List of Stanley Cup Finals broadcasters
The following is a list of the television and radio networks/stations (American, Spanish American, Canadian and French Canadian) and announcers that have broadcast Stanley Cup Finals series over the years.
American television
National television
2010s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | NBC (Games 1-2, 5) | Kenny Albert (Game 1) Mike Emrick (Games 2-5) |
Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury and Keith Jones |
| NBCSN (Games 3-4) | ||||||
| 2013 | NBC (Games 1, 4-6) | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury and Keith Jones |
| NBCSN (Games 2-3) | ||||||
| 2012 | NBC (Games 1-2, 5-6) | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury and Keith Jones |
| NBCSN (Games 3-4) | ||||||
| 2011 | NBC (Games 1-2, 5-7) | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire (All games) and Darren Pang (Games 6-7) |
Liam McHugh (Games 1-2) and Dan Patrick (Games 5-7) |
Mike Milbury and Keith Jones |
| Versus (Games 3-4) | Bill Patrick | |||||
| 2010 | NBC (Games 1-2, 5-6) | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Pierre McGuire (Games 1-2) and Dan Patrick (Games 5-6) |
Mike Milbury, Ryan Miller (Game 1), and Jeremy Roenick (Games 2, 5-6) |
| Versus (Games 3-4) | Charissa Thompson and Bob Harwood | Bill Patrick | Keith Jones and Brian Engblom |
Notes
- 2014 – In the United States, 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 game two and three, while NBC would broadcast game one, and then games four to seven.[1] After the league scheduled Game 2 on the day of the 2014 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 2. Due to the death of a family member, NBC lead play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick missed Game 1. Kenny Albert, who was also the 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.[2]
- NBC and NBCSN will televise the Stanley Cup Finals through 2021.
2000s
Notes
- As part of NBC's coverage, Pierre McGuire, while positioned as a rinkside reporter, provides color commentary from his vantage point - known as Inside the Glass.
- 2005 - Had the season not been canceled, ESPN would have televised the Games 1 and 2 and NBC Games 3-7.[3] Mike Emrick and John Davidson would have been play-by-play and analyst respectively on both networks, while Bob Costas would have hosted NBC's games and John Saunders would have been studio host for ESPN.
1990s
Notes
- From 1995–1999, Fox split coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals with ESPN. Game 1 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals was the first Finals game shown on network television since 1980 and the first in prime time since 1973. Games 1, 5, and 7 were usually scheduled to be televised by Fox; Games 2, 3, 4, and 6 by ESPN. However from 1995 to 1998, the Finals were all four game sweeps; 1999 ended in six games. The consequence was that – except for 1995, when Fox did televise Game 4 - the decisive game was never on network television. Perhaps in recognition of this, Games 3–7 were always televised by ABC in the succeeding broadcast agreement between the NHL and ABC Sports/ESPN.
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | SportsChannel America | Jiggs McDonald | Bill Clement | Gary Thorne | Mike Emrick | Herb Brooks |
| 1988 | ESPN | Mike Emrick | Bill Clement | Tom Mees | ||
| 1987 | ESPN | Mike Emrick | Bill Clement | Tom Mees | Tom Mees | |
| 1986 | ESPN | Sam Rosen (Games 1-2) Ken Wilson (Games 3-5) |
Mickey Redmond (Games 1-2, 5) Bill Clement (Games 3-4) |
Jim Kelly | Tom Mees | Mike Liut |
| 1985 | USA | Dan Kelly (Games 1-2) Al Albert (Games 3-5) |
Gary Green | Al Trautwig | ||
| 1984 | USA | Dan Kelly | Gary Green | Al Trautwig | ||
| 1983 | USA | Dan Kelly | Gary Green | Al Albert | ||
| 1982 | USA | Dan Kelly | Gary Green | Al Trautwig and Jim Van Horne (in Vancouver) | ||
| 1981 | USA (CBC's feed) | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer and Mickey Redmond | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1980 | Hughes[4] (Games 1–5) | Dan Kelly Bob Cole (Games 1-2, 5) Jim Robson (Games 3-4) |
Gary Dornhoefer Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Dave Hodge | Don Cherry | |
| CBS (Game 6) | Dan Kelly and Tim Ryan | Lou Nanne | Tim Ryan |
Notes
- 1989 - SportsChannel's coverage aired on PRISM in the Philadelphia area. SportsChannel Philadelphia did not launch until January 1990. Both SportsChannel and PRISM were owned by Rainbow Media.
