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Hockey Night In Canada gone after '08?

posted 17 years ago by dbauer321
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Im from Michigan and have been watching HNIC since I was 7 or 8 and I just heard today about how TSN/CTV is trying to buy the rights to HNIC in a couple years after CBCs contract expires. Is there an outrage about this in Canada or any petitions going around encouraging CBC to continue their coverage?

I know it dosent mean as much to Canadians besides losing the CBC tradition theyll still be able to see a double header every Saturday night but us few American hockey fans rely on this because otherwise we have Versus, which is a station most people dont even get and has god awful amature like coverage.
For me this is a part of my childhood and my life.

PLEASE KEEP HNIC ON CBC!!!!!

[–] JustATinyPsycho 17 years ago

They've just signed a contract keeping HNIC on the CBC until 2011. I would hate for it to ever be on another channel.

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[–] coreyruth 17 years ago

Actually, the deal that was signed keeps Hockey Night in Canada on CBC until 2014. Here's the link:

http://sports.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CBC-SPORTS-V2&showbyline=True&newsitemid=hockey-night-in-canada

By far, Don Cherry and Ron McLean are the best part of HNIC and I hope they stay on for years to come. Hockey on any other channel just isn't the same. What's the first intermission without Coach's Corner?

[–] JustATinyPsycho 17 years ago

Even better!

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[–] deadbodieseverywhere17 12 years ago

Maybe it was when TSN bought the HNIC theme you had heard at the time.

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[–] upgm 10 years ago

HNIC on CBC till at least 2018. Hopefully many more yrs after.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

it is gone nowhere