Bally Sports North will have an entire team of on-air talent reporting throughout the day, including Ryan Carter, Ben Clymer, Marney Gellner, Kevin Gorg, Anthony LaPanta, Audra Martin, Gigi Marvin, Conner Onion, Mark Parrish, Katie Storm, and Wes Walz.
Viewers may also recognize a familiar face when Minnesota-born Jamie Hersch hosts the Hockey Day set in Mankato. Hersch currently hosts NHL Network's "On The Fly."
Broadcast Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Hockey Day Minnesota - Live
9:30 a.m. Girls High School Hockey: Andover vs. Edina
11:30 a.m. Hockey Day Minnesota - Live
1:00 p.m. Boys High School Hockey: East Grand Forks vs. Prior Lake
3:00 p.m. Hockey Day Minnesota - Live
4:30 p.m. CCHA Hockey: St. Thomas vs. Minnesota State
7:00 p.m. Hockey Day Minnesota - Live
8:00 p.m. Blackhawks @ Minnesota
10:30 p.m. Wild Live Postgame
11:00 p.m. Becoming Wild: Winter Classic
Special Features:
• Anthony Ford Story
Anthony Ford's dream was to "Become the next Great One." Antony passed away in 2006 at just nine years of age. A year later, the Mankato area started the "Anthony Ford Fund," Its goal is to provide affordable hockey to help grow the culture in the Mankato Area.
• Sights and Sounds pieces from earlier in the Week of happening at Mankato
A feature on the Wednesday night girls' game and a feature on the Friday night boys' game.
• Gigi Marvin Interview with Hannah Brandt and Lee Stecklein
Gold Medalist Gigi Marvin sits down with former Team USA members and Minnesota Natives Hannah Brandt and Lee Stecklein.
• Hockey is for me-player-Tanner Hill
Tanner Hill was introduced to Hockey through the Minnesota Wild's "Hockey is for Me" program. He's continuing with a sport he's grown to love.
• Shannon O'Hara Foundation
Rochester native Shannon O'Hara was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 12. She passed away nine months later (in 2012). Shannon loved hockey. She lived her life with a positive attitude and focused on being a good friend and teammate. This foundation was started to carry on her legacy.
• From Sweaters to Stripes
Ryan Carter sits down with the 3 Glassier brothers from Hutchinson to talk about continuing with the sport they love by being referees.
• Minnesota Hockey Essays
We will air essays from the three finalists in the Minnesota Hockey Essay Contest and announce the winner. This year's topic is: Everyone should play Hockey in Minnesota because….
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The hockey community is encouraged to join the HDM celebrations by using #HDM2022 - select text and photo content may be incorporated into the broadcast throughout the day.
The signature event will be televised regionally on Bally Sports North and via the Bally Sports app. Channel availability:
www.ballysports.com/north
Hockey Day Minnesota programming will air on Bally Sports North and stream live on the Bally Sports app and ballysports.com when a consumer authenticates through their pay-TV service. The Bally Sports app is available on mobile and tablet devices, including iOS and Android, and connected devices, including Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku Players and Roku TV, Samsung and LG platforms, and Xbox One. Fans can also download the app for free from the
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