St. Cloud TV graphic people were terrible. They showed a graphic listing Blake as from NDSU and another spelling Persson's last name as Pehrson, as like our defenseman by that spelling. Rough.
This is a fear that I have when the NCHC playoffs go entirely to home sites. It's no mystery not every team has the infrastructure that UND has. I get it; we're lucky to have the media partners that we have. I also think the conference needs to find a way to hold on to CBS Sports Network. Their broadcasts are very professional and done the right way.
Great game at Robson last night! A really enjoyable crew to work alongside at the rink in Colorado and in the control room in Connecticut. Thanks to everyone with @CCTigerHKY and @MiamiOH_Hockey for their help this week! Two college hockey programs moving in the right direction. pic.twitter.com/petcGQkZ3u
— Alex Heinert - Midco Sports (@AlexHeinert) January 20, 2024
On this subject, I am broken record, but Midco Sports outshines every other school's webcasts. It's not even close. The video feed for Saint Cloud State's webcasts is good, but their play-by-play team could be better. Frankly, last night, they were atrocious.
The broadcast team (Fox 9 and or Huskies Productions) needed help identifying the right North Dakota school their favorite team was playing. NDSU doesn't have college hockey; from what I hear, they don't plan on having a hockey team. Ever. Do your prep; it's goalie Ludvig Persson and defenseman Keaton Pehrson.
Jim Rich has been doing this for a long time, you'd think he'd be able to read a pronunciation guide and be able to pronounce Jake Livanavage's name. It's harder to spell it than it is to say it. The color guy, Geno Parrish, was an absolute cheerleader. It was hard to listen to these two call the game. Is it okay to be homers in the booth? Probably, but there's taking it too far.
I've already discussed this in NCHC TV: The Conference Can Do Better. I've had people ask me if the conference going to push for a higher standard or if we are going to be stuck with good enough is good enough. How do we hold the other schools accountable? I am sure we will hear some excuse about how they can't afford to up their game and we are just lucky to have the games webcast.
Loved Geno Parrish calling out #28 for picking on a smaller player when it was the SCSU that started the shenanigans. No sense of impartiality at all. While where an NCHC crest on his chest. I don't expect Mrs. Husky will do anything about it though.
ReplyDeleteThe only plus side is some of the worst nchc.tv broadcasts are from the teams that will struggle to host a play off game. So hopefully we will have better broadcasts.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good point. You cheered me up.
DeleteAgree 100% comments on SCSU game play-by-play and color dialog. Totally cringe worthy. The game video was better than what has been delivered from St Cloud in past years. Absolutely terrible / horrible video replay and transitions during time-outs. Felt like the production team was performed by work study students. (High School).
ReplyDeleteNothing has been decided on that. I don't even know if they're under contract past the 2024-25 season. They might not be under contract anymore.
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