All-Pennsylvania match up in prime time - NHL Round Up

ByReuters

Updated 23/03/2016 at 23:48 GMT

The 2017 NHL Stadium Series game pitting the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Philadelphia Flyers in an all-Pennsylvania matchup will be played in prime time, the league announced Wednesday.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (L) fights with Philadelphia Flyers' Claude Giroux (R)

Image credit: Reuters

The game will be televised at 8 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2017, from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh by NBC in the United States and Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.

The original date was Feb. 18, but the game was pushed back a week later in order to televise it in prime time.

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