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Category Archives: CBC

Inside Hockey on Ovechkin

14 December, 2009

Here is the Inside Hockey segment from this past Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada.

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"If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!"

22 September, 2009

I’m not much of a fan of reality shows, especially shows like “American Idol” and “Dancing With The Stars.” However, there’s one reality show that I would love to watch- if only I could.

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"Washington is, indeed, asking around about goalies"

21 December, 2008

During The Hotstove on last night’s Hockey Night in Canada’s broadcast, another rumour surfaced concerning the Washington Capitals. Per Al Strachan, “Washington is, indeed, asking around about goalies”. Adding more fuel to the fire was Scott Morrison who said that earlier in the year the Caps had a deal in place with Chicago. The particulars? Nylander and a pick for …

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Hockey Night in Canada in the United States

4 October, 2008

If you have the NHL Network, you’re about to see A LOT more live hockey games.¬† Via Kukla’s Korner:
With more live game coverage than ever before, NHL Network today unveiled its U.S. broadcast schedule for the 2008-09 regular season. It includes 75 regular-season games, all in HD.
Highlighting the schedule is the inclusion of CBC’s award-winning [...]

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Hockey Night in Canada in the United States

3 October, 2008

If you have the NHL Network, you’re about to see A LOT more live hockey games.¬† Via Kukla’s Korner:
With more live game coverage than ever before, NHL Network today unveiled its U.S. broadcast schedule for the 2008-09 regular season. It includes 75 regular-season games, all in HD.
Highlighting the schedule is the inclusion of CBC’s award-winning [...]

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No Surprise: Caps To Be a TV Fixture in '08-09

14 August, 2008

The Capitals today learned that they will appear on Versus, the NHL’s U.S. cable broadcast outlet, a total of seven times during the 2008-09 regular season. NBC has yet to commit to individual broadcasts but will have four possible Caps’ games to broadcast.
The Caps will appear on Versus on October 13, against Vancouver; November 10, [...]

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Stephen Colbert Solves the HNIC Theme Controversy

13 June, 2008

Stephen Colbert ruminates on global warming’s impact on the melting ice caps, and what treasures might be unearthed. One that he thinks the U.S. might steal is the HNIC theme. As Colbert puts it, “The theme to ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ makes everything more exciting, especially American things.”

Punching beavers in the face!
[If the embedded video [...]

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(Irreverant) Awards Chat

12 June, 2008

pucksandbooks: Dear Canada: you can keep Ron MacLean — particularly for attempts at standup comedy.
Gustafsson: Another Versus screwup going to TSN and not CBC . . . Thanks for joining the
program in progress.
pucksandbooks: One of the more under acknowledged aspects of Ovie’s appeal here is his rapport with Capitals’ fans. Notice he directed a personal [...]

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The End of an Era

8 June, 2008

It’s the end of the road for the Hockey Night in Canada theme song:

After more than 13 months of negotiations, CBC is saddened to announce that a deal has not been reached with the rights holders for an extension of “The Hockey Theme” – CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA theme song.
But wait! There’s a [...]

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"Philly-Washington is going to be downright ugly"

8 April, 2008

Yesterday, the NHL held a media conference call with several big name broadcasters, Don Cherry of CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada”, Mike Emrick from VERSUS and NBC, Pierre McGuire from TSN and NBC and Mike Milbury from NBC and TSN. Each broadcaster started the call with a few words about a series before they [...]

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