NHL Hockey in 3D

MSG Network last night presented The New York Islanders at the New York Rangers in 3D at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and on Cablevision channel-1300 for the few homes in the New York metro area that may have 3D television sets. It was a pretty cool experience it was a separate broadcast from the normal MSG broadcast using it’s own producer , director, camera people and announcers (Kenny Albert along with ex Rangers Captain Dave Maloney. Unlike the normal broadcast that uses the up high camera on the red line this broadcast used as it’s main camera a ice level red line position . It was like sitting in the Red Seats. The 3D really stood out more on the low in the corners cameras when players and officials were next to the glass it looked as it they were skating right there in front of you. The depth really stood out when shooting over the heads of the crowd in fact there was a point when that camera was being used that someone sitting near me shouted “Down in Front” to the screen. Between the 2nd and 3rd periods I bumped into NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and said to him “Gary This is Pretty Cool” He agreed. I’m sure as time goes by they will work out what camera angles and camera positioning work best. One thing I really liked was that there were no commercials in this broadcast it was like watching a early 1970’s MSG telecast before MSG became MSG Network during TV timeouts that camera was just left open shooting the ice with players gathered at there respective benches or the maintenance crew scrapping the ice I think all telecast should be done like that but I know that will never happen. But it was a successful trial there were like 2,000 of us or so can one day say “We were there when the did that 1st experiment in televising a live NHL game even more astonishing and amazing was the Rangers 5-0 Win