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NHL broadcast schedule 2014-15: Who owns rights to what games

The final piece of the puzzle as far as the NHL schedule is concerned has finally been revealed with the publishing of regional broadcast schedules. This allows us to break down who will broadcast what where, and I’ve done so below for the seven Canadian NHL teams.

As previously announced, Rogers has all the national rights to NHL games, which includes all Saturday night games and all playoff games. Beyond that, it gets a bit complicated (some games are national in one language but not the other, for example). Regional games will be viewable in the team’s region (here’s a map of the teams’ regions), but those outside will need to fork out cash for NHL Centre Ice or NHL GameCentre to see all their team’s games. (Or maybe not? Rogers still gives me a coy “details will be announced in the coming weeks” when I ask about that.)

TSN has decided to assign its three regional rights packages to specific channels: Jets on TSN3, Leafs on TSN4 and Senators on TSN5. The five-channel TSN system launches on Monday on every major TV provider in Canada except Videotron (which tells me it’s in discussions to add the other three channels).

Below are how the TV and radio rights break down for each team. They include regular-season games only. Preseason games are regional, and subject to separate deals. All playoff games are national, so their rights are owned by Rogers in English and TVA in French.

Radio rights are not subject to regional blackouts. Listed is their local station only and does not include affiliates.

Montreal Canadiens

TV broadcast region: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario east of Belleville/Pembroke.

The Canadiens see the biggest change in terms of rights because RDS is no longer the only game in town. It used to carry all Habs games nationally, but in the Rogers deal it lost the national rights to TVA Sports. It managed to get the exclusive on regional rights, but that will mean the network is blacked out west of Belleville/Pembroke, Ont. during those games.

It’s also noteworthy that what constitutes a national game varies by language. There are 32 national games in English but only 22 in French. Those Wednesday and Sunday games carried nationally by Sportsnet and City, respectively, will be regional on RDS in French.

There’s still no deal for English-language regional TV rights. Rumour is neither Bell nor Rogers is interested at the price the Canadiens want. Bell’s TSN Habs channel has been shut down.

  • National TV (English):
      • 21 Saturday night games on Hockey Night in Canada
      • 5 Wednesday games on Sportsnet E/O/W/P
      • 4 Sunday games on City
      • 1 Sunday game on Sportsnet E/O/W/P
      • 1 Thursday game on Sportsnet 360
  • National TV (French):
    • 1 Wednesday night game on TVA Sports (season opener)
    • 21 Saturday night games on TVA Sports
  • Regional TV (English): No broadcast deal announced
  • Regional TV (French): 60 games on RDS
  • Radio (English): All 82 games on TSN Radio 690
  • Radio (French): All 82 games on CHMP 98.5

Ottawa Senators

TV broadcast region: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario east of Belleville/Pembroke.

The Senators’ regional rights in English have shifted from Sportsnet to TSN. But the more interesting thing here is on the French side. Whereas before Senators games were afterthoughts in French, something to program when nothing else was on (or in TVA Sports’s case, a way to get into the NHL while RDS has a lock on the Canadiens’ rights), competition has pushed both networks to add more games. RDS has maxed out the regional rights, which means all but six Senators regular-season games will air in French. (The six are all Saturday games that TVA Sports doesn’t have room for on its two channels.)

The Senators are the only other NHL team that will have regular broadcasts of games in both languages on both TV and radio.

  • National TV (English):
    • 18 Saturday games on Hockey Night in Canada
    • 5 Wednesday games on Sportsnet E/O/W/P
    • 6 Sunday games on City
  • National TV (French):
    • 4 Saturday games on TVA Sports
    • 8 Saturday games on TVA Sports 2
    • 6 Sunday games on TVA Sports
    • 4 Wednesday games on TVA Sports
  • Regional TV (English): 52 games on TSN5
  • Regional TV (French):
    • 30 games on RDS
    • 21 games on RDS2
    • 3 games on RDS Info
  • Radio (English): All 82 games on TSN Radio 1200
  • Radio (French): All 82 games on 94.5 Unique FM

Toronto Maple Leafs

TV broadcast region: Ontario west of Belleville/Pembroke.

