List of Hockey Night in Canada commentators The following is the list of commentators who worked on Hockey Night in Canada over the years. During this period, Hockey Night in Canada studio shows were still originate on-site. Ward Cornell hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs games until 1972 when Dave Hodge replaced him as the host there.
Jack Dennett, Howie Meeker, and Bob Goldham, who also serve as color commentators, were the studio analysts. From 1971 to 1978, Brian McFarlane, Mike Anscombe, Dave Reynolds, and Dick Irvin, Jr. hosted.
He is currently the lead colour commentator with Sportsnet for Hockey Night in Canada and Toronto Maple Leafs' Sportsnet regional broadcasts. After Sportsnet acquired the rights to the NHL and Hockey Night, the quantity of nationally televised games has increased and there are no fixed broadcast teams. Sportsnet has mixed in its own broadcasters with some of the original crew and they all shuffle weekly for which Canadian market team they do play.
Prior to the 2014-15 season, Hockey Night in Canada was split regionally on various CBC stations. As of the 2020-21 season, it is now split with CBC Television, City, and selected Sportsnet channels. Before Sportsnet acquired national NHL broadcast rights, CBC Television used to have fixed broadcast teams.
After Sportsnet acquired the rights to the quantity of nationally televised games. The following is a list of personalities who have broadcast National Hockey League games on Rogers Sportsnet and its affiliated television properties since its inception as CTV Sportsnet in 1998. This includes telecasts that are part of the current national television contract in Canada under the titles Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey and Hockey Night in Canada.
It also includes games under. The original article was at List of Hockey Night in Canada commentators. The list of authors can be seen in the page history.
As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). ↑ "Hockey Night in Canada", Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 1979. 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 primary play-by-play broadcaster, was assigned to do play. The following is the list of commentators who worked on Hockey Night in Canada over the years. See main article: Hockey Night in Canada and NHL on Sportsnet.
Brian Burke: 2019-present Current broadcast teams Prior to the 2014-15 season, Hockey Night in Canada was split regionally on various CBC stations. As of this season, it is now split with CBC Television, City, and selected Sportsnet channels. Before Sportsnet acquired national NHL broadcast rights, CBC Television used to have fixed.