-2 tie with 2:33 remaining in regulation. Bryan Rust and Conor Sheary also scored for Pittsburgh in the first period to spot the Penguins a 2-0 lead, before the Sharks stormed back in the second period with goals from Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau. Pittsburgh outshot San Jose 41-26 in the game, marking the 10th consecutive game in which the Penguins have outshot their opponent.

 

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1 NOTES AND QUOTES

 

Following are excerpts of notes and quotes from Game 1 of last night’s Stanley Cup Final. Click here for full notes and quotes from NBC Sports’ NHL game commentators and analysts on last night’s Game 1 matchup on NBC.

Milbury on the speed of the Penguins in the first period: “Pittsburgh out-skated and out-played San Jose in a big way, and that is frightening emotionally for the Sharks. It led to some big opportunities for the Penguins.”

McHugh on Sharks second period after slow start: “The Sharks waited a quarter of a century to get here, and then waited 20 more minutes to get going.”

Jones on the Sharks: “In the second period, San Jose demonstrated all facets of how they play this game. The Sharks took the speed of the Pittsburgh Penguins away through the neutral zone…when the Penguins turned the puck over, the Sharks quickly turned it into offense. That was San Jose hockey at its best.”

Milbury on Game 1: “This game was a microcosm of the playoffs in general. It starts off with a surprising push by Pittsburgh. Then, in the second period, San Jose comes back with equal pressure and ties the thing up. In the third period, it goes back Pittsburgh’s way.”

 


GAMES TELEVISED SO FAR

For the fifth consecutive year, NBC, NBCSN, USA Network, CNBC and NHL Network are combining to televise every Stanley Cup Playoff game nationally.

 

Network Games
NBC 14
NBCSN 52
USA Network 6
CNBC 12
NHL Network 2
Total 86

 

One-goal Games: 47

OT games: 18


NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA
COVERAGE

NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff coverage via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra.

 

–NBC SPORTS GROUP–