List of Stanley Cup Final broadcasters
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The following is a list of national American and Canadian television, and radio networks and announcers that have broadcast Stanley Cup Final games over the years.
American television
National television
2020s
Notes
- 2020 - The NHL initially had plans to produce broadcasts for each game using a skeleton crew on-site, such as cameramen and producers, and then each media partner's commentators on both TV and radio were to call the games remotely.[18] The league then allowed both Sportsnet and NBC commentators into the hubs.[19] As he had been doing throughout the playoffs, 74-year-old NBC lead play-by-play commentator Mike Emrick called the Cup Finals off of monitors from his home studio in Metro Detroit, citing his advanced age as a potential risk for severe illness from COVID-19.[14] These were the final games that Emrick called; he announced his retirement on October 19, 2020.[15]
- On March 10, 2021, the National Hockey League and ESPN confirmed[20] a 7-year television deal that will include games not only on ESPN,[21] but also ABC, ESPN+, and Hulu beginning in the 2021–22 season. ABC will also broadcast four[22] Stanley Cup Final over the life of the contract.
- On April 26, 2021, Sports Business Journal reported[23] that NBC had officially pulled out[24] of bidding for future NHL rights,[25] meaning that NBC will not televise NHL games for the first time since the 2004–05 NHL lockout.[26] The next day, Turner Sports announced that they have agreed to a seven-year deal with the NHL to broadcast at least 72 games nationally on TNT and TBS[27] (while also giving HBO Max the live streaming and simulcast rights to these games) beginning with the 2021–22 NHL season, which will include three Stanley Cup Finals, the other half of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the Winter Classic.[28]
- 2021 - NBC lead color commentator Eddie Olczyk missed game two due to a personal matter, so ice-level analyst Brian Boucher moved to the booth with Kenny Albert, and Pierre McGuire took over for Boucher between the benches.[7] McGuire also filled in for Boucher in game three for the same reason.[8]
- 2022 - ABC's coverage of the Stanley Cup Final marked the first time the entire Stanley Cup Final series would be carried exclusively on American broadcast television. Additionally, starting in game six, ABC's feed was carried in Canada on Sportsnet's over-the-air sister station Citytv for simultaneous substitution purposes.[29][30]
- 2023 - TNT's coverage of the Stanley Cup Final marked the first time since 1994 that the entire series would be carried on a cable network since ESPN last did it 29 years before (1994), and the first time that it would exclusively be on cable. All of TNT's games in the Stanley Cup Final were simulcast on sister networks TruTV, and on most games, TBS due to Major League Baseball coverage every Tuesday night.
2010s
Notes
- In 2014, NBCSN broadcast games three and four, while NBC televised the remaining games. NBC Sports originally planned to repeat its coverage pattern from the last few seasons: NBCSN would televise games two and three, while NBC would broadcast game one, and then games four through seven so that all potential Cup clinchers are shown over-the-air.[141] After the League scheduled game two on the day of the Belmont Stakes, coverage of games two and four were switched so NBC's telecast of the horse race would serve as lead-in programming to game two. Due to the death of a family member, NBC lead play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick missed game one. Kenny Albert, who was also the New York Rangers radio announcer for WEPN and announced several national games (including the Western Conference Finals) for NBC/NBCSN, filled in for Emrick in the first game.[142]
- It was originally announced that games two and three of the 2015 Finals were to be broadcast by NBCSN, with the remainder on NBC. Game two was moved to NBC to serve as a lead-out for its coverage of the 2015 Belmont Stakes in favor of game four on NBCSN. As Eddie Olczyk was also a contributor to NBC's Belmont coverage, he was absent for game two, as a result, studio analyst Mike Milbury filled in for Olczyk in the color commentator role.[67][72][83]
- On May 27, 2016, NBC Sports announced that if the Final was tied at 1–1 entering game three, then it would have aired on NBC and game four televised on NBCSN. However, if one team led 2–0 (as this eventually happened; Penguins led 2–0), game three would be moved to NBCSN and then game four on NBC.[60]
