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Monday, Jan. 19, 2009

Free coverage of 2009 ECHL All-Star game provided by B2 Networks



The ECHL announced that B2 Networks, the “Official Broadband Broadcast Provider of the ECHL” is the exclusive online provider of the audio and video broadcasts of the ECHL All-Star Game and All-Star Skills Competition presented by Guardian Wear™.



The Reading Royals, the City of Reading and the Sovereign Center will host the 17th Annual ECHL All-Star Game on Wednesday and the 12th Annual All-Star Skills Competition on Tuesday.

The video broadcasts of the All-Star Game and the Skills Competition will be available free of charge on ECHLALLSTARTV on B2CableTV.com. The video broadcast will require a high-speed internet connection and a current version of Microsoft Windows Media Player.

The audio broadcast of the All-Star Game will begin at 6:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday and the video broadcast of the Skills Competition and the All-Star Game begin at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The video broadcast features Jack Michaels of the Alaska Aces, veteran NHL analyst Neil Smith and Adrian Denny of the Utah Grizzlies. The audio broadcast features Josh Heller of the South Carolina Stingrays, Paul Roper of the Trenton Devils and Mark Thompson of the host Reading Royals and is produced by Doug Lane of NHL Radio.

B2 Networks launched ECHLALLSTARTV on B2CableTV.com, a free 24-hour cable-style network that has hundreds of TV-style programming channels on the internet, in December. The first channel on the new network was ECHL TV which each week airs a series of games from the previous week that fans can watch 24 hours a day for free. To watch ECHL TV fans can go to ECHLALLSTARTV on B2CableTV.com and click on the “Hockey” tab. Viewers will need a high-speed internet connection and a current version of Microsoft Windows Media Player.

B2 Networks has broadcast ECHL games around the globe the last six years including the Kelly Cup Finals and the ECHL All-Star Game. The first hockey game broadcast by B2 Networks was the Las Vegas Wranglers in February 2004 and the first hockey championship carried by B2 Networks was the 2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs.

B2 Networks is a premier provider of reliable and secure international television and pay-per-view broadcasting systems. B2's installed technologies and worldwide network of arenas, stadiums, local venues and data centers are currently in use to distribute live sports and entertainment programming to personal computers, television screens, mobile devices and commercial venues around the world. Working with professional sports leagues, teams, NCAA and NAIA institutions and producers of entertainment programming, B2 Networks has established itself as a leader in innovative global direct to home, mobile and television broadcasting. The B2 Networks LIVE Programming Guide is available at B2TV.com while B2CableTV.com provides 24-hour cable-style programming.

There have been four coaches and 46 players from the All-Star Game who have advanced to the National Hockey League. Twenty-nine players from the All-Star Game have gone on to play in the NHL since 2002 when the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to move up to a higher level.

The Stanley Cup and the Patrick J. Kelly Cup will both be on display throughout the event, marking the ninth time in the last 10 years that the NHL championship trophy and the ECHL championship trophy have been displayed together at the All-Star Game.

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