- 1980 - Games 1-5 on Hughes used CBC's feed. For CBS' coverage of Game 6 (which served as a special edition of the CBS Sports Spectacular anthology series), Dan Kelly did play-by-play for the first and third periods as well as overtime. Meanwhile, Tim Ryan only did play-by-play for the second period. This would be the last time that a National Hockey League game would be broadcast on American network television for ten years (until the 1990 NHL All-Star Game aired on NBC), and the last playoff game on broadcast-network television until 1995.
- Game 6 pulled a 4.4 rating on CBS.[5] After the game ended, except for the New York and Philadelphia affiliates, CBS dropped the telecast and went to a previously-scheduled golf telecast. New York and Philadelphia viewers got a postgame show before they 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.
1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NHL | Dan Kelly | Dick Irvin, Jr. and Gary Dornhoefer | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1978 | NHL | Dan Kelly (in Montreal) and Fred Cusick (in Boston) | Marv Albert (all games) | |||
| 1977 | NHL | Marv Albert | Tim Ryan and Stan Mikita (Game 1) Garry Unger (Game 2) Chico Resch (Game 3) Don Awrey (Game 4) |
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| 1976 | NHL | Marv Albert (Games 1, 3-4) and Ted Darling (Game 2) | Stan Mikita (Game 1) Garry Unger (Game 2) Chico Resch (Game 3) Curt Bennett (Game 4) |
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| 1975 | NBC (Games 2, 5) | Tim Ryan | Ted Lindsay | Brian McFarlane | ||
| 1974 | NBC (Games 3, 6) | Tim Ryan | Ted Lindsay | Brian McFarlane | ||
| 1973 | NBC (Games 1, 4-6) | Tim Ryan | Ted Lindsay | Brian McFarlane | ||
| 1972 | CBS (Games 1, 4, 6) | Dan Kelly | Jim Gordon and Harry Howell | Jim Gordon | ||
| 1971 | CBS (Games 3, 6-7) | Dan Kelly | Jim Gordon and Phil Esposito | Jim Gordon | ||
| 1970 | CBS (Games 1, 4) | Dan Kelly | Bill Mazer | Bill Mazer |
Notes
- In 1979, ABC was contracted to televise Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.[6][7] Since the Finals ended in five games, the contract was void.[8] Had there been a seventh game, then Bob Wilson 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 that would have allowed him to talk to both President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau). 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.
- Starting in the 1978 playoffs, the NHL Network began simulcasting many games with Hockey Night in Canada. This happened in Game 7 of the quarter-final series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders. The entire 1979 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers was simulcast as well.
- The 1976 Stanley Cup Finals on the NHL Network marked the first time that the NHL's championship series was nationally televised in its entirety in the United States.
- Stan Mikita, Garry Unger, Chico Resch, and Curt Bennett each did one game as analyst. All were active players at the time.
- 1971 - CBS was not scheduled to broadcast Game 7, but showed the prime time contest after thousands of viewers called the network asking that it be broadcast. The game was blacked out in Chicago, as well as in much of the Midwest, in deference to theater TV.
- In 1970, Pat Summerall and then-Boston Bruins' TV announcer Don Earle did a short post-game segment from inside the team's dressing room at the end of CBS' coverage of the fourth (and what turned out to be the final game) of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. WSBK-38, which was the team's the Bruins' TV flagship then, simulcast the CBS coverage and did a longer post-game locker-room segment after CBS' coverage ended.
