On Thu, 5 May 1994, Wayne Smith wrote: > Something that hasn't been (directly) said about shoot-outs is that the > TV media will *love* them. A lot of local TV sports might or might not > get an important goal, but (unless they went back to the studio early), > they'll get the shoot-out hi-lights and you'll see it on the news. More > college hockey on the tube isn't all bad. :-) > Depends on what you call "early." Maybe in Bangor the tv stations will hang around for a shootout in a Maine game at Alfond, but in Boston they rarely bother sending cameras at all except for the Beanpot. They'd have to buy the footage from NESN, I suppose. Even TV38, which owns NESN, didn't do college hockey as part of its short-lived 10 PM news broadcast. Now, WBZ-TV4 does the 10 PM news on 38 and another show on 4 at 11. You're lucky 'round here to see a score, let alone any video. Even the Boston Globe doesn't always have a Merrimack score if the game goes beyond 9:30 or so, which happens sometimes, especially if there are zamboni problems or broken glass. David M. Josselyn [log in to unmask] GO MERRIMACK! GO ARGUS! /\ / \ /(*) \ / \ /________\