FOX Sports Sun scheduled to broadcast 75 Lightning games in 2016-17
TAMPA, Fla. -- FOX Sports Sun and the Tampa Bay Lightning jointly announced the team's 2016-17 NHL regular season television schedule, featuring 75 games broadcast on the network.
FOX Sports Sun will start the season in Tampa Bay as the Bolts host the Detroit Red Wings at Amalie Arena. Coverage will start at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 with a special, one-hour edition of the Lightning LIVE pregame show. Play-by-play announcer Rick Peckham returns, alongside color analyst Brian Engblom, to provide viewers with expert commentary throughout the season. Lightning LIVE host Paul Kennedy will be joined throughout the season by Bobby "The Chief" Taylor and Dave Andreychuk as analysts during pregame, postgame and intermission.
Of the Lightning's complete 82-game schedule, FOX Sports Sun will not be able to televise seven games due to national television exclusivity.
New this season: LIVE STREAMING
In an exciting new addition to the way Bolts fans can watch this season, all 75 Tampa Bay Lightning games televised on FOX Sports Sun will also be streamed live on FOX Sports GO. FOX Sports GO is available to customers of participating pay-TV providers on iOS, Android, Fire tablets and Fire phones, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Roku, Windows devices, and online at FOXSportsGO.com. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store.
Be sure to follow @FOXSportsBolts on Twitter for live coverage and information on the Tampa Bay Lightning, and visit FOXSportsFlorida.com for channel listings, video highlights, recaps and exclusive Bolts coverage.
About FOX Sports Florida / FOX SPORTS SUN
FOX Sports Florida & FOX Sports Sun are the regional television homes of the Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Heat, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers. The regional sports networks have been fixtures in the homes of sports fans throughout the Sunshine State for over 20 years. Today, the networks combine to produce more than 700 live sporting events and over 300 studio based and original programs year round. FOX Sports Florida and FOX Sports Sun are committed to making a positive impact in the communities we serve by engaging our audiences and providing award winning TV and web coverage of Florida's hometown sports teams. For more information, channel listings and how you can get involved with FOX Sports Florida / FOX Sports Sun, visit www.foxsportsflorida.com.