1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | CBS (Games 1, 4) | Dan Kelly | Bill Mazer | Bill Mazer | ||
| 1968 | CBS (Games 1, 4) | Stu Nahan | Jim Gordon | |||
| 1967 | CBS (Games 2, 5) | Stu Nahan | Jim Gordon | |||
| 1966 | NBC (Games 1, 4) | Win Elliot | Bill Mazer | Jim Simpson and Bill Cullen | ||
| RKO General (Game 6) | Bob Wolff | Emile Francis |
Notes
- NBC's coverage of the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals marked the first time that hockey games were televised in color on network TV. CBC wouldn't follow suit until the following year. NBC's Stanley Cup coverage preempted a sports anthology series called NBC Sports in Action hosted by Jim Simpson and Bill Cullen, who were between-periods co-hosts for NBC's Stanley Cup broadcasts.
- Bob Wolff and Emile Francis were commentators for New York Rangers games seen over RKO General's WOR-TV New York during the 1965-66 season.
Local television
1990s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | MSG Network (Games 1–3, 6–7) (New York area) (New York Rangers) MSG II (Games 4–5) (New York area) (New York Rangers) |
Sam Rosen | John Davidson | Al Trautwig | Al Trautwig | |
| 1993 | Prime Ticket (Los Angeles area) | Bob Miller | Jim Fox | |||
| 1992 | KBL (Pittsburgh area; Games 1-2) KDKA (Pittsburgh area; Games 3-4) |
Mike Lange | Paul Steigerwald | Stan Savran | ||
| SportsChannel Chicago (Chicago area) | Pat Foley | Dale Tallon | ||||
| 1991 | KBL (Pittsburgh area; Games 1-2, 5) KDKA (Pittsburgh area; Games 3-4, 6) |
Mike Lange | Paul Steigerwald | |||
| Pay-Per-View (Minnesota area) | Dave Hodge | Lou Nanne | ||||
| 1990 | NESN (Boston area; Games 1-2, 5) | Fred Cusick | Derek Sanderson and Dave Shea | Dave Shea | Tom Larson | |
| WSBK (Boston area; Games 3-4) | Derek Sanderson | Gene Lavanchy | Johnny Peirson |
Notes
- Games 4 and 5 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals was broadcast in the New York City area on MSG II because of MSG Network's commitment with the New York Yankees.
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | WSBK (Boston area; Games 1-2, 4b) | Fred Cusick | Derek Sanderson | Sean McDonough | Johnny Peirson | |
| NESN (Boston area; Games 3-4a) | Derek Sanderson and Dave Shea | Dave Shea | Tom Larson | |||
| 1987 | PRISM (Philadelphia area; Games 3-4, 6) WGBS (Philadelphia area; Games 1-2, 5, 7) |
Gene Hart | Bobby Taylor | |||
| 1985 | PRISM (Philadelphia area; Games 1-2) WTAF (Philadelphia area; Games 3-5) |
Gene Hart | Bobby Taylor | Tony Bruno | Ed Van Impe | |
| 1984 | SportsChannel New York (New York area; Games 1-2) WOR (New York area; Games 3-5) |
Jiggs McDonald | Ed Westfall | Stan Fischler | ||
| 1983 | SportsChannel New York (New York area; Games 3-4) WOR (New York area; Games 1-2) |
Jiggs McDonald | Ed Westfall | Stan Fischler | ||
| 1982 | SportsChannel New York (New York area; Games 1, 2) WOR (New York area; Games 3-4) |
Jiggs McDonald | Ed Westfall | Stan Fischler | ||
| 1981 | SportsChannel New York (New York area; Games 1-2, 5) WOR (New York area; Games 3-4) |
Jiggs McDonald | Ed Westfall | Stan Fischler | ||
| KMSP (Minnesota area) (all games) | Bob Kurtz | Tom Reid |
1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | WTAF (Philadelphia area; Games 3-4, 6) | 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) | Fred Cusick | Johnny Peirson | Tom Larson | ||
| WTAF (Philadelphia area; Games 1-2, 5) | 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(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | KPLR (Games 2-3) | Dan Kelly | Gus Kyle | |||
| 1968 | KPLR (Games 2-3) | Dan Kelly | Gus Kyle | |||
| 1962 | WGN (Games 1-2, and 5) | Joe Wilson | Lloyd Pettit | |||
| 1961 | WGN (Game 6, simulcast with CBC Television) | Bill Hewitt | Bob Goldham |
American local/national coverage policy for Stanley Cup Finals
- 1995 – present: National coverage (network and cable) exclusive.
