Hockey Night in Canada schedules
edit1979-80
editHere's a typical schedule for CBLT 5 in Toronto and CKVR 3 Barrie. These games were also on CHEX 12 Peterborough.
1979-80 10/13 Colorado at Toronto, Quebec at Montreal (ch. 12) 10/20 Vanoouver at Toronto 10/27 Detroit at Montreal 11/03 Buffalo at Toronto, Philadelphia at Montreal (ch. 12) 11/10 Toronto at Winnipeg 11/17 Boston at Toronto 11/24 Chicago at Toronto 12/01 Philadelphia at Toronto 12/08 NY Islanders at Toronto 12/15 Atlanta at Toronto 12/22 Detroit at Toronto 12/29 Winnipeg at Toronto 01/05 Quebec at Toronto, Chicago at Montreal (ch. 12) 01/12 Vancouver at Toronto 01/19 Toronto at Montreal 01/26 Toronto at Edmonton 02/02 Chicago at Toronto 02/09 Los Angeles at Toronto, Vancouver at Montreal (chls. 3, 12) 02/16 Hartford at Toronto 02/23 Toronto at Winnipeg 03/01 Philadelphia at Toronto 03/08 Quebec at Toronto 03/15 NY Rangers at Toronto 03/22 Buffalo at Toronto 03/29 Edmonton at Toronto 04/05 Minnesota at Toronto, Boston at Montreal (ch. 12) 04/08 (Tue.) (playoff) Toronto at Minnesota 04/11 (Fri.) (playoff) Minnesota at Toronto 04/12 ??? (playoff) Buffalo at Vancouver 04/14 (Mon.) (playoff) Pittsburgh at Boston 04/16 (Wed.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal 04/17 (Thu.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal 04/19 (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota 04/20 (Sun.) (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota 04/22 (Tue.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal 04/24 (Thu.) (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota 04/27 (Sun.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal 04/29 (Tue.) (playoff) NY Islanders at Buffalo 05/01 (Thu.) (playoff) NY Islanders at Buffalo 05/03 (playoff) Buffalo at NY Islanders 05/06 (Tue.) (playoff) Philadelphia at Minnesota 05/08 (Thu.) (playoff) ?
1981-82
editB=Barrie T=Toronto P=Peterborough K=Kingston TFr=French O=Ottawa U=Watertown,NY (WNPE, PBS) M=Montreal D=Windsor V=Vancouver W= Winnipeg WFr= Winnipeg French
10/10 B,T,8,P,K,D,TFr,W Chicago at Toronto V Buffalo at Montreal 10/17 B,T,TFr,D,W Quebec at Toronto P,K,W,WFr,V Vancouver at Montreal 10/24 B,T,P,KD,,TFr,W NY Rangers at Toronto V Boston at Vancouver 10/31 B,T,W Winnipeg at Toronto K,D,TFr,WFr,V NY Islanders at Montreal
11/07 B,T,P,K,TFr,W,WFr,V Detroit at Montreal D Colorado at Edmonton 11/14 B,T,P,K,D,TFr,W,WFr Philadelphia at Toronto V Montreal at Vancouver 11/21 B,T,D Boston at Toronto P,k,W,V Vancouver at Edmonton WFr Pittsburgh at Montreal 11/28 B,T,P,K,TFr,W,WFr,V Buffalo at Toronto
12/05 B,T Washington at Toronto P,K,W,WFr Calgary at Montreal V Edmonton at Vancouver 12/12 T,K,O,U,WFr Montreal at Toronto W,V NY Islanders at Calgary 12/19 B,T,P,K,D,W Toronto at Winnipeg WFr,V Boston at Montreal 12/26 B,T,P,TFr,K,WFr Detroit at Toronto W Chicago at Winnipeg V Los Angeles at Vancouver (7:00 PT)
01/02 B,T,P,K,TFr,W,WFr,V Minnesota at Toronto 01/09 B,T,P,K,D Los Angeles at Toronto W,WFr,V Calgary at Edmonton 01/16 B,T,P,K,D,W,WFr,V Edmonton at Toronto 01/23 B,T,P,K,D,TFr,W Calgary at Montreal 01/30 B,T,P,K,D Quebec at Toronto W Buffalo at Calgary WFr Detroit at Montreal (JIP, 8:00 CT)
02/06 B,T,P,K,D,TFr,W,WFr,V Toronto at Edmonton 02/13 B,T,D Chicago at Toronto P,K,O,M,W,WFr,V Winnipeg at Montreal 02/20 B,T,P,K,D St. Louis at Toronto W,WFr Buffalo at Montreal V Hartford at Vancouver 02/27 B,T,P,K,D,O,M,TFr,W,WFr Toronto at Montreal V Philadelphia at Calgary
