Year |
Round |
Series |
Games covered |
Play-by-play |
Color commentators |
1980 |
First round |
Philadelphia-Edmonton |
Games 1, 3 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Buffalo-Vancouver |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) |
Montreal-Hartford |
Games 1, 3 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Don Marshall |
Boston-Pittsburgh |
Game 5 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Minnesota-Toronto |
Games 1, 3 |
Bill Hewitt |
Brian McFarlane |
Quarterfinals |
Montreal-Minnesota |
Games 1–7 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Don Cherry |
Semifinals |
Philadelphia-Minnesota |
Games 4–5 |
Jim Robson |
Howie Meeker |
Buffalo-New York Islanders |
Games 1–3, 6 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
1981 |
First round |
New York Islanders-Toronto |
Games 1–3 |
Bill Hewitt |
Brian McFarlane and Gerry Pinder |
Montreal-Edmonton |
Games 1–3 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Mickey Redmond |
Buffalo-Vancouver |
Games 1–3 |
Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) |
Philadelphia-Quebec |
Games 4–5 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Calgary-Chicago |
Games 1–3 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Quarterfinals |
New York Islanders-Edmonton |
Games 1–6 |
Don Wittman |
Gerry Pinder |
Philadelphia-Calgary |
Games 1–7 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–5, 7) Gerry Pinder (Game 6) |
Semifinals |
Calgary-Minnesota |
Games 1–6 |
Jim Robson |
Gary Dornhoefer |
1982 |
Divisional semifinals |
Montreal-Quebec |
Games 1–5 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Don Cherry |
Winnipeg-St. Louis |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
Gerry Pinder |
Edmonton-Los Angeles |
Games 1–5 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Vancouver-Calgary |
Games 1–3 |
Jim Robson |
Howie Meeker |
Divisional finals |
Boston-Quebec |
Games 1–7 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Vancouver-Los Angeles |
Games 1–5 |
Jim Robson |
Howie Meeker |
Conference finals |
New York Islanders-Quebec |
Games 1–4 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Chicago-Vancouver |
Games 1–5 |
Don Wittman (in Chicago) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) Bobby Hull (Game 5) |
1983 |
Divisional semifinals |
Montreal-Buffalo |
Games 1–3 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Don Cherry (game 3) |
Minnesota-Toronto |
Games 1–4 |
Bob Cole |
Mickey Redmond |
Edmonton-Winnipeg |
Games 1–3 |
John Wells (in Edmonton) Don Wittman (in Winnipeg) |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Calgary-Vancouver |
Games 1–4 |
Jim Robson |
Howie Meeker |
Divisional finals |
New York Islanders-New York Rangers |
Game 6 |
Bob Cole |
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Edmonton-Calgary |
Games 1–5 |
Jim Robson |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Conference finals |
New York Islanders-Boston |
Games 2–3, 5–6 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Edmonton-Chicago |
Games 1–4 |
Jim Robson (in Edmonton) Bob Cole (in Chicago) |
Gary Dornhoefer (in Edmonton) Mickey Redmond (in Chicago) |
1984 |
Divisional semifinals |
Boston-Montreal |
Games 1–3 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Mickey Redmond (Game 3) |
New York Islanders-New York Rangers |
Games 4–5 |
Bob Cole |
Don Cherry and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Edmonton-Winnipeg |
Games 1–3 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Calgary-Vancouver |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Howie Meeker |
Division finals |
Quebec-Montreal |
Games 1–6 |
Danny Gallivan (Games 1–5) Bob Cole (Game 6) |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Mickey Redmond |
Edmonton-Calgary |
Games 1–7 |
Don Wittman |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Conference finals |
Montreal-New York Islanders |
Games 1–6 |
Danny Gallivan |
Dick Irvin, Jr. and Mickey Redmond |
Edmonton-Minnesota |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
Gary Dornhoefer |