The Leafs, owned by Bell and Rogers, split their regional rights between them on both TV and radio. The new arrangement also means that Leafs TV, a regional channel owned by the team, will no longer be airing regular-season Leafs games. It promises to still air postgame shows, analysis shows, weeks in review and other Leafs-related programming.

  • National TV (English):
    • 24 Saturday night games on Hockey Night in Canada
    • 12 Wednesday night games on Sportsnet
    • 4 Sunday games on City
  • National TV (French):
    • 25 games on TVA Sports
    • 2 games on TVA Sports 2
  • Regional TV (English):
  • Regional TV (French): No broadcast deal announced
  • Radio (English):
  • Radio (French): No broadcast deal announced

Winnipeg Jets

TV broadcast region: Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.

Bell has the lock on regional Jets games. The TSN Jets channel is being shut down, and those games will move to the new TSN3.

  • National TV (English):
    • 14 Saturday games on Hockey Night in Canada
    • 4 Wednesday games on Sportsnet E/O/W/P and/or Sportsnet One
    • 1 Tuesday game on Sportsnet E/O/W/P
    • 3 Sunday games on City
  • National TV (French):
    • 4 games on TVA Sports (2 Sunday, 1 Monday, 1 Wednesday)
    • 1 Friday game on TVA Sports 2
  • Regional TV (English): 60 games on TSN3
  • Regional TV (French): No broadcast deal announced
  • Radio (English): All 82 games on TSN Radio 1290
  • Radio (French): No broadcast deal announced

Calgary Flames

TV broadcast region: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.

Rogers has the rights to all 82 Flames games, of which 22 will be national.

  • National TV (English):
    • 14 Saturday games on Hockey Night in Canada
    • 4 Wednesday games on Sportsnet E/O/W/P
    • 4 Sunday games on City
  • National TV (French):
    • 4 games on TVA Sports (1 Tuesday, 1 Friday, 1 Saturday, 1 Sunday)
    • 7 games on TVA Sports 2 (1 Wednesday, 1 Thursday, 1 Friday, 4 Saturdays)
  • Regional TV (English):
    • 44 games on Sportsnet West
    • 16 games on Sportsnet Flames
  • Regional TV (French): No broadcast deal announced
  • Radio (English): All 82 games on Sportsnet 960 The Fan
  • Radio (French): No broadcast deal announced

Edmonton Oilers

TV broadcast region: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.

Rogers has the rights to all 82 Oilers games, of which 22 will be national.

  • National TV (English):
    • 12 Saturday games on Hockey Night in Canada
    • 9 Wednesday games on Sportsnet E/O/W/P and/or Sportsnet One
    • 1 Sunday game on City
  • National TV (French):
    • 5 games on TVA Sports (1 Monday, 1 Tuesday, 3 Saturdays)
    • 3 games on TVA Sports 2 (1 Thursday, 2 Saturdays)
  • Regional TV (English):
    • 47 games on Sportsnet West
    • 13 games on Sportsnet Oilers
  • Regional TV (French): No broadcast deal announced
  • Radio (English): All 82 games on 630 CHED
  • Radio (French): No broadcast deal announced

Vancouver Canucks

TV broadcast region: British Columbia, Yukon.

Rogers has the rights to all 82 Canucks games, of which 22 will be national.

  • National TV (English):
    • 15 Saturday games on Hockey Night in Canada
    • 4 Wednesday games on Sportsnet E/O/W/P
    • 6 Sunday games on City
  • National TV (French):
    • 6 games on TVA Sports (1 Tuesday, 1 Thursday, 1 Saturday, 3 Sundays)
    • 7 games on TVA Sports 2 (1 Wednesday, 1 Friday, 4 Saturdays)
  • Regional TV (English):
    • 49 games on Sportsnet Pacific
    • 8 games on Sportsnet Vancouver Hockey
  • Regional TV (French): No broadcast deal announced
  • Radio (English): All 82 games on Team 1040
  • Radio (French): No broadcast deal announced

60 thoughts on “NHL broadcast schedule 2014-15: Who owns rights to what games

    1. Fagstein Post author

      What does this mean for a Habs fan in Toronto. Do we have access to rds broadcasts ?