- 2018 - P. K. Subban served as a studio analyst for NBC's coverage of game five of the Stanley Cup Final due to Mike Milbury attending his son's high school graduation.[143]
2000s
Notes
- Following the 2003–04 season, ESPN was only willing to renew its contract for two additional years at $60 million per year.[228] ABC refused to televise the Stanley Cup Final in prime time, suggesting that the Final games it would telecast be played on weekend afternoons (including a potential game seven). Disney executives later conceded that they overpaid for the 1999–2004 deal, so the company's offer to renew the television rights was lower in 2004.[229]
- 2003 was the only year that ABC broadcast both the NBA and the Stanley Cup Finals that involved teams from one city in the same year, as both the New Jersey Nets and the New Jersey Devils were in their respective league's finals. During ABC's broadcast of game three between the San Antonio Spurs and the Nets in New Jersey on June 8, Brad Nessler said that ABC was in a unique situation getting ready for both that game and game seven of the Stanley Cup Final between the Devils and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim the following night, also at Continental Airlines Arena. Gary Thorne mentioned this the following night, and thanked Nessler for promoting ABC's broadcast of game seven of the Stanley Cup Final.[201]
1990s
Notes
- Fox split coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals with ESPN. Game one of the 1995 Stanley Cup Final was the first Finals game shown on network television since 1980 and the first in prime time since 1973. Games one, five, and seven were usually scheduled to be televised by Fox; and games two, three, four, and six were set to air on ESPN. However, from 1995 to 1998,[244] the Finals matches were all four game sweeps; the 1999 Finals ended in six games. The consequence was that – except for 1995 when Fox did televise game four – the decisive game seven was never shown on network television. Perhaps in recognition of this, games three through seven were always televised by ABC in the succeeding broadcast agreement between the NHL and ABC Sports/ESPN.
- KTVU, the Fox affiliate in the San Francisco Bay Area, dropped game four of the 1995 Stanley Cup Final (June 24) for a San Francisco Giants game. The game between the Giants and Florida Marlins in Miami had a long rain delay. This allowed KTVU to broadcast the hockey game after all. However, the baseball game finally started before the hockey game ended. KTVU got a lot of complaints, so they re-aired the end of the hockey game next Saturday (July 1).
1980s
Notes
- 1980 - Games 1–5 on Hughes used CBC's feed. For CBS' coverage of game six (which served as a special edition of the CBS Sports Spectacular anthology series), Dan Kelly[372] did play-by-play for 1st and 3rd periods as well as overtime. Meanwhile, Tim Ryan[367] did play-by-play for the second period. Minnesota North Stars' general manager Lou Nanne[367] provided color commentary for the entire game. This was the last time that a National Hockey League game was broadcast on American network television for 10 years (until the 1990 NHL All-Star Game aired on NBC[373][374][370]), and the Stanley Cup Final game on broadcast-network television until 1995.[375]
- CBS was mainly influenced by the United States men's Olympic hockey team's surprise gold medal victory (dubbed "The Miracle on Ice") in Lake Placid several months prior. CBS agreed to pay $37 million to broadcast the sixth game. In return, the NHL happily moved the starting time from prime time to the afternoon.[376] The Saturday afternoon game was the first full American network telecast of an NHL game since game five of the 1975 Stanley Cup Final aired on NBC. Game six pulled a 4.4 rating on CBS.[377] After the game ended, except for its owned-and-operated stations in New York City and Philadelphia, CBS discontinued the telecast and went to a previously scheduled golf telecast.[367] New York and Philadelphia viewers saw a post-game show before the network joined the very end of the golf broadcast. Given that the game went into overtime, CBS cut away from hockey during the intermission between the end of regulation and the start of overtime to present ten minutes of live golf coverage, with the golf announcers repeatedly mentioning that the network would return to hockey in time for the start of sudden-death.
- USA Network simulcast the CBC feed for the 1981 Stanley Cup Final instead of producing their own coverage.
