List of Hockey Night in Canada commentating crews (1980s)
Stanley Cup playoffs
Notes
- On April 9, 1980, CBC carried the ACTRA awards ceremony. This caused the Hartford-Montréal and Edmonton-Philadelphia playoff games not to be televised. Meanwhile, the Toronto-Minnesota game was shifted to CHCH in Hamilton while the Vancouver-Buffalo game was televised by CBC regionally in British Columbia as usual. The ACTRA awards show was tape-delayed into prime time on the west coast.
- Aside from the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals, CBC's only other nationally televised postseason games from that year were the Edmonton-Los Angeles Kings Game 4 on April 12, the Boston-Québec Game 6 on April 23, the Québec-Boston game 7 on April 25, and the Vancouver-Chicago Game 5 on May 6. All of the other games were seen regionally.
- CTV had the national rights for the 1986 Calgary-St. Louis playoff series, except in the Calgary market, for which CBC and Molson retained exclusive rights to. CTV did not televise Games 2 and 3 of this series due to prior commitments. Meanwhile, CBC was allowed to televise Games 2 and 3 to all of Alberta and British Columbia, but not nationally.
- On April 18, 1988 (during Game 1 of the Montreal-Boston playoff series) at approximately 8:08 p.m. local time, the was a power outage in the province of Quebec. While darkness enveloped Montreal and the Forum itself, the Forum's reserve generators kicked into gear. The generators were only able to illuminate the rink surface with enough power to keep the game moving. Ultimately, CBC was left with no choice but to abandon coverage following the first period.
- On April 18, 1988, Chris Cuthbert was assigned by CBC to report and provide updates on Game 1 of Washington-New Jersey playoff series. However, when the Québec blackout affected CBC's coverage of the Game 1 of the Boston-Montreal playoff series, the network decided to throw to Cuthbert and the solitary camera beside him in his coverage position to work the remainder of this game. The whole process was totally done off the cuff. In other words, there were no graphics, no replay capabilities and no analyst.
References
- 1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota North Stars Game 3 4-19-1980 on YouTube
- NHL Semi-Finals New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres, May 1, 1980 on YouTube
- Game 6 1980 Stanley Cup Semifinal Sabres at Islanders on YouTube
- Game 3 1981 Prelim Round Islanders at Maple Leafs CBC on YouTube
- CBC 1982 Playoffs Opening (Bruins-Nordiques) on YouTube
- Oilers vs Blackhawks (G # 3) 1983 Campbell Conference Finals on YouTube
- Game 5 1984 Patrick Division Semifinal New York Rangers at New York Islanders on YouTube
- 1984 Adams Division Final Montreal Canadiens vs Quebec Nordiques Game 4 on YouTube
- 1986 Norris Division Final St Louis Blues vs Toronto Maple Leafs Game 2 on YouTube
- CBC 1986 Playoffs Opening (Oilers vs Flames) on YouTube
- 1987 Easter Epic Full Game CBC feed on YouTube
- Apr.28/1987 Quebec Nordiques – Montreal Canadiens G5 on YouTube
- 1988 Smythe Division Final Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames Game 2 on YouTube
- 1989 Smythe Division Semi Final Calgary Flames vs Vancouver Canucks Game 7 on YouTube
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