NHL on Hughes

NHL on Hughes is the de facto name of a TV program that broadcast National Hockey League games on the defunct independent Hughes Television Network during the 1979–80 season.[1] The program aired under the title The NHL '80.[2] Hughes broadcast Thursday night games,[3] the All-Star Game,[4] some playoff games, and Games 1-5 of the Stanley Cup Finals[5] (the final game, Game 6, was broadcast by CBS). Hughes technically, used CBC's Hockey Night in Canada feeds for the American coverage of the first five games of the Stanley Cup Finals. The first broadcast involved the Atlanta Flames against the Chicago Blackhawks on January 25.

Playoff coverage

Round Teams Games Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
First round Pittsburgh-Boston Game 2
New York Rangers-Atlanta Game 4 Jiggs McDonald Pete Stemkowski
Quarterfinals Montreal-Minnesota Game 6 Dan Kelly Mickey Redmond
Minnesota-Montreal Game 7 Dan Kelly Mickey Redmond
Semifinals Buffalo-New York Islanders Games 3, 6 (CBC's feed) Dan Kelly (Games 3 and 6, second half)
Bob Cole (Game 6, first half)		 Pete Stemkowski
Gary Dornhoefer (Game 6)
Philadelphia-Minnesota Games 3-4 (CBC's feed) Dan Kelly (Games 3 and 4, second half)
Jim Robson (Game 4, first half)		 Pete Stemkowski (Game 3)
Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Game 4)

Stanley Cup Finals

Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
Bob Cole (Games 1, 4 and 5, first half)
Jim Robson (Games 2 and 3)
Dan Kelly (second half of Games 1-5 plus overtime in Game 1)		 Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr.

References

  1. ↑ "Sports BRIEFING". Chicago Tribune. October 10, 1979.
  2. ↑ 1980 Stanley Cup Finals Game 6: NY Islanders - Philadelphia Flyers on YouTube
  3. ↑ "Hughes Network to Show Number of Hockey Games". New York Times. October 11, 1979.
  4. ↑ "NHL, Hughes Network Agree on Prime-Time TV Coverage". Los Angeles Times. October 10, 1979. p. F6.
  5. ↑ Associated Press (May 13, 1980). "Games Will Be Televised". Reading Eagle. p. 22.
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