1985 |
Divisional semifinals |
Montreal-Boston |
Games 1–5 |
Bob Cole |
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Edmonton-Los Angeles |
Games 1–3 |
Jim Robson |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Winnipeg-Calgary |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
John Davidson |
Divisional finals |
Montreal-Quebec |
Games 1–2, 5, 7 |
Bob Cole |
Dick Irvin, Jr. Mickey Redmond (games 1–2) Gary Dornhoefer (games 5, 7) |
Chicago-Minnesota |
Game 6 |
Don Wittman |
John Davidson |
Edmonton-Winnipeg |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson |
Conference finals |
Edmonton-Chicago |
Games 1–6 |
Don Wittman |
Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson |
1986 |
Divisional semifinals |
Montreal-Boston |
Games 1–3 |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Harry Neale |
Chicago-Toronto |
Games 1–3 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Minnesota-St. Louis |
Games 4–5 |
Bob Cole |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Edmonton-Vancouver |
Games 1–3 |
Don Wittman |
John Davidson |
Divisional finals |
Montreal-Hartford |
Games 1–7 |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Harry Neale |
St. Louis-Toronto |
Games 1–7 |
Bob Cole |
John Davidson |
Edmonton-Calgary |
Games 1–7 |
Don Wittman |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Conference finals |
Montreal-New York Rangers |
Games 1–5 |
Bob Cole |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Calgary-St. Louis |
Games 1–7 |
Don Wittman |
Gary Dornhoefer |
1987 |
Divisional semifinals |
Washington-New York Islanders |
Game 7 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale |
Montreal-Boston |
Games 1–4 |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Gary Dornhoefer |
St. Louis-Toronto |
Games 1–6 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale |
Edmonton-Los Angeles |
Games 1–5 |
Jim Robson (Games 1–2, 4–5) Steve Armitage (Game 3) |
John Garrett |
Calgary-Winnipeg |
Games 1–6 |
Don Wittman |
Scotty Bowman |
Divisional finals |
Montreal-Quebec |
Games 1–2, 5, 7 |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Gary Dornhoefer |
Detroit-Toronto |
Games 1–7 |
Bob Cole |
Scotty Bowman |
Edmonton-Winnipeg |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
Harry Neale |
Conference finals |
Philadelphia-Montreal |
Games 1–6 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
1988 |
Divisional semifinals |
Montreal-Hartford |
Games 1–6 |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Scotty Bowman |
Detroit-Toronto |
Games 1–6 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale |
Calgary-Los Angeles |
Games 1–5 |
Bruce Buchanan |
John Garrett |
Edmonton-Winnipeg |
Games 1–5 |
Chris Cuthbert |
Chico Resch |
Divisional finals |
Washington-New Jersey |
Games 1 (joined-in-progress), 6–7 |
Chris Cuthbert (Game 1) Bob Cole (Games 6–7) |
Harry Neale (Games 6–7) |
Montreal-Boston |
Games 1–5 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Edmonton-Calgary |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
Scotty Bowman |
Conference finals |
Boston-New Jersey |
Games 1–7 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale |
1989 |
Divisional semifinals |
Montreal-Hartford |
Games 1–4 |
Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Scotty Bowman |
Calgary-Vancouver |
Games 1–7 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale (Games 1–2) John Garrett (Games 3–7) |
Los Angeles-Edmonton |
Games 1–7 |
Chris Cuthbert (Games 1–4) Don Wittman (Games 5–7) |
John Garrett (Games 1–2) Harry Neale (Games 3–7) |
Divisional finals |
Montreal-Boston |
Games 1–5 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Pittsburgh-Philadelphia |
Games 6–7 |
Bob Cole |
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
St. Louis-Chicago |
Game 5 |
Don Wittman |
Scotty Bowman |
Calgary-Los Angeles |
Games 1–4 |
Don Wittman |
Scotty Bowman |
Conference finals |
Montreal-Philadelphia |
Games 1–6 |
Bob Cole |
Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
Calgary-Chicago |
Games 1–5 |
Don Wittman |
Harry Neale |