- 1981 – 1994: Local coverage permitted for all games. National coverage (cable) not exclusive.
- 1976 – 1979: National coverage on syndicated networks exclusive.
- 1968 – 1975: Local coverage permitted for non-network games. National network telecasts exclusive.
Canadian television
National television
2010s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts | I-Desk Contributors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CBC | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Glenn Healy and Scott Oake | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey, P.J. Stock and Elliotte Friedman | Elliotte Friedman |
| 2013 | CBC | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Glenn Healy and Scott Oake | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey, P.J. Stock and Elliotte Friedman | Andi Petrillo |
| 2012 | CBC | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Glenn Healy, Scott Oake and Elliotte Friedman | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey and P.J. Stock | Andi Petrillo |
| 2011 | CBC | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Glenn Healy, Scott Oake and Elliotte Friedman | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey and P.J. Stock | Jeff Marek and Scott Morrison |
| 2010 | CBC | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Glenn Healy, Scott Oake and Elliotte Friedman | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey | Jeff Marek and Scott Morrison |
Notes
- Beginning in 2010, Glenn Healy was positioned between the team benches and provided color commentary in addition to reporting.
- 2014 was the last year under the league's current Canadian TV contracts with CBC (English broadcasts of the Finals) and the cable network TSN (English broadcasts), and RDS (French broadcasts). The NHL's twelve-year contract with Rogers Communications would then take effect beginning next season, with English-language national coverage of the Finals being sub-licensed to CBC, and French-language telecasts being sub-licensed to TVA Sports. TSN will only be showing regional games for Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg starting the fall of 2014[10]
- The Stanley Cup Finals will be televised by CBC through 2018.
2000s
1990s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Scott Russell and Scott Oake | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry |
| 1998 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Scott Russell | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry |
| 1997 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Scott Russell (Games 1-2) Scott Oake (Games 3-4) |
Ron MacLean (Games 1, 4) Scott Russell (Games 2-3) |
Kelly Hrudey |
| 1996 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Scott Russell | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry |
| 1995 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Scott Russell | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry |
| 1994 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry | |
| 1993 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry | |
| 1992 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry | |
| 1991 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry | |
| 1990 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Chris Cuthbert | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry |
Notes
- 1997 - Ron MacLean did not host Games 2 and 3 as he was attending the funeral of Don Cherry's wife, Rose.
