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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:32

New York, NY. (HO) In a surprise move today, Hockeyoutsiders has learned that NBC has decided to replace long time broadcaster Ed Olczyk in an effort to increase it's ratings for it's Sunday afternoon telecast of the NHL hockey game of the week. Despite NBC almost always picking the Pittsburgh game of the week, ratings have been off the mark projected for the NHL this season and because of this, NBC has decided to pull the plug on Olczyk's broadcast career.

Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics released the following statement; "We thank Mr. Olczyk for his contributions to our NBC broadcasts of NHL hockey, but we feel that it's time to go in a different direction. We believe the NHL product is still extremely viable and exciting and we believe that we have made the right choice going forward with a more than capable replacement for Ed."

The new face of NBC NHL hockey

Continued Mr. Ebersol; "NBC is pleased to announce that we have signed Shakira to provide the color commentary for NHL hockey for the rest of the season. She brings with her years of experience at marketing and she will also bring in our Spanish audience, who has largely ignored hockey because of their affection of soccer. Shakira is in her own right a very successful woman, who has won multiple awards for her work in the field of music, but also television and film. We feel she will create an electric atmosphere for our broadcasts and promote more viewership among not only the Latin demographic, but also females aged 18-28. It also helps that Shakira is viewed as "hot" by our male audience who is also already watching the broadcast. In addition, Shakira is also know for her strong lower unit , like many of the players that we broadcast on a regular basis, such as Sidney Crosby."

Mr. Olczyk, even though he was tremendously tremendous, again became victim of a product that was largely underperforming despite recent surges in viewership due to the Olympics and also regional rivalries such as the Capitals and Flyers vs. Penguins.

Word out of NBC is that Celine Dion was Ebersol's first choice, but Dion's current pregnancy prevented her from being able to fulfill the required duties.

Hockeyoutsiders reached out to Mr. Olcyzk to ask for a reaction to the news and he told us "I have no comment other than I am not a happy human."

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