- In the 1981–82 season,[378] Al Trautwig[379] took over as studio host for USA Network. Dan Kelly did play-by-play with either Gary Green[380] or Rod Gilbert on color commentary. For the playoffs, Dick Carlson and Al Albert[381] were added as play-by-play voices of some games. Meanwhile, Jim Van Horne hosted Stanley Cup Final games played in Vancouver. Things pretty much remained the same for USA during the 1982–83 season. Dan Kelly and Gary Green called most games, while Al Albert did play-by-play or hosted several playoff[382] games, including two Stanley Cup Final games from Nassau Coliseum.[383][384]
1970s
Note
- ^ *: ABC was contracted to televise game seven. Since the 1979 Finals ended in five games, the contract was void. Had there been a seventh game, then Al Michaels would have called play-by-play alongside Jim McKay (between-periods host), Bobby Clarke (color commentator), and Frank Gifford (reporter, who would have been in the winning team's dressing room to interview players and coaches as well as hand the phone to the winning team's coach that would have allowed him to talk to both President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau). This would've given Michaels the honor of being the first to provide the play-by-play in all four major sports, having called the Super Bowl, the World Series, and NBA Finals. The game would have started at 5:10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on a Saturday, replacing Wide World of Sports and local news shows that typically followed it on ABC stations in the Eastern and Central time zones.
1960s
| Year | Network(s) | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Studio host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | CBS (Games 1, 4) | Dan Kelly[429][430] | Bill Mazer | |
| 1968 | CBS (Games 1, 4) | Jim Gordon | Stu Nahan | |
| 1967 | CBS (Games 2, 5) | Jim Gordon | Stu Nahan[431] | |
| 1966[432][433][434][435] | NBC (Games 1, 4)[436][437][438][439] | Win Elliot[440] | Bill Mazer[441] | Jim Simpson and Bill Cullen |
| RKO General[442] (Game 6) | Bob Wolff | Emile Francis | ||
Notes
- NBC aired Games 1 and 4[443] of the 1966 Stanley Cup Final between the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings. Win Elliot served as the play-by-play man while Bill Mazer served as the color commentator for the games.[441]
- For the 1968 playoffs, Jim Gordon worked play-by-play, and Stu Nahan worked color commentator and intermission interviews for CBS. During the regular season, the pair[444] alternated roles each week. For instance, Gordon worked play-by-play on December 30 while Nahan did the same the next week. In 1968–69,[445] Dan Kelly did play-by-play while Bill Mazer did color and intermission interviews.[446][447] While Kelly once again handled all the play-by-play work in 1971, Gordon replaced Mazer[448] in 1970–71. For the CBS' Stanley Cup Final coverage during this period, a third voice was added to the booth (Phil Esposito in 1971 and Harry Howell in 1972).
Local television (United States)
1990s
Notes
- Games four and five of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final in the New York City area on its secondary MSG 2 channel, due to conflicts with the Yankees schedule.[472][473][474] 1994 was also the last time that local broadcasting of playoff games past the first two rounds was allowed.