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | CBC | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry | |
| 1988 | Global/Canwest (Games 1-2) | Dan Kelly | John Davidson | Jim Tatti | Dave Hodge | |
| CBC (Games 3-4b) | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Chris Cuthbert (Game 4b) | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry | |
| 1987 | CBC (Games 1-2, 6-7) | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | Chris Cuthbert (Game 7) | Ron MacLean | Don Cherry |
| Global/Canwest (Games 3-4, 5, 7) | Dan Kelly | John Davidson | Jim Tatti | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1986 | CTV (Games 1-2) | Dan Kelly | Ron Reusch | Dan Matheson | Brad Park | |
| CBC (Games 3-5) | Bob Cole (Games 3-4) Don Wittman (Game 5) |
Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 3-5) Mickey Redmond (Games 3-4) John Davidson (Game 5) |
Dave Hodge | Don Cherry | ||
| 1985 | CBC (Games 1-2) | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | Dave Hodge | Don Cherry | |
| CTV (Games 3-5) | Dan Kelly | Ron Reusch and Brad Park | Dan Matheson | Dave Maloney | ||
| 1984 | CBC | Bob Cole | Dick Irvin, Jr. (all games) Mickey Redmond (Games 1-2) Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3-5) |
John Wells (Games 3-5) | Dave Hodge | Don Cherry (Games 1-2) Howie Meeker (Games 3-5) |
| 1983 | CBC | Jim Robson (Games 1-2) Bob Cole (Games 3-4) |
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1-2) Mickey Redmond (Games 3-4) |
John Wells (Games 1-2) | Dave Hodge | Howie Meeker (Games 1-2) Don Cherry (Games 3-4) |
| 1982 | CBC | Bob Cole (Games 1-2) Jim Robson (Games 3-4) |
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 1-2) Howie Meeker and Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3-4) |
Steve Armitage (Games 3-4) | Dave Hodge | Don Cherry (Games 1-2) |
| 1981 | CBC | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer and Mickey Redmond | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1980 | CBC | Dan Kelly (Games 1-5) Bob Cole (Games 1-2, 5) Jim Robson (Games 3-4, 6) |
Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr. | Dave Hodge | Don Cherry |
Notes
- Game 4 (May 24) of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals is well known for 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 4 as well as the "official" fourth game (on May 26), for which the Oilers won 6–3.
- Even though CTV decided to pull the plug on their two-year-old (lasting from 1984–85 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 lead 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.
- Contrary to the broadcasts from the previous CTV deal (in which they split the Stanley Cup Finals coverage with CBC), the Canwest-Global telecasts were network exclusive, except for Game 7 of the 1987 Finals. Therefore, both CBC and Canwest-Global televised the seventh game while using separate production facilities and separate on-air talent.
- In 1988, Global had the rights to the sixth and seventh games of the Finals, which ultimately, were not necessary.
- 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 Finals. 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 Finals 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 1986, CBC only televised Games 1 and 2 in Montreal and Calgary. CBC would go on to televise Games 3, 4 and 5 nationally. When CTV televised Games 1 and 2, both games were blacked out in Montreal and Calgary. Had the series gone to a seventh game, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews.
- In 1985, CBC televised Games 1 and 2 nationally while Games 3, 4 and 5 were televised in Edmonton only. CTV televised Games 3, 4, and 5 nationally while games were blacked out in Edmonton.
- 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, 2 and 5. Meanwhile, Kelly did play-by-play for the second half Games 1-5 (Kelly also did called the overtime period of Game 1). Finally, Robson did play-by-play for first half of Games 3 and 4 and Game 6 entirely. In essence this would mean 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 would hand off the call to Kelly for the duration of the game. Kelly did not work Game 6 as he was calling that game for CBS.
1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | CBC | Dan Kelly | Dick Irvin, Jr. and Gary Dornhoefer | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1978 | CBC | Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) and Dan Kelly (in Boston) | Dick Irvin, Jr. and Glenn Resch (all games) | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1977 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1976 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1975 | CBC | Danny Gallivan (in Buffalo) and Jim Robson (in Philadelphia) | Dick Irvin, Jr. (all games) | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1974 | CBC | Bill Hewitt (all games) | Brian McFarlane (Games 1-2, 4-5) and Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 3, 6) | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1973 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1972 | CTV | Bill Hewitt | Brian McFarlane | Dave Hodge | ||
| 1971 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1970 | CBC | Bill Hewitt (Games 1-2) Danny Gallivan (Games 3-4) |
Brian McFarlane (Game 1-2) Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 3-4) |
Ward Cornell |
Notes
- In 1972, Hockey Night in Canada moved all playoff coverage from CBC to CTV (in actuality, MacLaren Advertising, Ltd., the actual rights holders of HNIC at the time, worked out arrangements with CTV to move the full NHL playoffs there) to avoid conflict with the lengthy NABET strike against the CBC.
