During this period, Hockey Night in Canada studio shows were still originate on-site. Ward Cornell hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs broadcasts until 1972 when Dave Hodge replaced him as the host. Jack Dennett, Howie Meeker, and Bob Goldham, who also serves as the color commentator, were the studio analysts. From 1971 to 1978, Brian McFarlane, Mike Anscombe, and Dave Reynolds hosted the telecast from the Montreal Forum. Starting in 1977, Dick Irvin Jr. hosted the telecast and The Fisher Report at the Montreal Forum with newspaper columnist Red Fisher, In the 1975, 1976, and 1979, Bill Good, Ted Reynolds, and Steve Armitage hosted the Vancouver Canucks games. Brian McFarlane presented the Peter Puck and Showdown with Howie Meeker. These intermission features provided emphasis for each regional telecast.
Stanley Cup playoffs
Notes
- In 1972, Hockey Night in Canada moved all playoff coverage from CBC to CTV to avoid conflict with the lengthy NABET strike[69] against the CBC. Eventually, MacLaren Advertising, in conjunction with Molson Breweries and Imperial Oil/Esso, who 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 1 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 1 of the New York Rangers-Montreal series was seen only on CFCF Montreal while Game 4 was not televised due to a lockout of technicians at the Montreal Forum), and then the full semifinals and Stanley Cup Finals. 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.
- When Game 7 of the 1975 playoff series between Pittsburgh and the New York Islanders took place, Bill Hewitt's Toronto Maple Leafs were already eliminated, the team of Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin Jr. were prepping for the Buffalo-Montreal series, and Brian McFarlane was assisting NBC for their Game 1 coverage of the aforementioned Montreal-Buffalo series the next day (April 26).
- CBC announced before the preliminary round of the 1976 playoffs that they would not televise any games from the opening round. As a result of this, the rights were sold back to the individual Canadian teams. Since Montreal received a bye into the quarterfinals, this impacted Toronto and Vancouver's television coverage. While CHCH and CITY both televised all three games of the Toronto-Pittsburgh series (with Bill Hewitt and Brian McFarlane on the call), CHAN picked up the Vancouver-New York Islanders series.
- Game 1 of the Philadelphia-Toronto series was televised locally to Southern Ontario by CHCH.
- Game 1 of the 1977 Pittsburgh-Toronto playoff series was seen regionally in Southern Ontario on CHCH-Hamilton.
- Starting in the 1978 playoffs, the NHL Network began simulcasting many games with Hockey Night in Canada. In these games, Dan Kelly, who was the NHL Network's lead play-by-play announcer, was assigned to do play-by-play along with HNIC color commentators. This for example, happened in Game 7 of the quarterfinal series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders (April 29), where Kelly teamed up with Brian McFarlane. The entire 1978 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins and the entire 1979 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers was simulcast as well.[70]
- In 1979, Jim Robson's contract with the Vancouver Canucks required him to call all road games on the radio. Meanwhile, he called Canucks home playoff games on CBC. This particular arrangement lasted until 1985 when Robson left CBC.
