87-game schedule; Regular season opens Oct. 7 with all-Canadian Doubleheader; Heritage Classic, Winter Classic and Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada highlight season of marquee match-ups
Get your calendars out hockey fans and start circling the dates -CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADAreturns this September with a total of 29 all-Canadian match-ups and the game’s biggest stars, announcing an 87-game broadcast schedule for the 2010-11 season. Plus,viewers will again be able to watch the CBC game of their choice with live and on-demand streaming of all games, special features and much more, available atCBCSports.ca.
CBC’s HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADAwillget fans primed for the season with two pre-season Saturday night match-ups, on Sept. 25 with Anaheim at Vancouver and Oct. 2 with Detroit at Toronto.The58thregular season ofCBC’s HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADAbegins Thursday, Oct. 7, with an Original Six contest between Montreal and Toronto, at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Calgary battling Edmonton at 10 p.m. ET. The action continues on Saturday, Oct. 9, as pre-game showScotiabank Hockey Tonightmakes its regular season debut at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by three signature games: Ottawa at Toronto at 7 p.m. ET, Montreal at Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. ET and Los Angeles squaring off against Vancouver at 10 p.m. ET.
CBC’s schedule includes a number of other must-watch events including the all-Canadian outdoorNHL Heritage Classic,with Montreal traveling to Calgary’s McMahon Stadium to battle the Flames, the2010 NHL Winter Classicon New Years Day from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, featuring an outdoor showdown between the Capitals and Penguins, the2011 NHL All-Star Super Skillsand58thNHL All-Star Gameon Jan. 29/30 and the 11thannualScotiabankHockey Day in Canadafrom Whitehorse, Yukon on Feb. 12. The NHL regular season will wrap on April 9, and the seasonculminateswith the2011Stanley Cup Playoffsand CBC’s exclusive coverage of the2011Stanley Cup Final.Complete broadcast details for the upcoming season ofCBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADAwill be available in the coming weeks. Additional games may be added tothebroadcast schedule closer to the start of the season.