      No. RDS will be blacked out in Toronto and western Canada during Canadiens games.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Still not clear if those living in Ontario have access or can still order and see all Habs games in French

      If you live in eastern Ontario (Ottawa, Kingston, Cornwall) then you will have access to all Canadiens games on either RDS or TVA Sports. If you live in Toronto, southwestern Ontario or northern Ontario, you’ll only be able to see the games on TVA Sports (the season opener, Saturday night games and the playoffs).

      If you live in the area between Peterborough and Ottawa (Petawawa, Belleville), then it depends. The Canadiens region is the same as the region of the Senators, Sportsnet East and the former TSN Habs channel. If you had access to those, then you should be able to watch Canadiens games on RDS. Otherwise, it’ll be blacked out.

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      1. Steve W

        Couldn’t they subscribe to NHL Centre Ice, & get all Canadiens hockey games(they would have to pay for it however)?

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        1. Fagstein Post author

          Couldn’t they subscribe to NHL Centre Ice, & get all Canadiens hockey games(they would have to pay for it however)?

          People outside the Canadiens region can subscribe to NHL Centre Ice and get all games that aren’t broadcast nationally (i.e. 50 regular-season games). Assuming Rogers doesn’t pull a rabbit out of its hat and come up with a different solution.

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            1. Fagstein Post author

              I’m in Vancouver, and have been advised by Telus, my provider, that ‘likely’ Montreal Canadiens’ games will majoratively be blacked-out on both TVA and NHL’s Centre Ice.

              TVA Sports has national rights to Canadiens NHL games. None of the 22 regular-season Habs games it will broadcast will be blacked out. RDS’s, however, will be.

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        2. Christopher van Dyke

          I don’t know what NHL’s Centre Ice would cost in Toronto, but here in Vancouver it is quoted around $ 199 per year by Telus (my provider) and Shaw (the alternative provider).

          Telus and Shaw are both telling me up-front there may be NHL imposed black-outs for both TVA’s 32 games and those Habs games shown on Centre Ice.

          Last year, RDS cost myself (via Telus) $ 5/month for the French language package, which included RDS’ full 82 games. TVA (last year) was not part of the French language package.

          82 games on RDS for $ 5., l’AntiChambre, 24CH, etc..

          I asked this week both Telus and Shaw if I purchased TVA and/or Centre Ice will I be certain whether any of TVA’s 32 games will be blacked-out ? Will any of the Montreal Canadiens’ games via Centre Ice be subject to black-outs ?

          Both responded that according to their information provided so far it indicates more than a few will be blacked-out because of the NHL’s black-out rules.

          We will find out with more certainty the closer we get to October. But if I was anyone thinking of subscribing to TVA or Centre Ice, I would ask them to guarantee or spell-out exactly what Canadiens games will be assured to be broadcasted in their city before putting out any money to subscribe.

          I have a feeling the NHL’s shenanigans will encourage most fans to illegally find sources to ‘stream’ online all 82 Montreal Canadiens’ games rather than put-up with the bastardized, convoluted and cost exorbitant access on Centre Ice and TVA west of Quebec.

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          1. Fagstein Post author

            Telus and Shaw are both telling me up-front there may be NHL imposed black-outs for both TVA’s 32 games and those Habs games shown on Centre Ice.

            TVA has 22 games. It’s Rogers that has 32 in English. And because those games are broadcast nationally, they would be blacked out on NHL Centre Ice.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Will Canadiens’ games be blacked out on the Centre Ice package?

      The 32 national games will be (mainly those on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights), as will all playoff games.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Will nhl on ice package provide access to those games otherwise blocked out in Toronto? Thanks!

