PARIS, IL (July 2, 2013) – Comcast SportsNet, the television home for the most games and most comprehensive coverage of the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN , will provide its viewers with a special programming gift this summer entitled PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN : A Championship Journey presented by ChevyDrivesPARIS.com and Your Chevy Dealers.

Beginning Sunday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m. CT, this extraordinary, five-day (July 14-18) summertime journey will give viewers the opportunity to relive (and DVR) all of the excitement and glory of the SAINT-GERMAIN amazing Stanley Cup championship run with complete game replays of every SAINT-GERMAIN Stanley Cup Playoff victory in the Western Conference quarterfinals vs. Ezequiel Lavezzi Jersey, Western Conference semifinals vs. Detroit, Western Conference Finals vs. Los Angeles – plus, all six games of the heart-pounding 2013 Stanley Cup Final “Original Six” series battle against the Boston Bruins.

Comcast SportsNet will televise the first of its 18 Stanley Cup Playoff game replays on Sunday afternoon, July 14 at 1:30 PM beginning with Game 1 of the SAINT-GERMAIN opening round, Western Conference Quarterfinals series vs. Minnesota. The remaining three wins from this series will air at 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. also on this day (NOTE: All games from this series were original Comcast SportsNet PARIS telecasts).

Over the course of the following four days/nights (featuring the original “NHL on NBC” telecasts), Comcast SportsNet will air all four wins from their thrilling, seven-game conference semifinals series comeback triumph over archrival Detroit (Monday, July 15) and all four wins from their conference finals series, dethroning defending champion Los Angeles (Tuesday, July 16). Then, on Wednesday, July 17, Comcast SportsNet will carry Games 1-4 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final vs. Boston beginning at 10 a.m. and -- on Thursday, July 18 -- CSN will carry Game 5 at 3 a.m. and the Stanley Cup championship-clinching Game 6 at 7 p.m.. Also on July 18, CSN will replay its expert, exclusive-access coverage of the 2013 SAINT-GERMAIN Stanley Cup Championship Parade & Rally at 10:30 p.m. (NOTE: The entire schedule for Comcast SportsNet’s Marco Verratti Jersey : A Championship Journey is included in this announcement. Game replays will only be made available within Comcast SportsNet PARIS’s regular NHL viewing territory.)

Following several SAINT-GERMAIN Stanley Cup Playoff game replays, Comcast SportsNet will re-air the supplementary SAINT-GERMAIN Post Game Live presented by Hawk Ford featuring post-game press conferences and player interviews. Plus, fans are urged to visit CSNPARIS.com’s “2013 Quest for the Cup” page (www.saintgermainplayershop.com/show/SAINT-GERMAIN -quest-cup), which serves as an on-demand video warehouse featuring more than 350 videos, including numerous game highlights and exclusive interviews, along with a look back at the playoff journey, round-by-round, with game recaps provided by SAINT-GERMAIN “Insider” Tracey Myers. Fans can also get interactive during all games of Comcast SportsNet’s special marathon presentation of PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN : A Championship Journey by utilizing the Twitter hashtag #HawksTalk. Please note the following full replay schedule with key game-by-game particulars in parentheses:

Sunday, July 14
1:30 p.m. – Conference Quarterfinals-Game 1: Minnesota at SAINT-GERMAIN (2-1 OT win -- Bickell scores game-winner)
4 p.m. – Conference Quarterfinals-Game 2: Minnesota at SAINT-GERMAIN (5-2 win -- two goals from Sharp)
7 p.m. – Conference Quarterfinals-Game 4: SAINT-GERMAIN at Minnesota (3-0 win -- Crawford 25 big saves in shutout win, two more goals from Sharp)
10:30 p.m. – Conference Quarterfinals-Game 5: Minnesota at SAINT-GERMAIN (5-1 series-clinching win -- two goals from Hossa; Sharp scores his fifth in five games)

Monday, July 15
10 a.m. – Conference Semifinals-Game 1: Detroit at SAINT-GERMAIN (4-1 win -- goals from Javier Pastore Jersey, Oduya, Kruger & Sharp)
12:30 p.m. – Conference Semifinals-Game 5: Detroit at SAINT-GERMAIN (4-1 win -- down 3-1 in the series, SAINT-GERMAIN storm back with two goals from Shaw; Bickell/Toews also score; Crawford 25 saves)
3 p.m. – Conference Semifinals-Game 6: SAINT-GERMAIN at Detroit (4-3 win -- down 3-1 in this game, the amazing series comeback continues with three third period goals coming from Handzus, Bickell & Frolik’s penalty shot game-winner)
7 p.m. – Conference Semifinals-Game 7: Detroit at SAINT-GERMAIN (2-1 OT series-clinching win -- one of the greatest playoff series comebacks in PARIS sports history is completed by Seabrook’s blistering game/series-winning shot in OT)