1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1968 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1967 | CBC | Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) and Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) | Brian McFarlane (in Toronto) and Dick Irvin, Jr. (in Montreal) | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1966 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1965 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1964 | CBC | Bill Hewitt | Bob Goldham | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1963 | CBC | Bill Hewitt | Bob Goldham | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1962 | CBC | Bill Hewitt | Bob Goldham and Brian McFarlane | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1961 | CBC | Bill Hewitt | Bob Goldham | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1960 | CBC | Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) and Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) | Keith Dancy (in Montreal) and Foster Hewitt (in Toronto) | Ward Cornell |
Notes
- The 1961 Stanley Cup Finals were 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 Finals between the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings or face public revolt. According to lore, the CBC found a way to link their Windsor viewers as having a vested interest in the Finals 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 Dominion-wide. From there, Canadians were able to see the Finals with nary a glitch in the coverage. CBC's broadcast of the sixth and climatic game was simulcast on WGN-TV Chicago; the station would begin broadcasting Chicago Blackhawks road games on a regular basis that Fall.
- 1966 - To accommodate the American TV coverage on NBC (1966 marked the first time that a Stanley Cup Finals game was to be nationally broadcast on American network television), Game 1 of the Finals 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 1 and 4 of the NBC broadcasts were televised in color, CBC carried these games and all other games in black and white.
1950s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CBC | Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) and Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) | Keith Dancy (in Montreal) and Foster Hewitt (in Toronto) | Ward Cornell | ||
| 1958 | CBC | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy | Wes McKnight | ||
| 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 |
Notes
- 1954 - CBC's coverage of Games 3, 4 and 5 were joined in progress at 9:30 p.m. (approximately one hour after start time). Meanwhile, CBC joined Game 6 in at 10:00 p.m. (again, one hour after start time). Game 7 was carried Dominion wide (nationwide) from opening the face off at 9:00 p.m. Since Game 7 was played on Good Friday night, there were no commercials (Imperial Oil was the sponsor).
Local television
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters | Studio host | Studio analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | CBMT (Montreal) and CBRT (Calgary) | Don Wittman | John Davidson | Dave Hodge | Don Cherry | |
| 1985 | CBXT (Games 3-5) | Don Wittman | John Davidson | Dave Hodge | Don Cherry |
French Canadian television
2010s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | Ice level reporters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Marc Denis | Luc Gelinas and Chantal Machabée |
| 2013 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Marc Denis | Luc Gelinas and Chantal Machabée |
| 2012 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Marc Denis | Luc Gelinas and Renaud Lavoie |
| 2011 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Benoit Brunet | Renaud Lavoie |
| 2010 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Benoit Brunet | Luc Gelinas |
2000s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Benoit Brunet | |||
| 2008 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Yvon Pedneault | |||
| 2007 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Yvon Pedneault | |||
| 2006 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Yvon Pedneault | |||
| 2005 | Canceled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout. | |||||
| 2004 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Yvon Pedneault | |||
| 2003 | RDS | Pierre Houde | Yvon Pedneault | |||
| 2002 | SRC | Claude Quenneville | Michel Bergeron | |||
| 2001 | SRC | Claude Quenneville | Michel Bergeron | |||
| 2000 | SRC | Claude Quenneville | Michel Bergeron | |||
1990s
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | SRC | Richard Garneau | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1988 | SRC | Richard Garneau | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1987 | SRC | Richard Garneau | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1986 | SRC | Richard Garneau | Gilles Tremblay and Mario Tremblay |
| 1985 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1984 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1983 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1982 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1981 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1980 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1978 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1977 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1976 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1975 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1974 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1973 | SRC TVA |
Rene Lecavalier Jacques Moreau |
Gilles Tremblay N/A |
| 1972 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1971 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Gilles Tremblay |
| 1970 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1968 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1967 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1966 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1965 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1964 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1963 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1962 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1961 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1960 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
1950s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1958 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1957 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1956 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1955 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1954 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
| 1953 | SRC | Rene Lecavalier | Jean-Maurice Bailly |
Radio
For more details on this topic, see National Hockey League on the radio.