03/06 T,K,D,O,M,W,WFr,V Montreal at Toronto 03/13 B,T,P,K,D,W Winnipeg at Toronto WFr Hartford at Montreal (JIP 8:00 CT) V Vancouver at Edmonton 03/20 B,T,K,D,W,WFr Toronto at Winnipeg P,V Minnesota at Montreal 03/27 T,W,WFr Detroit at Toronto K,D,O,M Quebec at Montreal 04/03 B,T,D Washington at Toronto P,K,W,WFr Buffalo at Montreal
04/07 (Wed.) (playoff) B,T,P,TFr,D Quebec at Montreal W St. Louis at Winnipeg 04/08 (Thu.) (playoff) B,T,P,TFr,D Quebec at Montreal St. Louis at Winnipeg 04/10 (playoff) B,T,P,TFr Montreal at Quebec W Winnipeg at St. Louis 04/11 (Sun.) (playoff) B,T,P,TFr,D Montreal at Quebec W Winnipeg at St. Louis 04/12 (Mon.) (playoff) B,T,P,W Edmonton at Los Angeles 04/13 (Tue.) (playoff) B,T,P,TFr,D,W Quebec at Montreal
04/15 (Thu.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,W,WFr Quebec at Boston 04/16 (Fri.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,WFr Quebec at Boston W Los Angeles at Vancouver 04/18 (Sun.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,WFr Boston at Quebec W Vancouver at Los Angeles 04/19 (Mon.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,W,WFr Boston at Quebec 04/21 (Wed.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,W,WFr Quebec at Boston 04/23 (Fri.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr Boston at Quebec 04/25 (Sun.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr Quebec at Boston
04/27 (Tue.) (playoff) B,T,P,TFr Quebec at NY Islanders D Vancouver at Chicago 04/29 (Thu.) (playoff) B,T,P,D Vancouver at Chicago TFr Quebec at NY Islanders 05/01 (playoff) B,T,P,TFr,W,WFr NY Islanders at Quebec D Chicago at Vancouver 05/04 (Tue.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,W,WFr NY Islanders at Quebec 05/06 (Thu.) (playoff) B,T,P,D,TFr,W,WFr Vancouver at Chicago
Finals not included.
A few comments on the 1981-82 schedule:
This is from all sources I could find. These include the Toronto Star archives for Toronto, Barrie, Peterborough and Toronto French listings; newspaperarchive’s Winnipeg Free Press listings for Winnipeg and Winnipeg French listings; newspaperarchive’s Syracuse Post-Journal and Herald-American for Kingston and occasional Montreal and Ottawa listings; Google news archive’s Spokane paper’s Vancouver listings and Toledo Blade for Windsor listings.
Brandon had a CBC affiliate, and the Winnipeg paper listed them, but they were always the same as Winnipeg.
A couple interesting findings:
Winnipeg French and Toronto French did occasionally differ.
Windsor always went with Toronto unless the Red Wings were involved. Apparently they couldn’t show a Red Wings game, even when the Red Wings’ carrier, channel 50 in Detroit, was not showing the game. For example, March 27.
Now, oh for Edmonton, Calgary, the Maritimes, and complete Ottawa and Montreal listings.
1994-95
editWell, I decided to give the lockout-shortened 94-95 season a shot. It was a short schedule (therefore a bit easier) and significant in that it was the first season of weekly double-headers. For reference, I used that year's game schedule, my memory, and some educated guesses. I'm pretty sure the schedule of games is accurate, though there may be some errors with broadcasters. Corrections are welcome. This was Greg Millen's first season at HNIC. Note that Jim Peplinski worked a couple of early-season games before he decided to make a comeback--by March he was playing for the Flames again. Also note that Ken Daniels substituted for Don Wittman when he had commitments to CBC's coverage of the Tournament of Hearts and the Brier curling tournaments.
