HARTFORD, May 3, 2012:  Whalers Sports & Entertainment announced today that Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinal Calder Cup Playoff series between the Connecticut Whale and the Norfolk Admirals will be aired live state-wide on CPTV Sports this Monday, May 7.

CT WhaleGame Four, which faces off at 7:00 PM Monday night at the XL Center, will be CPTV Sports’ first live broadcast since their statewide expansion in April. Check cptvsports.org for cable channel locations on Cablevision, Charter, Cox, Comcast and Thames River cable systems.  Monday’s telecast will also be the first Whale franchise playoff game to be televised since the 2004 postseason.

Game Two of the best-of-seven series, which the Whale leads, 1-0, is Friday night at Scope in Norfolk (7:30 PM faceoff, “The Rock” 106.9 WCCC-FM, www.ctwhale.com, live video streaming at www.ahllive.com). The series then switches to the XL Center in Hartford for Games Three and Four, which will be this Sunday, May 6 and Monday, May 7, with faceoff at 7:00 both nights.

Tickets for Games Three and Four at the XL Center are on sale now at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, as well as on-line at www.ctwhale.com and through TicketMaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Playoff ticket packages are also available that include tickets to all possible home playoff games. To speak to a Whale account executive about a playoff ticket package, call (860) 728-3366. More information is available at www.ctwhale.com.

The Tavern Downtown, at 100 Allyn St. in Hartford, will host a special viewing party for Friday’s Game Two. The ahllive feed will be shown on at least one TV at The Tavern Downtown, which will offer Happy Hour specials of $1 off draft and bottled beers, $2 off mixed well drinks, $2 off house wines, $1 off shots, and $4 Whaler Ales, which include the customer keeping the glass. Appetizers will be out for Happy Hour from 5-7 PM, and there will be $2 sliders starting at 7 PM. There will also be raffles and handouts.

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