Update (11:19 AM): Shane Giroux of Colorado Avalanche Talk provided a likely explanation for the 10:00 starts via comment:
I’m saying this without checking the entire schedule for round 2 - I just woke up and feel too lazy - but I’m guessing it’s to help avoid games being joined in progress.
Makes sense, but that doesn’t make the prospect of some very late nights any more appealing. - Matt
Update (6:21 AM): Via Ansar Khan, the schedule:
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Detroit VERSUS, TSN
Saturday, April 26, 3 p.m. Colorado at Detroit NBC, TSN
Tuesday, April 29, 10 p.m. Detroit at Colorado VERSUS, TSN
Thursday, May 1, 10 p.m. Detroit at Colorado VERSUS, TSN
*Saturday, May 3, 1 p.m. Colorado at Detroit NBC, TSN
*Monday, May 5, 10 p.m. Detroit at Colorado VERSUS, TSN
*Wednesday, May 7, TBD Colorado at Detroit TSN
Why couldn’t those 10:00 games be 9:00? - Matt
With San Jose beating the Calgary Flames 5-3 last night, the Wings will face the Colorado Avalanche in the second round. If nothing else, this will be a high-skill and exciting series.
More to come.
“Why couldn’t those 10:00 games be 9:00? - Matt”
I’m saying this without checking the entire schedule for round 2 - I just woke up and feel too lazy - but I’m guessing it’s to help avoid games being joined in progress.
My pet peeve in the first round was having to miss at least the first half of the first period as the games were only scheduled 2 hours apart.
Shane,
Good point. I guess I’m thankful for that because we’ll be the ones doing the joining, but it’ll make for some late nights, especially given how close these teams played each other in the regular season. OT seems likely.