2010s
| Year | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Westwood One (U.S. National broadcast) | Dave Goucher (unless the Boston Bruins make it to the Finals) |
Joe Micheletti |
| 2014 | KEIB (Los Angeles) WEPN (NY Rangers) |
Nick Nickson Don La Greca (Game 1) and Kenny Albert (Game 2-4) |
Daryl Evans Dave Maloney |
| 2013 | WBZ-FM (Boston) WGN (Chicago) |
Dave Goucher John Wiedeman |
Bob Beers Troy Murray |
| 2012 | KTLK (Los Angeles) WFAN (New Jersey) |
Nick Nickson Matt Loughlin |
Daryl Evans Sherry Ross |
| 2011 | WBZ-FM, WBZ (Game 7 only) (Boston) CKST (Vancouver) |
Dave Goucher John Shorthouse |
Bob Beers Dave Tomlinson |
| 2010 | WIP (Philadelphia) WGN (Chicago) |
Tim Saunders John Wiedeman |
Chris Therien Troy Murray |
2000s
Notes
- XM Satellite Radio is the official satellite radio broadcaster of the NHL, as of July 1, 2007.[11] Between September 2005 and June 2007, the NHL's broadcasting rights were shared with both XM and Sirius Satellite Radio and were broadcast on just Sirius before the NHL lockout. XM used to broadcast more than 80% of NHL games, including all the playoffs and finals. Starting with the 2007–08 season, XM broadcast every game.
1990s
1980s
| Year | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Enterprise Radio Network (National) |
1960s
| Year | Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Toronto-Montreal | |||
| 1964 | Toronto-Detroit | |||
| 1963 | Toronto-Detroit | |||
| 1962 | Toronto-Chicago |
References
- ↑ "2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage" (Press release). April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
NBC will broadcast Game 1, Game 4, and Games 5–7 (if necessary), with NBCSN televising Games 2–3
- ↑ "Twitter/@NBCSportsPR: @KennyAlbert will call Gm 1 of Stanley Cup Final on Wed on NBC. Doc Emrick is dealing w a death in the family. He will return for Games 2–7". Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
@KennyAlbert will call Gm 1 of Stanley Cup Final on Wed on NBC. Doc Emrick is dealing w a death in the family. He will return for Games 2–7
- ↑ Sandomir, Richard (May 20, 2004). "HOCKEY; The N.H.L. And NBC Skate as Pair". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ↑ Associated Press (May 13, 1980). "Games Will Be Televised". Reading Eagle. p. 22.
- ↑ Walters, John (June 19, 2000). "A Small Victory". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ "May 26 Selected For a 7th Game". New York Times. May 13, 1979. p. S4.
- ↑ Associated Press (May 13, 1979). "NHL, ABC-TV Agree". Reading Eagle. p. 89.
- ↑ Ramsay, Donald (May 22, 1979). "Montreal win kills ABC TV deal but Ziegler feels pact is on way". The Globe and Mail. p. P35.
- ↑ Boston Globe, May 5, 1966
- ↑ Rush, Curtis (November 26, 2013). "NHL signs 12-year TV, Internet deal with Rogers; CBC keeps 'Hockey Night in Canada'". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ↑ "XM to Become Exclusive Satellite Radio Carrier of NHL" (Press release). XM Satellite Radio. 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
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