See also
References
- ↑ 1971 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Habs vs Bruins, Black Hawks on YouTube
- ↑ 1971 New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Game 2 on YouTube
- ↑ 1971 NHL SCP QF G 6 NY Rangers @ Toronto 4 15 1971 on YouTube
- ↑ 1975 Leafs vs Flyers Game 4 Replay on YouTube
- ↑ 1975 Vancouver Canucks vs Montreal Canadiens, 1975 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals Game 5 YouTube 360p on YouTube
- ↑ NHL Semi-Finals 1975 - Game 2 - Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 NYR@Buff G3 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 Leafs vs Kings Game # 1 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 Leafs vs Kings part 2 on YouTube
- ↑ NHL 1978 04-13-78 Toronto Maple Leafs @ Los Angeles Kings gm 2 on YouTube
- ↑ Game 1 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Leafs at Islanders 1st and 2nd periods on YouTube
- ↑ Game 1 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Maple Leafs at Islanders Full HD CBC HNIC 1st and 2nd periods on YouTube
- ↑ Game 1 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Maple Leafs at Islanders FULL GAME CBC Hockey Night in Canada on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 Tor@NYI G1 on YouTube
- ↑ New York Islanders 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 OT Quarter Finals Game 2 April 19 1978 on YouTube
- ↑ Game 2 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Maple Leafs at Islanders Full HD Hockey Night in Canada feed on YouTube
- ↑ Game 2 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Maple Leafs at Islanders (CBC, LeafsTV, watermarked) on YouTube
- ↑ Game 2 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Maple Leafs at Islanders (CBC, LeafsTV edit) *No watermark on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 LEAFS VS N Y I Game 3 on YouTube
- ↑ Game 3 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Islanders at Maple Leafs (CBC) on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 NYI@Tor G 3 on YouTube
- ↑ Game 4 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Islanders at Maple Leafs (CBC) on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 NYI@Tor G4 on YouTube
- ↑ Game 5 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Maple Leafs at Islanders (full CBC broadcast) on YouTube
- ↑ Game 5 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Leafs at Islanders (edited, CBC/ LeafsTV) on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 Tor@NYI G5 on YouTube
- ↑ Game 6 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Islanders at Maple Leafs (CBC/ LeafsTV) on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 Leafs vs N Y I game 6 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 NYI@Tor G6 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 First Round - Toronto vs. New York Islanders, Game 7, PART 1 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 First Round - Toronto vs. New York Islanders, Game 7, PART 2 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 First Round - Toronto vs. New York Islanders, Game 7, PART 3 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 First Round - Toronto vs. New York Islanders, Game 7, PART 4 on YouTube
- ↑ Classic: Maple Leafs @ Canadiens 05/02/78 | Game 1 Semi-Finals 1978 on YouTube
- ↑ Classic: Maple Leafs @ Canadiens 05/04/78 | Game 2 Semi-Finals 1978 on YouTube
- ↑ NHL Semi-Finals 1978 - Game 4 - Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 05 07 Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers on YouTube
- ↑ Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers 1978 05 11 on YouTube
- ↑ 1978 Phil@Bst G5 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 R1G3 VAN @ PHI Full Game 04 14 79 CBC Broadcast 1 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 R1G3 VAN @ PHI Full Game 04 14 79 CBC iTunes on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Van@Phil G3 on YouTube
- ↑ Maple Leafs @ Flames April 10, 1979 - Preliminary Round Game 1 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Atl@Tor G2 on YouTube
- ↑ Toronto Maple Leafs - Atlanta Flames brawl 1979 on YouTube
- ↑ Fastest 3 Goals in Playoff History (Toronto Maple Leafs, 1979) on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Leafs vs Atlanta part 1 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Leafs vs Atlanta Flames part 2 on YouTube
- ↑ Classic: Maple Leafs @ Canadiens 04/16/79 | Game 1 Quarter Finals 1979 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens - Leafs TV Classic on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Tor@Mtl G2 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Mtl@Tor G3 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Mtl@Tor G4 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 playoffs Rangers vs Flyers on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Second Round - New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia, Game 5, PART 1 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Second Round - New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia, Game 5, PART 2 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 NYR@Phil G5 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Habs-Bruins Playoff Highlights on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 NHL SCP SF G 3 Montreal @ Boston 05 01 1979 on YouTube
- ↑ Boston Bruins - Montreal Canadiens (1979 Stanley Cup Semi-Finals, game 4) on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Bos@Mtl G5 on YouTube
- ↑ 1979 Mtl@Bst G6 on YouTube
- ↑ NHL Classic Games: Canadiens send Bruins home in 1979 Semi-Final on YouTube
- ↑ HabsBruins1979HighlightPkgHR.wmv on YouTube
- ↑ 1979: Too many men on the ice vs. Boston Bruins on YouTube
- ↑ Boston Called for Too Many Men (May 10, 1979) on YouTube
- ↑ Lambert's Overtime Goal (May 10, 1979) on YouTube
- ↑ "May 10, 1979: Game 7, Stanley Cup Semi-Final". CBC Sports. May 10, 1979. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Strike Forces CBS to Change Hockey Feature". Los Angeles Times. February 21, 1972. p. F12.
- ↑ "TV Finds New Ways of Rerunning Reruns". The Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-News. May 12, 1979. p. 7.