The Stage Has Been Set

by: The PensNation Staff

It's official it will be the rematch of the century the Penguins vs Red Wings, a highly anticipated match up since the start of the Conference Finals. The Stanley Cup Finals were slated to originally start on June 6th but have since been moved up to start on this coming Saturday May 30th and continue with Game 2 the following day both on NBC around 8:00pm.

Saturday, May 30	at Detroit, 8:00 pm	NBC, CBC, RDS
Sunday, May 31	at Detroit, TBD-Evening	NBC, CBC, RDS
Tuesday, June 2	at Pittsburgh, 8:00 pm	VERSUS, CBC, RDS
Thursday, June 4	at Pittsburgh, 8:00 pm	VERSUS, CBC, RDS
* Saturday, June 6	at Detroit, 8:00 pm	NBC, CBC, RDS
* Tuesday, June 9	at Pittsburgh, 8:00 pm	NBC, CBC, RDS
* Friday, June 12	at Detroit, 8:00 pm	NBC, CBC, RDS

If the schedule stays the way it is, it appears that there will only be two games televised on Mario's TV at the Igloo since NBC doesn't want to hurt their ratings any, because there has clearly been a ratings issue for Pens games during the Playoffs this year.

Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings square off in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second straight year