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The 2005/2006 televised schedules for NHL hockey on CBC, TSN, and RDS have been released.
CBC will again have the traditional Saturday-night "Hockey Night In Canada" package. The network will cover a total of 60 regular-season games, with each CBC station broadcasting 52 contests. Forty-four games will be broadcast to the entire network; there will also be 16 "regional" telecasts.
CBC will have 22 Saturday night doubleheaders, one Saturday night with a single game (February 11th; the final night of NHL action before the Olympic break), the annual "Hockey Day In Canada" tripleheader (January 7th), one Friday night doubleheader (December 23rd; since the NHL will be off on Saturday the 24th), one Tuesday night national telecast (December 27th, Toronto at Pittsburgh, no doubt to showcase Sidney Crosby), and instead of a doubleheader on Saturday, January 28th; two regional games on Thrusday, January 26th (I wonder why. Maybe there's some big national event on the 28th. Perhaps someone up in Canada can fill me in).
As usual, Toronto gets the lion's share of the HNIC pie (27 games, 18 of them on the full network). Other Canadian-based teams and the number of televised games: Vancouver (14 total games, all of them on the full network), Ottawa (13 games, 8 full-network), Edmonton (12 games, all full-network), Calgary (11 games, 10 full-network), and Montreal (8 games, 3 full-network).
Of course, the CBC lockout could affect their NHL schedule.
TSN's national cable-TV schedule of NHL games will cover 75 games, although I suspect that 69 games will be seen on TSN in any given area (there are 12 regional games, four of which are on opening night, October 5th).
TSN will show 13 Montreal games, 10 Toronto games, 7 games each of Calgary and Ottawa, 6 games of Edmonton, 5 Vancouver games, and 28 games between two U.S.-based teams.
The French-language RDS cable sports network has exclusive French-language coverage of the NHL in Canada. RDS will broadcast 95 regular-season games, all 82 Montreal games and 22 Ottawa Senators' games.
Come the 2006 playoffs, CBC will carry English-language coverage of weekend playoff games, all playoff games of Canadian-based teams (although there will probably be regional coverage during the first two rounds, depending on how many Canadian-based teams qualify and how the playoffs are scheduled) and the Stanley Cup Finals.
TSN will carry midweek games during early playoff rounds not involving Canadian-based teams.
And RDS will carry French-language coverage of all Montreal playoff games, other early-round playoff games that do not conflict with Habs' contests, and the Stanley Cup Finals. Given that RDS will broadcast some regular-season Ottawa games, it's possible that the network may also carry Ottawa playoff games that do not conflict with Montreal playoff games.
CBC will again have the traditional Saturday-night "Hockey Night In Canada" package. The network will cover a total of 60 regular-season games, with each CBC station broadcasting 52 contests. Forty-four games will be broadcast to the entire network; there will also be 16 "regional" telecasts.
CBC will have 22 Saturday night doubleheaders, one Saturday night with a single game (February 11th; the final night of NHL action before the Olympic break), the annual "Hockey Day In Canada" tripleheader (January 7th), one Friday night doubleheader (December 23rd; since the NHL will be off on Saturday the 24th), one Tuesday night national telecast (December 27th, Toronto at Pittsburgh, no doubt to showcase Sidney Crosby), and instead of a doubleheader on Saturday, January 28th; two regional games on Thrusday, January 26th (I wonder why. Maybe there's some big national event on the 28th. Perhaps someone up in Canada can fill me in).
As usual, Toronto gets the lion's share of the HNIC pie (27 games, 18 of them on the full network). Other Canadian-based teams and the number of televised games: Vancouver (14 total games, all of them on the full network), Ottawa (13 games, 8 full-network), Edmonton (12 games, all full-network), Calgary (11 games, 10 full-network), and Montreal (8 games, 3 full-network).
Of course, the CBC lockout could affect their NHL schedule.
TSN's national cable-TV schedule of NHL games will cover 75 games, although I suspect that 69 games will be seen on TSN in any given area (there are 12 regional games, four of which are on opening night, October 5th).
TSN will show 13 Montreal games, 10 Toronto games, 7 games each of Calgary and Ottawa, 6 games of Edmonton, 5 Vancouver games, and 28 games between two U.S.-based teams.
The French-language RDS cable sports network has exclusive French-language coverage of the NHL in Canada. RDS will broadcast 95 regular-season games, all 82 Montreal games and 22 Ottawa Senators' games.
Come the 2006 playoffs, CBC will carry English-language coverage of weekend playoff games, all playoff games of Canadian-based teams (although there will probably be regional coverage during the first two rounds, depending on how many Canadian-based teams qualify and how the playoffs are scheduled) and the Stanley Cup Finals.
TSN will carry midweek games during early playoff rounds not involving Canadian-based teams.
And RDS will carry French-language coverage of all Montreal playoff games, other early-round playoff games that do not conflict with Habs' contests, and the Stanley Cup Finals. Given that RDS will broadcast some regular-season Ottawa games, it's possible that the network may also carry Ottawa playoff games that do not conflict with Montreal playoff games.