      Yes, though there are 10 games that are regional in French and national in English, so those won’t be available on NHL Centre Ice. They will be on City or one of the Sportsnet channels though.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      I find it quite comical how there are more Leafs games nationally in French. Hahahaha

      There are more Leafs games nationally in both languages.

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      1. Christopher van Dyke

        Of TVA’s 220 or so what I believe are supposed to be ‘nationally’ allotted broadcasted games, 33 are Boston Bruins’ games, 25+ are Toronto Maple Leafs’ games, and a grand total of 22 Habs’ games.

        Correct me if I am wrong.

        If correct, that is truly an insult to all Habs’ fans, especially Francophone Habs’ fans across Canada.

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        1. Fagstein Post author

          Of TVA’s 220 or so what I believe are supposed to be ‘nationally’ allotted broadcasted games, 33 are Boston Bruins’ games, 25+ are Toronto Maple Leafs’ games, and a grand total of 22 Habs’ games.

          That’s correct. TVA has the rights to all the games that have been designated as national in French.

          If correct, that is truly an insult to all Habs’ fans, especially Francophone Habs’ fans across Canada.

          Blame the NHL, I guess. If TVA had the power, it would air all 82 games nationally.

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          1. Christopher van Dyke

            As I note in another comment, the NHL’s own corporate black-out rule is the biggest part of the problem.

            The NHL’s black-out rules are currently being tested in New York State court for uncompetitive practices and not in the best interest of consumers.

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  1. Randy Hansen

    I have paid for and received every single Habs game for over 15 years while living here in southern Ontario and now I’m having the clock reversed to 20 years ago when Montreal only existed on Radio-Canada. I am paying more and receiving less programming in return. I am NOT happy and the NHL and Rogers really couldn’t care less for my business. Why not grandfather in existing long term subscribers of RDS as exempt from the blackouts??

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      I am NOT happy and the NHL and Rogers really couldn’t care less for my business. Why not grandfather in existing long term subscribers of RDS as exempt from the blackouts??

      It’s not Rogers’s fault. This is the reality of region-based sports TV broadcast rights. Grandfathering wouldn’t work, since RDS simply does not have the right to broadcast Canadiens games outside of its region.

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    2. Christopher van Dyke

      There is currently an on-line petition named The Rogers NHL Habs Petition documenting the wrath of Habs’ fans across Canada protesting the bastardized and insulting reduction in access to the Montreal Canadiens across Canada, and the NHL’s own corporate national black-out rules that are now blacking-out French language broadcasts across Canada, and ham-stringing Rogers (Sportsnet), TVA and Bell (RDS/TSN) from creating value-added cable products, restricting cable-choice, raising costs and decreasing access against the best-interests of hockey (Habs) fans. You can read it and sign here if you agree with it: http://bit.ly/1nLUkSk

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  2. David

    What channel are the Saturday night Habs games going to be on? Will I be able to see them if I have Videotron?

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      What channel are the Saturday night Habs games going to be on?

      TVA Sports in French. In English, they’ll be on CBC, City or Sportsnet depending on the week.

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  3. John H

    Thanks for the post, but terrible news after watching the habs on RDS from Thunder Bay for years.

    My questions

    1) who broadcasts montreal canadiens games on centre ice? I doubt it would be RDS, will have some shlock play by play guy that has to explain what an office or ice is.

    2) Does Game Centre Live mean we could watch games on RDS?

    Hope you can help.

    Disappointed for sure, I wish I had my own bucket to dump on Gary Betmans head and it wouldnt be full of water either.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      1) who broadcasts montreal canadiens games on centre ice? I doubt it would be RDS, will have some shlock play by play guy that has to explain what an office or ice is.

      That’s a good question. I suspect it will be RDS, since there’s no English regional broadcaster.

      2) Does Game Centre Live mean we could watch games on RDS?

      Possibly.

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  4. mario

    Is it just me who finds it ridiculous that the Senators are able to get English and French regional TV coverage and the Canadiens aren’t?

    I am curious to know how much RDS paid for the Senators French tv rights and what the Canadiens were asking for their English regional rights.