1980s
1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Studio host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | WOR (New York area)[492][493] | Jim Gordon | Bill Chadwick | |
| 1978 | WSBK (Boston area)[494][495] | Fred Cusick | Johnny Peirson | Tom Larson |
| 1977 | WSBK (Boston area) | Fred Cusick | Johnny Peirson | Tom Larson |
| 1976 | WTAF (Philadelphia area)[496] | Don Earle and Gene Hart | ||
| 1975 | WTAF (Philadelphia area; in Buffalo)[497] | Don Earle and Gene Hart | ||
| WKBW (Buffalo area; Games 1, 3–4, 6) | Ted Darling | Pat Hannigan | Rick Azar | |
| 1974 | WSBK (Boston area; Games 1–2, 4–5)[498] | Fred Cusick | Johnny Peirson | Tom Larson |
| WTAF (Philadelphia area; in Boston)[499][500][501] | Don Earle and Gene Hart | |||
| 1973 | WGN (Chicago area; Game 2) | Jim West | ||
| 1972 | WSBK (Boston area; Games 2–3, 5) | Fred Cusick | Johnny Peirson | Tom Larson |
| WOR (New York area; Games 2, 5) MSG Network (New York area; Game 3) |
Tim Ryan | Jim Gordon | ||
| 1971 | WGN (Chicago area; Game 4) | Jim West | ||
| 1970 | WSBK (Boston area; Games 2–3) | Don Earle | Johnny Peirson | Tom Larson |
| KPLR (St. Louis area; Games 2–3) | Dan Kelly | Gus Kyle |
1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | KPLR (Games 2–3) | Dan Kelly | Gus Kyle |
| 1968 | KPLR (Games 2–3) | Jack Buck | Gus Kyle |
| 1962 | WGN (in Toronto) | Joe Wilson | Lloyd Pettit |
| 1961 | WGN (Game 6, simulcast with CBC Television)[502] | Bill Hewitt | Foster Hewitt |
Canadian television (English)
2020s
Notes
- On June 16, 2026, CBC and Rogers terminated its sublicensing agreement for Hockey Night in Canada. The 2026 Stanley Cup Final marked CBC's final NHL broadcasts, ending a 74-year partnership. [505] This also marked the final NHL broadcasts on over-the-air television in Canada, as all games on Sportsnet from 2026 onward would be exclusive to pay television.[506]
2010s
2000s
1990s
Note
- 1997 – Don Cherry missed the entire series due to family illness. On Sunday, June 1, his wife, Pennsylvania native Rose, died from liver cancer. Consequently, Ron MacLean did not host Games 2 and 3 as he was attending Don Cherry's wife, Rose's funeral. Scott Russell sat in for him as host, and Chris Cuthbert took over Russell's reporting role.
1980s
Notes
- In 1980, Bob Cole, Dan Kelly and Jim Robson shared play-by-play duties for CBC's coverage. Cole did play-by-play for the first half of Games 1, and 2. Meanwhile, Kelly did play-by-play for the rest of games 1–4 and the first half of game five (Kelly also did call the overtime period of Game 1). Finally, Robson did play-by-play for the first half of games 3–4, the rest of game five, and game six entirely. In essence, this meant that Cole or Robson would do play-by-play for the first period and the first half of the second period. Therefore, at the closest stoppage of play near the 10-minute mark of the second period, Cole or Robson handed off the call to Kelly for the rest of the game.
- For the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons, CTV aired regular season games on Friday nights (and some Sunday afternoons) as well as partial coverage of the playoffs and Stanley Cup Final. While Molson continued to present Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights on CBC, rival brewery Carling O'Keefe began airing Friday Night Hockey on CTV. This marked the first time since beginning broadcasting in 1952 that CBC was not the lone over-the-air network broadcaster of the Stanley Cup Final in Canada. From 1967 through 1975, both CBC and CTV aired NHL games, but it was from a Molson-led Hockey Night in Canada package that was split. CBC got the Saturday games and the playoffs; Wednesday-night regular-season games appeared on CTV.
- In 1985, CBC televised games one and two nationally while games three, four, and five were televised in Edmonton only. CTV televised games three, four, and five nationally while games were blacked out in Edmonton. Had the series gone to a game seven, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. Dan Kelly, Ron Reusch, and Brad Park called the games on CTV.
- For games one and two of the 1986 Finals, CBC only had the rights to air them locally in Montreal and Calgary,[585] while CTV broadcast it to the rest of the country. CBC would then have the exclusive rights to televise games three, four, and five nationally. Had the series gone to a seventh game, then both CBC and CTV would have simultaneously televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. Like the year prior, Dan Kelly, Ron Reusch, and Brad Park called the games for CTV.
- Even though CTV decided to pull the plug on their two-year-old (lasting from 1984 to 1985 through 1985–86) NHL broadcasting venture with the Carling O'Keefe brewing company (citing low ratings and an inability to clear other programming for both regular season and playoff telecasts), Carling O'Keefe retained their rights. This soon led to them syndicating 1987 and 1988 playoff telecasts on a chain of channels that would one day become the Global Television Network. The Global Television Network broadcasts were aired under the names Stanley Cup '87 and Stanley Cup '88 before a merger between Carling O'Keefe and Molson (the presenters of Hockey Night in Canada on CBC) put an end to the competition. Unlike the split CTV/CBC coverage of 1984–85 and 1985–86, the Canwest-Global telecasts from 1986–87-1987–88 were network exclusive, except for game seven of the Stanley Cup Final if they were necessary. When CBC and Global televised game seven of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals,[582][583] they used separate production facilities and separate on-air talent.
- Game four (May 24) of the 1988 Stanley Cup Final is well known for the fog that interfered with the game and a power outage that caused its cancellation before a faceoff. The game ended with the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins tied at 3–3. CBC televised the first game four as well as game five (on May 26), for which the Oilers won 6–3.
- In 1988, Canwest-Global had the rights to games six and seven of the Final, which ultimately were not necessary.
1970s
Notes
- The most commonly seen video clip of Bobby Orr's famous overtime goal ("The Flight") in game four of the 1970 Stanley Cup Final is the American version broadcast on CBS as called by Dan Kelly. This archival clip can be considered a rarity, since about 98% of the time, any surviving kinescopes or videotapes of the actual telecasts of hockey games from this era usually emanate from CBC's coverage. According to Dick Irvin, Jr.'s book My 26 Stanley Cups (Irvin was in the CBC booth with Danny Gallivan during the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals), he was always curious why even the CBC prototypically uses the CBS replay of the Bobby Orr goal (with Dan Kelly's commentary) instead of Gallivan's call. The explanation that Irvin received was that the CBC's master tape of the game (along with others) was thrown away in order clear shelf space at the network.
- In 1972, Hockey Night in Canada moved all playoff coverage from CBC to CTV to avoid conflict with the lengthy NABET strike[622] against the CBC. Eventually, MacLaren Advertising, in conjunction with Molson Breweries and Imperial Oil/Esso, who actually owned the rights to Hockey Night in Canada (not CBC) decided to give the playoff telecast rights to CTV. Initially, it was on a game-by-game basis in the quarterfinals (game one of the Boston-Toronto series was seen on CFTO Toronto in full while other CTV affiliates, but not all joined the game in progress. Game one of the New York Rangers–Montreal series was seen only on CFCF Montreal while game four not televised due to a lockout of technicians at the Montreal Forum), and then the full semifinals and Stanley Cup Final. Because CTV did not have 100% penetration in Canada at this time, they asked CBC (who ultimately refused) to allow whatever one of their affiliates was the sole network in that market to show the playoffs. As a result, the 1972 Stanley Cup playoffs were not seen in some of the smaller Canadian markets unless said markets were close enough to the United States border to pick up the signal of a CBS affiliate that carried games one, four, or six (games two, three, and five were not nationally broadcast in the United States).
1960s
Notes
- The 1961 Stanley Cup Final was almost not televised in Canada at all. At that time, the CBC only had rights to the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs' games; home games only during the season and all games in the playoffs. However, with both the Canadiens and Maple Leafs eliminated in the semi-finals, the CBC's worst nightmare became reality. The CBC had to conceive a way to carry the Final between the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings or face a public revolt. According to lore, the CBC found a way to link their Windsor viewers as having a vested interest in the Final with the across the river Red Wings. Thus, CBC was able to carry the series after inking special contracts with the Red Wings and Black Hawks as a service to the Windsor market. From Windsor, CBC linked the signal to Toronto and they relayed the coverage Canada-wide. From there, Canadians were able to see the Final with nary a glitch in the coverage.
- To accommodate the American TV coverage on NBC (1966 marked the first time that a Stanley Cup Final game was to be nationally broadcast on American network television), game one of the 1966 Stanley Cup Final was shifted to a Sunday afternoon. This in return, was the first time ever that a National Hockey League game was played on a Sunday afternoon in Montreal. While games one and four of the NBC broadcasts were televised in color, CBC carried these games and all other games in black and white.
1950s
| Year | Network(s) | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Studio host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CBC | Danny Gallivan[654][655] (in Montreal) Bill Hewitt[652][656] (in Toronto) |
Frank Selke Jr. (in Montreal) Foster Hewitt[652] (in Toronto) |
Tom Foley (in Montreal) Scott Young (Game 3) Wes McKnight (Game 4) |
| 1958 | CBC[657] | Danny Gallivan | Frank Selke Jr. | Wes McKnight and Tom Foley |
| 1957 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Wes McKnight |
| 1956 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Wes McKnight |
| 1955 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Wes McKnight |
| 1954 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Wes McKnight |
| 1953 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Wes McKnight |
Note
- CBC's coverage of games 3–5 of the 1954 Stanley Cup Final were joined in progress at 9:30 p.m. ET (approximately one hour after start time). Meanwhile, CBC joined game six in at 10 p.m. ET (again, one hour after start time). Game seven was carried Canada-wide from opening the face-off at 9 p.m. ET. Since game seven was played on Good Friday night, there were no commercials (Imperial Oil was the sponsor for the entire broadcast).
Local television (Canada)
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | CBMT (Montreal) and CBRT (Calgary) (Games 1–2) | Don Wittman | John Davidson | Dave Hodge | Howie Meeker and Don Cherry |
| 1985 | CBXT (in Edmonton)[658] | Don Wittman | Howie Meeker and John Davidson | Chris Cuthbert | Howie Meeker |
Notes
- As previously mentioned in 1985, CBC televised Games 3–5 in Edmonton only. CTV televised Games 3–5 nationally while games were blacked out in Edmonton. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews.
- As previously mentioned in 1986, CBC only televised Games 1 and 2 in Montreal and Calgary[585] while CTV air both games to the rest of Canada. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. Like the year prior, Dan Kelly, Ron Reusch, and Brad Park called the games for CTV.
French Canadian television
2020s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2025 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2024 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2023 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2022 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Alexandre R. Picard (Games 1–2) Patrick Lalime (Games 3–6) |
| 2021 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2020 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
2010s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2018 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2017 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2016 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2015 | TVA Sports | Félix Séguin | Patrick Lalime |
| 2014 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Marc Denis |
| 2013 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Marc Denis |
| 2012 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Marc Denis |
| 2011 | RDS | Pierre Houde (Games 1–4, 6–7) Alain Crête (Game 5) |
Benoît Brunet |
| 2010 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Benoît Brunet |
Notes
2000s
Notes
- In the 2002–03 season, RDS secured exclusive French language rights to the NHL. The deal, reached with the Canadiens and not directly with the league, was meant to ensure a consistent home for all Canadiens games; as a general-interest network, Radio-Canada cannot give up so much airtime to Canadiens games. The announcement drew the ire of, among others, then-Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, who suggested that the network would somehow be violating its conditions of licence by not airing La Soirée du hockey. In fact, there is no specific mention in the CBC's licence from the CRTC (or any other legal document governing the CBC) that the CBC's networks carry coverage of NHL games, nor that there be parity between the two networks' carriage of such games. Also, Radio-Canada soon reached an agreement to produce the Saturday night games, to remain branded La Soirée du hockey, to be simulcast on both SRC and RDS. However, for reasons that are unclear, that agreement was terminated after the 2004 playoffs.[667] The RDS-produced replacement, Le Hockey du samedi soir, was simulcast on SRC outside Quebec, where RDS has limited distribution, through 2006.
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1965 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1965 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1965 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1965 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1964 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1963 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1962 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1961 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1960 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
1950s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1958 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1957 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1956 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1955 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1954 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1953 | SRC | René Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
Notes
- French-language broadcasts in Canada also began in 1953, with play-by-play commentator René Lecavalier and colour commentator Jean-Maurice Bailly on CBC's Télévision de Radio-Canada (SRC) division.