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All games broadcast under the HNIC brand are now available on ESPN+, as part of parent company ESPN ’s 7-year agreement with the NHL. Blackout restrictions will apply for all games. Hockey Night in Canada is also broadcast live (and occasionally as-live) in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Viaplay.
5.5K subscribers ‧ 260 videos. CBC's Hockey Night in Canada enters its milestone 60th regular season as the longest running and most influential program in Canadian television history....
27 apr 2024 · Hockey Night in Canada honours Bob Cole. 5:22 | April 27, 2024. 'Warm and generous': Gretzky shares memories of friend Bob Cole. 5:50 | April 27, 2024. 'The voice of hockey': Sidney Crosby...
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- Radio Origins: General Motors Hockey Broadcast
- Development of HNIC on Television
- HNIC French and English Premieres
- Ratings
- Innovations
- Coach’S Corner
- Theme Song
- Rogers Purchases NHL Rights
- Hosts
- Awards
The first radio transmission of a hockey game in Canada was on 8 February 1923 on station CFCA, which was owned and operated by the Toronto Star. On 16 February 1923, Foster Hewitt, the son of Toronto Star sports editor W.E. Hewitt, made his broadcast debut for CFCA. Hewitt called a senior amateur hockey game between the Toronto Argonauts (not the ...
In September 1952, the CBCprovided the first televised images broadcast in Canada. Hockey, which had already been televised in London, England, and New York City as far back as 1938, would soon transform the burgeoning Canadian TV landscape. However, leading figures in the game had mixed feelings about televised hockey, despite the success of HNIC’...
The first televised hockey broadcast in Canada was Hockey Night in Canada’s television debut. It took place on 11 October 1952 from the Montreal Forum. In a rematch of the prior season’s Stanley Cup Finals, the game featured Gordie Howe and the defending champion Detroit Red Wings against Maurice Richard and the hometown Montreal Canadiens. The gam...
A staple of Canadian television for more than half a century, HNIC has long been the country’s highest-rated TV series. It regularly averaged more than 2 million viewers for decades. In his book Sport and Politics in Canada, Donald Macintosh writes, “In the mid-1960s, the Nielsen TV ratings consistently showed that the Saturday night hockey telecas...
Over the years, Hockey Night in Canada was a breeding ground for several innovations in live sports broadcasting. Producer George Retzlaff was credited with inventing instant replay in 1955 using a technique involving a hot processor that allowed him to show goal replays. However, it would be another decade, when CBC staffer Ty Lemberg improved the...
In addition to the “Hot Stove” segment, HNIC has featured countless other segments that aired during the intermissions between periods. Standouts include the “Hockey Quiz” featuring Wayne and Shuster’s Johnny Wayne and the popular “Peter Puck” cartoons of the 1970s starring an animated puck that taught viewers about the game. However, no recurring ...
Until 1968, HNIC opened with Esso’s “Happy Motoring,” a nod to chief sponsor Imperial Oil that was also featured in the company’s radio and TV commercials. Heading into the 1968–69 season, HNIC producers sought to commission a new theme song. The task fell to Dolores Claman, a Vancouver-born composer and accomplished jingle writer. She wrote “The H...
On 26 November 2013, it was announced that Rogers Communications had purchased national Canadian broadcast rights to all NHLgames for 12 years at a cost of CAD$5.2 billion. In a press release, the league called it “one of the largest media rights deals in Canadian history, including the largest-ever sports-media rights agreement.” A four-year subli...
Wes McKnight (1952–58)Ted Darling (1955–70)Ward Cornell (1958–71)Jack Dennett (1959–75)Gemini Awards 1. Best Sports Program or Series (Larry Isaac, Mark Askin, Ron Harrison), 1992 2. Best Sportscaster/Anchor (Ron MacLean), 1992, 1994, 1998 3. Best Live Sporting Event (Paul Graham, Joel Darling, Dan Bjarnason), 2002 4. Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast (Scott Oake), 2003 5. Best Sports Program or Series (Joel ...
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14 feb 2019 · CBC Sports will provide free live streams of Hockey Night in Canada games, including the Maple Leafs visiting the Coyotes and the Canucks visiting the Sharks.
28 apr 2023 · CBC. Fri., Apr. 28, 2023. (NHL/CBC - image credit) Want to watch a free live stream of Stanley Cup playoff games on Hockey Night in Canada? CBC will live stream Hockey Night in...
19 nov 2022 · November 19, 2022, 10:07 PM. 0. Join Andrew Peters and Craig Rivet live for the Vegas Golden Knights versus Edmonton Oilers game on Nov. 19, on Watch Hockey Night In Canada With The...