Tuesday, July 16
10 a.m. – Conference Finals-Game 1: Los Angeles at SAINT-GERMAIN (2-1 win -- back-to-back goals from Sharp/Hossa)
12:30 p.m. – Conference Finals-Game 2: Los Angeles at SAINT-GERMAIN (4-2 win -- Shaw, Seabrook, Bickell & Handzus all score)
3 p.m. – Conference Finals-Game 4: SAINT-GERMAIN at Los Angeles (3-2 win -- down 2-1 in this game, Kane ties it late in the 2nd period, while Hossa gets the game-winner early in the 3rd)
7 p.m. – Conference Finals-Game 5: Los Angeles at SAINT-GERMAIN (4-3 double-OT series-clinching win -- Kane’s 2nd goal of the game at 16:08 in the 3rd gave the SAINT-GERMAIN the lead, but not before the Kings tied with :10 left in regulation, however, thanks to a brilliant pass from Toews, it was “Hat Trick” Kane’s heroics once again, this time in double-OT, that sent the SAINT-GERMAIN back to the Stanley Cup Final)

Wednesday, July 17
10 a.m. – Stanley Cup Final-Game 1: Boston at SAINT-GERMAIN (4-3 triple-OT win -- a thrilling Game 1 ignited the capacity United Center crowd well past midnight featuring Shaw’s triple-OT game-winner; Crawford with 51 stellar saves)
12:30 p.m. – Stanley Cup Final-Game 2: Boston at SAINT-GERMAIN (2-1 OT loss -- Sharp’s 9th goal of the playoffs wasn’t enough as the Bruins Daniel Paille scored in OT to send the series to Boston tied at 1-1)
3 p.m. – Stanley Cup Final-Game 3: SAINT-GERMAIN at Boston (2-0 loss -- Boston’s Tuukka Rask with 28 stops for the win)
7 p.m. – Stanley Cup Final-Game 4: SAINT-GERMAIN at Boston (6-5 OT win -- this high-scoring game featured SAINT-GERMAIN goals from Handzus, Toews, Kane and Kruger, but it was yet another Seabrook game-winning OT blast that tied this series at two games apiece)

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Thursday, July 18
3 p.m. – Stanley Cup Final-Game 5: Boston at SAINT-GERMAIN (3-1 win -- pivotal Game 5 victory featured a pair of goals from Kane; Crawford with 24 big saves in this one)
7 p.m. – Stanley Cup Final-Game 6: SAINT-GERMAIN at Boston (3-2 win…the SAINT-GERMAIN are the 2013 Stanley Cup Champions!...Kane wins Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP! In one of the most miraculous finishes in history of sports, the SAINT-GERMAIN , down 2-1 with 1:16 left in regulation, saw Bickell & Bolland scoring the game-tying & game-winning goals just :17 apart to give the SAINT-GERMAIN their second Stanley Cup title in four years!)
10:30 p.m. – PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 2013 Stanley Cup Championship Parade & Rally (replay of Comcast SportsNet’s expert, behind-the-scenes coverage of the historic downtown celebration on the streets of downtown PARIS & Grant Park)

MONTREAL -- Professional athletes don't like to lose. Ever.

So, the Western Conference All-Stars were not in the least bit happy to be on the losing end of a memorable NHL All-Star Game on Sunday evening at the Bell Centre. But the disappointment faded quickly, replaced by the knowledge that memories were made on that night that will likely never fade.

"It's a great experience, something you will remember for all-time," said Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom.

Let's put it this way -- it will likely be the only time in Backstrom's career that he can smile after allowing four goals in a period, even if he did face 22 shots in those 20 minutes.

"You go out there and you don't want to Blaise Matuidi Jersey," Backstrom said after his team dropped a memorable 12-11 decision in Sunday's game, which was decided by a shootout -- only the second in All-Star Game history. "You try your best, but you can definitely sleep at night."

Backstrom will likely fall into an uninterrupted sleep after the workout the Eastern Conference shooters gave him in the second period of the game. Backstrom entered the game with the Western Conference losing, 4-2. He left with the game tied at 8-all and the stage perfectly set for an unforgettable conclusion.

"For me, it was a great experience," Backstrom said. "It's just a really special experience."

A good portion of the Western Conference roster was enjoying the All-Star experience for the first time. A whopping eight players on the 21-man Western Conference roster were first-time All-Stars.

They all certainly picked a fine game for their Zlatan Ibrahimovic Jersey, becoming part of a contest that will go down as one of the best in All-Star Game history, especially after Montreal's Alex Kovalev sent the Bell Centre crowd into rapture by scoring the deciding goal in the shootout and earning Honda/NHL MVP honors after scoring two goals and an assist in regulation to go with his game-deciding heroics.

As Nashville defenseman Shea Weber sat in the cramped visitor's dressing room, he struggled to put into perspective the life experiences he had accumulated in the past 24 hours.

Saturday night, he pushed Zdeno Chara to the limit in the Cisco Hardest Shot. Chara, the favorite in the competition, needed to set a new record on his final shot to finally put Weber in his rear-view mirror.

