With the opening face off of the 2023/24 National Hockey League season just weeks off (imagine the interest in the United States for the opening weekend of the National Football League season, multiply it by ten, and you'd have an idea as to how Canadian sports fans are looking forward to the coming NHL season), Sportsnet has announced it's schedule of NHL games to be shown across Canada.
All in all, Sportsnet will produce 158 NHL regular season games, with national telecasts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
The "crown jewel" of this package will be the long-standing "Hockey Night In Canada" Saturday night series, which I suspect will again be divided between the CBC (doubleheaders with 7:10 P.M. ET faceoffs for the early games and a 10:05 P.M. ET start for the late games), City TV (a single game at 7 P.M. ET), and Sportsnet itself (carrying Saturday night games of Canadian-based clubs not on CBC or City TV).
The press release (link below) doesn't indicate which network will carry which Saturday night games. It's my guess that if the Toronto Maple Leafs are playing in the early game that the Leafs will be on CBC, and if the Montreal Canadiens are in the early game, it will be on City (except November 18th, when the Leafs aren't playing and the Have will probably be on the CBC; and March 9th, when Montreal and Toronto play each other.
The highlight of the HNIC schedule will be "Hockey Day In Canada" on January 20th, with (in most likelihood) three games on the CBC (Winnipeg at Ottawa, 3 P.M. EST; Toronto at Vancouver, 7 P.M. EST; and Edmonton at Calgary, 10 P.M. EST) and one probable game on City (Montreal at Boston, 7 P.M. EST; this NOT a typo---for some reason, Montreal's "Hockey Day In Canada" game is in the United States, although they are visiting their archrival in Boston)
Below is a link to the press release:
www.sportsnet.ca
In addition, Sportsnet holds local/regional TV rights to the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
All in all, Sportsnet will produce 158 NHL regular season games, with national telecasts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
The "crown jewel" of this package will be the long-standing "Hockey Night In Canada" Saturday night series, which I suspect will again be divided between the CBC (doubleheaders with 7:10 P.M. ET faceoffs for the early games and a 10:05 P.M. ET start for the late games), City TV (a single game at 7 P.M. ET), and Sportsnet itself (carrying Saturday night games of Canadian-based clubs not on CBC or City TV).
The press release (link below) doesn't indicate which network will carry which Saturday night games. It's my guess that if the Toronto Maple Leafs are playing in the early game that the Leafs will be on CBC, and if the Montreal Canadiens are in the early game, it will be on City (except November 18th, when the Leafs aren't playing and the Have will probably be on the CBC; and March 9th, when Montreal and Toronto play each other.
The highlight of the HNIC schedule will be "Hockey Day In Canada" on January 20th, with (in most likelihood) three games on the CBC (Winnipeg at Ottawa, 3 P.M. EST; Toronto at Vancouver, 7 P.M. EST; and Edmonton at Calgary, 10 P.M. EST) and one probable game on City (Montreal at Boston, 7 P.M. EST; this NOT a typo---for some reason, Montreal's "Hockey Day In Canada" game is in the United States, although they are visiting their archrival in Boston)
Below is a link to the press release:
Sportsnet announces national broadcast schedule for 2023-24 NHL season
Sportsnet and SN NOW are bringing wall-to-wall coverage of the upcoming NHL season, and on Tuesday, the network unveiled the full national schedule of games, with more than 150 exclusive national English-language matchups across Sportsnet's TV channels and SN NOW.
In addition, Sportsnet holds local/regional TV rights to the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