    For Bell it doesn’t really matter to them. They’ll still buy ad puts on any network broadcasting hockey games.

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    1. Rob

      I couldn’t agree more. The Montreal Canadiens are hurting their brand by not televising their 50 regional games in English. You would think with TSN being a minority owner of the Canadiens they would be able to work out a deal with Canadiens management. Regional restrictions will force more fans outside the Habs region to get Centre Ice and they should be able to watch a HABS produced broadcast focusing on Canadiens news, stories and players in order to continue building up their brand. The Ottawa Senators have done that in both languages by securing 82 games being telecast in English and 76 in French. Why can’t the Habs have a similar set up?

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      1. Christopher van Dyke

        Geoff Molson and Kevin Gilmore acquiescing to the NHL’s national black-out rules will im-time result in the Montreal Canadiens losing a significant percentage of their fan-base west of central Ontario if a remedy to this broadcasting farce is not resolved.

        Many fans will find the $ 200 cost of Centre Ice too expensive and restrictive (because of blacked-out Habs games on CI, itself) that they will in-time gravitate to local teams more accessible and cost-effective.

        The Montreal Canadiens are currently the most respected sports’ brand across Canada. It also is the largest most diverse hockey club fan-base in Canada.

        Why the Montreal Canadiens are acceding to the NHL national black-out rules so timidly is an affront to Francophones spread across Canada west of Quebec, and it’s English-speaking fan base in western Canada that were following their Habs on French-language RDS previously.

        The Habs are shooting their-selves in their fan-base.

        I personally think soon this may be an issue that Shelley Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and Marie-France Kenny, Présidente de Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada will not ignore.

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        1. Fagstein Post author

          Many fans will find the $ 200 cost of Centre Ice too expensive and restrictive (because of blacked-out Habs games on CI, itself) that they will in-time gravitate to local teams more accessible and cost-effective.

          This is kind of the point of blackouts in the first place, to protect each team’s home market.

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          1. Christopher van Dyke

            In the States you could make some weak arguments on that basis, though I think the markets in the US have matured and can mostly stand on their own without such broadcast restrictions.

            Here, in Canada, there is only one market that such black-out restrictions may have any kind of relevance is the Ottawa Senators, which has been surviving (if but barely) because they are stuck between Toronto and Montreal geographically, and their fan-base is divided practically 3-ways, between Habs fans, Leafs fans and their own fans.

            No black-out rule will ever make their proximity to Montreal and Toronto disapear.

            The NHL black-out rule is mis-used, unnecessary and a red-herring in Canada preventing cable products to be created that hockey fans demand and will exorbitantly cost-out tens of thousands of fans that will not afford the half-baked ‘premium’ cable products the NHL is trying to foist on us.

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          2. Christopher van Dyke

            In the States the NHL could make some weak arguments on that basis, though I think the markets in the US have matured and can mostly stand on their own without such broadcast restrictions.

            Here, in Canada, there is only one market that such black-out restrictions may have any kind of relevance is the Ottawa Senators, which has been surviving (if but barely) because they are stuck between Toronto and Montreal geographically, and their fan-base is divided practically 3-ways, between Habs fans, Leafs fans and their own fans.

            No black-out rule will ever make their proximity to Montreal and Toronto disapear.

            The NHL black-out rule is mis-used, unnecessary and a red-herring in Canada preventing cable products to be created that hockey fans demand and will exorbitantly cost-out tens of thousands of fans that will not afford the half-baked ‘premium’ cable products the NHL is trying to foist on us.

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  5. Beaverislandguy

    Ok, I live on the westcoast. I only watch Canadien games. How am I able to continue to do so? NHL Gamecentre claimed that I could view the Habs games when I signed up. This was not the case during the season, where other games we were able to view (usually two American teams) but not the Habs on that Sunday afternoon . I soon cancelled my subscription (which was quite a feat in itself) RDS was my mainstay. Will there be a RDS National view of Canadiens Express? Do I have to seek out a pirated stream of the Hab games? Please set me straight…

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Ok, I live on the westcoast. I only watch Canadien games. How am I able to continue to do so?

      You’ll need CBC, City and the Sportsnet channels, plus NHL Centre Ice or NHL GameCentre Live.

      Will there be a RDS National view of Canadiens Express?

      I’m not sure if Canadiens Express will be blacked out under the same rules. I suspect it probably will.

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  6. Hunter

    Will any of this affect Habs fans in the US who subscribe to NHL Center ice. Please tell me I will be able to watch all 82 games.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Will any of this affect Habs fans in the US who subscribe to NHL Center ice.

      The Canadian rights don’t change anything for Americans. You’ll be able to watch all games on NHL Center Ice, except for the 11 that will air on NHL Network and the two that will be on NBC Sports Network.

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    2. Christopher van Dyke

      A point of interest to American based Habs fans subscribing or thinking of subscribing to the NHL’s Centre Ice product; http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=459001

      Rick Westhead, TSN Senior Correspondent: “The National Hockey League has lost a court motion to dismiss a case filed by six fans who allege that its restrictions on local TV broadcasts are anti-competitive.

      The case is expected to proceed to trial early in 2015. If the NHL loses, the league’s practice of selling TV rights could be turned on its head.

      Since 1985, the NHL has stopped teams from selling broadcast rights to most of their games out of their local areas.

      If this latest litigation is successful, it’s possible that popular teams like the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks could begin selling their broadcast rights throughout the United States.

      In a lawsuit filed in New York two years ago, a group of disgruntled fans claimed that the restrictions on broadcasting were inappropriately driving up the price of sports cable television packages… “, etc.

      There is speculation here in Canada, that similar legal proceedings may have legs here too.

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Will I still be able to get all Habs game from NHL center ice while living in Japan?

      If you did before, I don’t see why you wouldn’t again.

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  7. BLAIR DAGGETT

    anybody who doesn’t believe this is simply another chapter in the corporate war between Rogers and BELL is, well, wrong.

    ROGERS owns the networks with the most NHL(SPORTSNET). Except in Quebec. The Canadiens are partially owned by BELL. they play at the BELL Centre. The network that did the TV broadcasts (RDS) was owned by, you guessed it, BELL. the one English network that carried the HABS (TSN), likewise, was owned by BELL. Now the league has allowed ROGERS +SPORTSNET to dominate and own the NHL rights, and are screwing BELL. anybody surprised?

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      anybody who doesn’t believe this is simply another chapter in the corporate war between Rogers and BELL is, well, wrong.

      I believe another word for this is “competition.”

      But for the Canadiens, the issue isn’t competition between Rogers and Bell, it’s competition between Quebecor and Bell. RDS got to air 82 Canadiens games nationally because it had both the national and regional rights and was the only French-language sports channel. Now that TVA Sports is here the two compete with each other. And that has resulted in the rights being split, and the regional games being blacked out outside the region.

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      1. Christopher van Dyke

        It’s complex in several ways, including what you say of TVA and Bell. But there is also the NHL more forcefully imposing it’s corporate national black-out rule in Canada as of 2014-2015. Significantly towards the French-language broadcasts (RDS’) which received an exception to the NHL rule previously.

        This includes the Montreal Canadiens’ own acquiescing to the NHL’s black-out rule, per La Presse, January 14th column of Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot: http://bit.ly/1pdEtkx

        Quote: Kevin Gilmore, executive vice president of the Canadiens; “It’s unfortunate, but we must respect the rights of each regional team. Such an application would open a Pandora’s box: all teams could make the same request to expand their regional rights. Our previous contract with RDS was a joint venture with the NHL, which allowed RDS to obtain this exemption. “

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  8. CD

    So if I get Toronto cable feeds, that means that I will see 32 Habs games? That’s a heck of a lot better than last year when I only saw them when they played on HNIC = Toronto Maple Leafs Night in Toronto.

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  9. mario

    In prior years RDS had both national and regional rights to NHL and Habs games. So why were they able to broadcast all 82 Habs games nationally without any blackouts?

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  10. