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More Fuel For Those Who Claim That "Hockey Night In Canada" Is (Toronto Maple) Leafs-Centric

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More Fuel For Those Who Claim That "Hockey Night In Canada" Is (Toronto Maple) Leafs-Centric

One of the major complaints some Canadian hockey fans have about CBC's long-running "Hockey Night In Canada" during the regular-season is that the show is more like "Hockey Night In Toronto", with Toronto Maple Leafs' games being disproportionally broadcast across the network.

Well, those who think that "HNIC" is too Leaf-centric have a new argument.

The "HNIC" schedule page on the CBC website is listing games to be broadcast in high-definition during the 2005/2006 regular-season (the schedule does not show any HD telecasts prior to November 5th; I don't know if "HNIC" had any HD games during October; if they did, they are no longer listed on that page).

Guess what?? With the exception of the December 17th game between Edmonton and Vancouver, all of "HNIC"'s HD telecasts feature Toronto.
 
Re: More Fuel For Those Who Claim That "Hockey Night In Canada" Is (Toronto Maple) Leafs-Centric

> One of the major complaints some Canadian hockey fans have
> about CBC's long-running "Hockey Night In Canada" during the
> regular-season is that the show is more like "Hockey Night
> In Toronto", with Toronto Maple Leafs' games being
> disproportionally broadcast across the network.
>
> Well, those who think that "HNIC" is too Leaf-centric have a
> new argument.
>
> The "HNIC" schedule page on the CBC website is listing games
> to be broadcast in high-definition during the 2005/2006
> regular-season (the schedule does not show any HD telecasts
> prior to November 5th; I don't know if "HNIC" had any HD
> games during October; if they did, they are no longer listed
> on that page).
>
> Guess what?? With the exception of the December 17th game
> between Edmonton and Vancouver, all of "HNIC"'s HD telecasts
> feature Toronto.

I think they made an error in that listing. Unlike all the others, for that night the late game is listed first, so they probably meant to apply the HD label to the earlier Leafs game.

That said, how much more fuel is needed? There is not a single HNIC broadcast that does not feature the Leafs. That's not a scheduling quirk.
 
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