1994-95 Hockey Night In Canada broadcasters
1/20 (Fri) Tor @ LA , 10:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Dal @ Van, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
1/21 Mtl @ NYR, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Tor @ SJ , 10:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale StL @ Van, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
1/28 Cgy @ Tor, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale NJ @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Wpg @ LA , 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
2/4 NYR @ Ott, 7:30pm - Ken Daniels, Greg Millen NYI @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Tor @ Cgy, 10:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale
2/11 LA @ Tor, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Mtl @ Pit, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin SJ @ Van, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
2/18 NYR @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, John Garrett, Dick Irvin StL @ Tor, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Dal @ Cgy, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, Jim Peplinski
2/25 Wpg @ Tor, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Phi @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett, Dick Irvin LA @ Edm, 10:30pm - Ken Daniels, Jim Peplinski
3/4 Cgy @ Tor, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Mtl @ Wsh, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Van @ LA , 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
3/11 Chi @ Tor, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale NYR @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Ana @ Van, 10:30pm - Ken Daniels, John Garrett
3/18 Que @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Tor @ LA , 10:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale
3/25 Tor @ Wpg, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Ott @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Det @ Van, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
4/1 Mtl @ NJ , 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Van @ Edm, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, Harry Neale
4/2 (Sun) Ott @ Que, 1:30pm - Bob Cole, Greg Millen
4/8 Wpg @ Tor, 7:30pm - Bob COle, Harry Neale Pit @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Van @ Cgy, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, JOhn Garrett
4/15 Tor @ Wpg, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Bos @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Cgy @ Edm, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
4/22 Tor @ Dal, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale TB @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Edm @ Van, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
4/29 Tor @ Cgy, 7:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buf @ Mtl, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Wpg @ Edm, 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
5/3 (Wed) Hfd @ Que, 7:30pm - Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Tor @ Ana, 10:30pm - Bob Cole, Harry Neale Van @ SJ , 10:30pm - Don Wittman, John Garrett
1995-96
editAlright here's my guess of the 95/96 HNIC schedule... so there definitely could be errors. For example I'm not sure if they showed NJ-VAN or NYR-EDM on December 30/95 so I've went with the Canucks game. Similarily, the Canucks game in Detroit may have been shown on March 2/96 but I've left it off as TOR-DAL was shown for sure. I've included some commentator guesses as well.
October 7/95 was the first Saturday of the season and I have no clue if HNIC had a late game that night or not. It's safe to bet the Leafs and Canadiens games were shown but I'm not sure about other games. Winnipeg hosted Dallas, Calgary visited Tampa Bay, and Ottawa hosted Buffalo that night too. I have a Flames pocked sched for that year and it doesn't list their game in Tampa as being on TV and CBC rarely showed Sens games so I'm guessing it wasn't on either. That leaves the Jets as possibly having been shown to western Canada.
I couldn't find a Leafs game scheduled for the 17th of Feb 96. Is it possible HNIC picked up a Toronto game somewhere else on the schedule? I know for a fact they wern't shown on March 16/96 as CBC devoted its early timeslot to the opening of the new Molson Centre in Montreal that night with a full network broadcast of Rangers-Canadiens. The Canucks-Leafs game the following afternoon from Maple Leaf Gardens was then shown on CBC.
Saturday, Oct. 7 Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, John Garrett
Saturday, Oct. 14 New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin NY Rangers at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30pm ET: Bob Cole, John Garrett
Saturday, Oct. 21 Toronto at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin Vancouver at Edmonton, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett
Saturday, Oct. 28 Chicago at Montreal, 7:30pm: Ken Daniels, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Los Angeles at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett
Saturday, Nov. 4 Boston at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Dick Irvin, Greg Millen Toronto at Edmonton, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Calgary, 10:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, John Garrett
Saturday, Nov. 11 Toronto at Boston, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Calgary, 7:30pm ET: Dick Irvin, John Garrett Colorado at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET: Jiggs McDonald, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 18 Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Dick Irvin, Greg Millen Winnipeg at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Colorado, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett
Saturday, Nov. 25 Colorado at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Toronto at St. Louis, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30pm ET: Don Wittman, John Garrett
Saturday, Dec. 2 Detroit at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Anaheim at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale St. Louis at Edmonton, 10:30pm ET: Don Wittman, John Garrett
Saturday, Dec. 9 NY Rangers at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin Dallas at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, John Garrett Vancouver at Calgary, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 16 Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Toronto at Los Angeles, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale
Saturday, Dec. 23 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Edmonton at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Detroit at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett
Saturday, Dec. 30 Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30pm ET Toronto at St. Louis, 7:30pm ET NY Rangers at Edmonton, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 6 Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Dick Irvin Colorado at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET: Don Wittman, John Garrett
Saturday, Jan. 13 St. Louis at Montreal, 7:30pm ET Vancouver at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Edmonton, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 20 All-Star Game in Boston: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin
Saturday, Jan. 27 Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale NY Islanders at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett
Sunday, Jan. 28 Boston at Montreal, 1:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin
Saturday, Feb. 3 Montreal at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin Los Angeles at Calgary, 10:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett
Saturday, Feb. 10 Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30pm ET Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30pm ET Winnipeg at Calgary, 8:00pm ET Washington at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Feb. 17 Calgary at Montreal, 7:30pm ET Boston at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET
Sunday, Feb. 18 Detroit at Toronto, 1:30pm ET
Saturday, Feb. 24 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30pm ET Dallas at Toronto, 7:30pm ET Boston at Calgary, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Mar. 2 Toronto at Dallas, 7:30pm ET: Montreal at Los Angeles, 10:30pm ET:
Saturday, Mar. 9 Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Calgary at Toronto, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Colorado at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 16 NY Rangers at Montreal, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30pm ET: Ken Daniels, Greg Millen
Sunday, Mar. 17 Vancouver at Toronto, 1:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale
Saturday, Mar. 23 Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30pm ET Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30pm ET Calgary at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Mar. 30 Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, John Garrett, Dick Irvin Toronto at Edmonton, 10:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Apr. 6 Florida at Montreal, 7:30pm ET St. Louis at Toronto, 7:30pm ET Calgary at Winnipeg, 7:30pm ET: Don Wittman, Brian Hayward Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Apr. 13 NY Islanders at Montreal, 7:30pm ET Edmonton at Toronto, 7:30pm ET Calgary at Vancouver, 10:30pm ET
1998-99
editOk I'll take a shot at the 1998/1999 HNIC on CBC schedule. This was the first season under Labatt's sponsorship of the show with early and late games being moved up by one-half hour to begin at 7:00pm and 10:00pm ET now respectively. Under the Labatt sponsorship, HNIC got a revamp of sorts with a new rendition of the opening theme music, a new design for the show's logo, and new bumper music.
A CBC technicians strike in February 1999 almost prevented the opening game of the Air Canada Centre in Toronto to not be shown. But CBC was able to use the ESPN2 feed of the game with Bob Cole and Harry Neale calling the action off monitor from an arena in the US. Up until this point in the season I believe that most Montreal Canadiens games were also featured regionally in the early timeslot, but after the technicians strike ended I seem to recall that CBC pulled the plug on regional Habs games as the team was out of the playoff hunt and ratings were down.
I largely forget who the commentators were. I know John Garrett left the show prior to this season to sign exclusively with the new Sportsnet. I also believe that Greg Millen did not appear this season as he may have also been working exclusively for Sportsnet as well. Marc Crawford had a brief stint as an analyst before getting the Vancouver coaching job. This was Dick Irvin's final season in the broadcast booth before retiring.
Help and corrections would be appreciated if any of the games are wrong or there are ones missing. I do remember that the Ottawa @ Montreal game on February 27/99 wasn't aired due to the strike. CBC added the Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers game on the final day of the season to its broadcast schedule as it was Wayne Gretzky's last game. Buffalo-Ottawa on April 10/99 may have been added as a regional game but I'm not sure so I haven't included it.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Detroit at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
NY Rangers at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin
Los Angeles at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Oct. 17 Buffalo at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin Toronto at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Oct. 24 Detroit at Montreal, 7pm ET Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7pm ET Edmonton at Colorado, 10pm ET
Saturday, Oct. 31 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Nov. 7 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Washington at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Dick Irvin, Pat Flatley Nashville at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Nov. 14 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Montreal, 7pm ET: Dick Irvin, Pat Flatley Anaheim at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Nov. 21 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET Calgary at Ottawa, 7pm ET Detroit at Vancouver, 10pm ET
Saturday, Nov. 28 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin Chicago at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Dec. 5 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin Phoenix at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Dec. 12 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Dec. 19 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale New Jersey at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin Nashville at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Saturday, Dec. 26 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin Vancouver at San Jose, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Marc Crawford
Monday, Dec. 28 Anaheim at Ottawa, 7pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 2 Washington at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Marc Crawford, Dick Irvin
Saturday, Jan. 9 Boston at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale NY Islanders at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Marc Crawford
Sunday, Jan. 10 Detroit at Ottawa, 2pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Jan. 16 NY Rangers at Montreal, 7pm ET Toronto at Philadelphia, 7pm ET Detroit at Vancouver, 10pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 23 All-Star Skills in Tampa Bay: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley
Sunday, Jan. 24 All-Star Game in Tampa Bay: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin
Saturday, Jan. 30 Washington at Toronto, 7pm ET NY Islanders at Ottawa, 7pm ET Chicago at Vancouver, 10pm ET
Sunday, Jan. 31 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 2pm ET
Saturday, Feb. 6 Buffalo at Montreal, 7pm ET Toronto at New Jersey, 7pm ET Ottawa at Calgary, 10pm ET
Saturday, Feb. 13 Chicago at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Boston at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Feb. 20 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale (off monitor) Nashville at St. Louis (Taped Delay), 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Feb. 27 Florida at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale (off monitor) Carolina at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Kelly Hrudey (off monitor)
Saturday, Mar. 6 Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale (off monitor) Edmonton at Washington, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Pat Flatley Calgary at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Mar. 13 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale (off monitor) Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Mar. 20 New Jersey at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, (off monitor) Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley (off monitor)
Sunday, Mar. 21 Detroit at Philadelphia, 3pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Mar. 27 Boston at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale (off monitor) Calgary at Phoenix, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Apr. 3 Toronto at Calgary, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Colorado, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Apr. 10 Florida at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Apr. 17 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley, Dick Irvin Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Kelly Hrudey
Sunday, Apr. 18 Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, 3pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
1999-2000
editThere are a few places where early regional games, specifally featuring the Ottawa Senators, may have been added that I don't have such as on Jan 8/00 (BUF @ OTT), Feb. 26/00 (NYR @ OTT), and Mar. 25/00 (WSH @ OTT) but I'm not sure so I left them out. A few other interesting items of note. On October 9/99 the original NHL schedule had the Montreal @ Vancouver game as being a 10pm ET start but apparently it was moved to 7pm ET and ended up being a split network telecast with Toronto @ Ottawa. Not sure what the reasoning for this was but it did give the St. Louis @ Edmonton game television coverage which it wouldn't have had otherwise. Or maybe Habs fans in the east didn't want to stay up past their bedtime or something... Also on October 23/99 there was no Canadian team scheduled at 10pm ET so they had to air Boston @ San Jose, weird that the NHL didn't give them a Canadian team in that timeslot. And it's also strange that on December 11/99 and January 29/00 there were no late games scheduled at all, instead the CBC went with matinees on those dates. Anyway, if there's any mistakes or games left out that anyone knows of, let me know and I'll make the corrections.
Friday, Oct. 1 NY Rangers at Edmonton, 9pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 2 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale NY Rangers at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 9 Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Montreal at Vancouver, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale St. Louis at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Oct. 16 Toronto at St. Louis, 7pm ET Vancouver at Calgary, 10pm ET
Saturday, Oct. 23 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Boston at San Jose, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 30 Calgary at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Nashville at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 6 Montreal at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Toronto at New Jersey, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Florida at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Nov. 13 Detroit at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Anaheim at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, Pat Flatley Colorado at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 20 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Detroit at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 27 Edmonton at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Montreal, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, Greg Millen Calgary at Colorado, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Pat Flatley
Saturday, Dec. 4 Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7pm ET Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET
Saturday, Dec. 11 NY Islanders at Ottawa, 3pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Philadelphia at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Dec. 18 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Ottawa at Calgary, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Kelly Hrudey Dallas at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Monday, Dec. 27 Philadelphia at Calgary, 7pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 1 Toronto at Buffalo, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Phoenix, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 8 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET Tampa Bay at Calgary, 10pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 15 Boston at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Pat Flatley Toronto at Calgary, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Dallas at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 22 Washington at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Detroit at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Pat Flatley Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 29 Philadelphia at Montreal, 3pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Los Angeles at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Feb. 5 All-Star Skills in Toronto: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen, Kelly Hrudey
Sunday, Feb. 6 All-Star Game in Toronto: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Feb. 12 Vancouver at Toronto, 7pm ET Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET Calgary at Phoenix, 10pm ET
Saturday, Feb. 19 (Hockey Day in Canada) Vancouver at Ottawa, 4pm ET: Don Wittman, John Davidson Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 26 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Atlanta at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 4 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale New Jersey at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 11 Boston at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Pat Flatley Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Vancouver at Phoenix, 10pm ET: Dean Brown, Greg Millen Calgary at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Steve Armitage, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Mar. 18 Atlanta at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Ottawa at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 25 New Jersey at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Apr. 1 Buffalo at Montreal, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Toronto at Washington, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Phoenix at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman,
Saturday, Apr. 8 Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, John Davidson Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
2000-01
editI think this schedule is pretty accurate. On December 27/00 CBC had Toronto @ Pittsburgh on the schedule which coincidentally ended up being the game where Mario Lemieux came out of retirement and returned to the NHL. Three days later on December 30/00, Ottawa @ Pittsburgh was not televised by the CBC but they did end up sending someone there, perhaps Steve Armitage, to report on the game throughout the evening since there was interest with Lemieux coming back. Also on March 10/01, Montreal @ Phoenix was originally scheduled as the only early game that night, but with the Habs well out of the playoff hunt and the Senators battling for first in the conference, CBC added the NY Rangers @ Ottawa game to the schedule which was televised nationally and the Canadiens-Coyotes game being seen only in Quebec.
Saturday, Oct. 7
Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Colorado at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 14 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 21 Toronto at Calgary, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Phoenix at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 28 Toronto at Boston, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Colorado, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 4 Toronto at St. Louis, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Pittsburgh at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 11 Chicago at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale St. Louis at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 18 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale NY Rangers at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 25 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Colorado, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 2 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Calgary, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Edmonton at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Dec. 9 Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Los Angeles at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Dec. 16 Calgary at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Columbus at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 23 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Colorado, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Wednesday, Dec. 27 Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Dec. 30 Toronto at Florida, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Edmonton, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Vancouver at San Jose, 10pm ET: Don Wittman,
Saturday, Jan. 6 Washington at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale Montreal at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Calgary at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Brian Hayward
Saturday, Jan. 13 Toronto at New Jersey, 7pm ET Ottawa at Calgary, 10pm ET
Saturday, Jan. 20 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Detroit at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 27 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Kelly Hrudey
Sunday, Jan. 28 Ottawa at Montreal, 1:30pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 3 All-Star Skills in Denver: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Sunday, Feb. 4 All-Star Game in Denver: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Feb. 10 Detroit at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, John Davidson Calgary at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 17 Colorado at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 24 (Hockey Day in Canada) Vancouver at Ottawa, 4pm ET: Dean Brown, John Davidson Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 3 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale St. Louis at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 10 NY Rangers at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Montreal at Phoenix, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, Brian Hayward Toronto at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Mar. 17 Toronto at Florida, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale New Jersey at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 24 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Phoenix, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 31 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Dallas at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Apr. 7 Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
2002-03
editI've got most the commentators that were in the broadcast booth for this season. There's a few missing where I've put ??? marks and possibly a couple mistakes here or there. The schedule itself included a special Friday night doubleheader during the holiday season plus three Monday night games on Jan 13/03, Feb 17/03, and Mar 10/03.
Saturday, Oct. 12
Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Philadelphia at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
San Jose at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy
Saturday, Oct. 19 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Boston at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 26 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy Dallas at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 2 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Detroit at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Colorado at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy
Saturday, Nov. 9 Toronto at St. Louis, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Phoenix, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 16 Detroit at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale NY Rangers at Vancouver, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 23 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Detroit at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 30 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale NY Islanders at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, John Davidson Colorado at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 7 New Jersey at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Minnesota at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 14 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Colorado at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 21 San Jose at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Friday, Dec. 27 Montreal at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Glenn Healy Toronto at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 28 Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Toronto at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 4 New Jersey at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 11 Toronto at Boston, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Ottawa at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30pm ET: Dean Brown, Glenn Healy
Monday, Jan. 13 Calgary at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 18 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Los Angeles at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 25 Colorado at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Detroit at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 1 All-Star Skills in Florida: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Sunday, Feb. 2 All-Star Game in Florida: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Feb. 8 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Chicago at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 15 (Hockey Day in Canada) Edmonton at Montreal, 4pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Calgary, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Monday, Feb. 17 NY Rangers at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale
Saturday, Feb. 22 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 1 Carolina at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Vancouver at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale San Jose at Calgary, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy
Saturday, Mar. 8 Vancouver at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Monday, Mar. 10 Toronto at Edmonton, 9pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale
Saturday, Mar. 15 NY Islanders at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy Toronto at Vancouver, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Dallas at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Harry Neale
Saturday, Mar. 22 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Washington at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 29 Washington at Toronto, 7pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Glenn Healy
Saturday, Apr. 5 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Chris Cuthbert, Greg Millen
2005-06
editThis was the first season back after the lockout. Jim Hughson replaced Chris Cuthbert as the number two play-by-play voice after Cuthbert's contract was terminated during the lockout season for supposed budgetary reasons due to the lack of hockey. Ron Tugnutt replaced Glenn Healy as the third colour commentator after Healy went to TSN exclusively. Although Tugnutt's colour commentary was pretty bland, in my opinion, and he wasn't assigned to work the playoffs this season and wouldn't be brought back the following season. Note also that on October 15/05 and March 25/06 respectively, Bruce Rainnie and Elliotte Friedman get a crack at play-by-play. I guess Don Wittman and Mark Lee weren't available those weekends and CBC didn't want to go to the extra expense of hiring Dean Brown to call those games? That's the best guess I can come up with as Brown wasn't used this season.
Saturday, Oct. 8 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Ron Tugnutt Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 15 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Boston at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bruce Rainnie, Ron Tugnutt Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 22 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Colorado at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 29 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Colorado, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 5 Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 12 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Colorado at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 19 Atlanta at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale New Jersey at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Ron Tugnutt Chicago at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 26 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Boston at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Ron Tugnutt Vancouver at Phoenix, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Dec. 3 San Jose at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Harry Neale Boston at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Ron Tugnutt
Saturday, Dec. 10 Dallas at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Ottawa at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Harry Neale
Saturday, Dec. 17 Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Friday, Dec. 23 Boston at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Tuesday, Dec. 27 Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Dec. 31 Toronto at New Jersey, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 7 Ottawa at Montreal, 2pm ET: Don Wittman, Ron Tugnutt Toronto at Edmonton, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 14 Phoenix at Toronto, 7pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen Ottawa at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Jan. 21 Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Montreal at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 28 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Colorado, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 4 New Jersey at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 11 NY Rangers at Toronto, 6pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Mar. 4 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale San Jose at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 11 Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Dallas at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 18 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Toronto at NY Rangers, 7pm ET: Jim Hughson, Harry Neale Detroit at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Mark Lee, Ron Tugnutt, Kelly Hrudey
Saturday, Mar. 25 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7pm ET: Elliotte Friedman, Ron Tugnutt Edmonton at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Apr. 1 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Washington at Ottawa, 7:30pm ET: Don Wittman, Ron Tugnutt Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Apr. 8 Toronto at Philadelphia, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30pm ET: Mark Lee, Ron Tugnutt Calgary at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Apr. 15 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Montreal, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Andy Murray Colorado at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
2006-07
editDrew Remenda joined HNIC for this season only after leaving the San Jose Sharks local broadcasts, which he would then return to in 07/08. He and Greg Millen seemed to split the analyst duties on the late games. I'm guessing this was done to maybe give Millen a lighter travel schedule since he's based in the east the rest of the week.
Other than that the schedule is complete with the VAN @ NSH game that was added special for British Columbia on October 21/06, a late season Ottawa Senators game on Long Island, and a Canucks matinee in San Jose on the final Saturday of the season. CBC provided game coverage of Anaheim-Detroit on January 2/07 following the Steve Yzerman number retirement. A number of afternoon games were also on the schedule this season and these occasional afternoon games have continued on HNIC since then with a handful of them per season. There also seemed to be a noticeable increase in early regional telecasts which has also continued to present.
Thursday, Oct. 5
Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Vancouver at Detroit, 7pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Oct. 7 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Greg Millen Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Oct. 14 Calgary at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Cassie Campbell Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Drew Remenda Edmonton at Colorado, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Oct. 21 NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Colorado at Montreal, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, Greg Millen Vancouver at Nashville, 8pm ET: Jim Hughson, John Garrett Detroit at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Don Wittman, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Oct. 28 Ottawa at Boston, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Harry Neale Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Washington at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Nov. 4 Toronto at Buffalo, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Harry Neale Carolina at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Vancouver at Colorado, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Nov. 11 Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 18 New Jersey at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Buffalo at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Drew Remenda Detroit at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Nov. 25 Boston at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Philadelphia at Montreal, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Vancouver at Colorado, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Dec. 2 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Jim Hughson, Harry Neale Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Colorado at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Bob Cole, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Dec. 9 NY Rangers at Ottawa, 3pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Toronto at Detroit, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Vancouver at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Dec. 16 Ottawa at Buffalo, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Harry Neale NY Rangers at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Cassie Campbell Minnesota at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Dec. 23 Washington at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen, Harry Neale Calgary at San Jose, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Dec. 30 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Tampa Bay at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Tuesday, Jan. 2 Anaheim at Detroit, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale
Saturday, Jan. 6 NY Rangers at Montreal, 3pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Dallas at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Jan. 13 - Hockey Day in Canada Montreal at Ottawa, 2pm ET: Don Wittman, Drew Remenda Vancouver at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Jan. 20 Buffalo at Montreal, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Harry Neale Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Tuesday, Jan. 23 All-Star Skills in Dallas: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Wednesday, Jan. 24 All-Star Game in Dallas: Jim Hughson, Harry Neale
Saturday, Jan. 27 Boston at Ottawa, 3pm ET: Dean Brown, Greg Millen Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Jim Hughson, Harry Neale Los Angeles at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Mark Lee, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Feb. 3 Edmonton at Colorado, 3pm ET: Mark Lee, Harry Neale Toronto at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen Vancouver at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Sunday, Feb, 4 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 2pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen
Saturday, Feb. 10 Calgary at Buffalo, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Harry Neale Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Drew Remenda Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm ET: Dean Brown, Greg Millen Atlanta at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, John Garrett
Saturday, Feb. 17 Atlanta at Ottawa, 3pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Edmonton at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Carolina at Montreal, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Cassie Campbell Colorado at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Feb. 24 Buffalo at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Harry Neale Toronto at Philadelphia, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Drew Remenda San Jose at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 3 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Calgary at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 10 Ottawa at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen, Harry Neale Tampa Bay at Calgary, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Mar. 17 Toronto at Montreal, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen Detroit at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda
Saturday, Mar. 24 Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Nashville at Edmonton, 10pm ET: Jim Hughson, Greg Millen
Saturday, Mar. 31 Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7pm ET: Jim Hughson, Harry Neale Ottawa at NY Islanders, 7pm ET: Don Wittman, Drew Remenda Calgary at Vancouver, 10pm ET: Bob Cole, Greg Millen
Saturday, Apr. 7 Vancouver at San Jose, 4pm ET: Jim Hughson, Drew Remenda Montreal at Toronto, 7pm ET: Bob Cole, Harry Neale Edmonton at Calgary, 10pm ET: Mark Lee, Greg Millen