jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (10/01/85)
Have any of you heard anything about NHL hockey on TSN this season?
I'm looking for any information you can give me, such as whether there will
be any, how many games, will they be concentrating on Canadian teams or
going for the best games regardless of location, any mention of playoff plans,
etc.
I subscribed to TSN last when it first started a year ago, mainly for
hockey. They started off with the Canada Cup in September, and I just assumed
that a Canadian full-time sports station would definitely have NHL hockey.
I was very disappointed when there was no NHL hockey in October, and as of
November there seemed to be no plans to start showing it, so I unsubscribed.
A month or two later, I learned that there were legal problems preventing
anybody other than Hockey Night In Canada from televising the NHL in Canada,
and that CTV was fighting it so they could broadcast games on Fridays.
TSN was not mentioned as part of that legal battle, but since CTV Friday
night hockey became a reality in February, I assume nothing stands in the
way of TSN broadcasting NHL games this year, so if they're smart, and if they
want me as a subscriber, they will. I'm hopeful because CTV's Friday night
package this year doesn't sound as good as last year's, so maybe that means TSN
got all the good games.
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TSN is carrying NHL hockey live this season (min. 28 games, all on
Sunday or Monday evenings). I don't know when the first broadcast is.
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