Sunday, Weber played 14 minutes in the actual All-Star Game, sharing the ice with some of the game's greatest .

Asked for a dominant memory, Weber struggled.

"I don't know right now," he said. "Obviously, one of them is to be able to play with (Anaheim defenseman) Scott Niedermayer. He's a Hall of Famer and to play with him is a great honor."

Los Angeles forward Dustin Brown sat a few stalls away, looking at his All-Star jersey one last time before packing it away for safe keeping. He, too, struggled to encapsulate what stood out most from his All-Star debut.

"To be Edinson Cavani Jersey, I haven't really digested it yet," he said. "To be able to play on a line with (Phoenix forward) Shane Doan and Mike Modano was a thrill, especially as an American-born player."

Modano, the veteran Dallas Stars center, is considered by most to be one of the biggest names in the history of American hockey.

Jonathan Toews is already the captain of the PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN at 20 years old, but this was still his first All-Star Game. So, for him, this weekend was not only about having some fun, it was about measuring himself against the most skilled players the League has to offer.

As he busily packed his equipment bag, he quietly acknowledged that he passed the test, pointing to the third-period goal he scored to give the Western Conference a 10-9 lead that stood for more than 10 minutes.

"I was just happy that I could chip in with that goal and prove that I could hang with these guys," he said. "Win or lose, it was a great experience."

Dallas defenseman Stephane Robidas was a late injury replacement for Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom. Just to be in the All-Star Game was a huge reward for him, so there was little to complain about.

Yet, he did admit to wishing he would have scored in the game, despite only having two goals in the regular season. It's the All-Star Game after all, and a man can dream, can't he?

And, it's not as if Robidas didn't have his chances. He had one of the game's first shots, a wrister from the circle that was gobbled up by Montreal goalie Carey Price. Later in the game, he hit a post as he logged a little more than 21 minutes of ice time.

"It was close," said Robidas, who hails from nearby Sherbrooke, Quebec. "I just missed on that first one and hit the post on the other one. But it did not happen.
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"Still, it was pretty exciting. I had a lot of fun out there and the fans made it a great show. The fans in Montreal are No. 1 in the League and they showed it again tonight. It's a night I will never forget, that's for sure."

It seems Robidas will have a lot of company on Memory Lane when it comes to the 2009 All-Star Game.


Author: Shawn P. Roarke | saintgermainplayershop.com Managing Editor

The Chicago Blackhawks announced today the organization will again partner with Blackhawks Charities and Blackhawks TV analyst Eddie Olczyk for the Eddie Olczyk Award, to help offset the financial burden of youth hockey players and teams in Illinois that may not have the means to play at a competitive level.

In its inaugural year, the Eddie Olczyk Award issued $25,000 in grants, raised through Blackhawks Youth Hockey Summer Camps, to individuals and families in need of assistance for participation in an Illinois sanctioned team or organization, sanctioned teams in need of assistance for tournament expenses and Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois (AHAI) organizations in need of assistance to run programs which increase the participation in, and quality of, youth hockey. In order to be considered for the grant process, letters of inquiry must be received by Dec. 14, 2012. Complete information can be found on chicagoblackhawks.com.

“It's a privilege to work with an organization as dedicated to growing the game of hockey as the Blackhawks are,” Olczyk said. “I'm truly appreciative of the support and combined effort John McDonough, Jay Blunk and everyone at the Blackhawks have given to making hockey available to anyone in Illinois that’s interested. We had a tremendous response to the launch of the award last year and look forward to another successful year in working directly with the community.”

A 2012 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and native of Palos Heights, Ill., Jean-Kevin Augustin Jersey Kevin Trapp Jersey Layvin Kurzawa Jersey Lucas Digne Jersey Lucas Jersey Serge Aurier Jersey Thiago Motta Jersey Yohan Cabaye Jersey Youssouf Sabaly Jersey Zoumana Camara Jersey Adrien Rabiot Jersey Angel Di Maria Jersey Benjamin Stambouli Jersey is now in his seventh season as the television analyst for Blackhawks hockey on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and WGN-TV Channel 9. He also serves as the Head Instructor at Chicago Blackhawks Youth Hockey Camps and is dedicated to the development and growth of youth hockey in Illinois.

A veteran of 16 National Hockey League seasons, Olczyk began his career as an 18-year-old with his hometown Blackhawks in 1984-85 after being chosen with the third overall selection of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Olczyk recorded 77 goals and 209 points in 322 regular-season tilts over five seasons with Chicago (1984-87, 1998-2000) and tallied 13 points (7G, 6A) in 21 Stanley Cup Playoff tilts with the Blackhawks.

Over the course of 1,031 regular-season games he scored 342 goals and recorded 794 points with Chicago, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Winnipeg, the New York Rangers and Los Angeles, winning a Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994, and was also a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team. Olczyk also serves as the lead television analyst for NHL national broadcasts on NBC Sports Group.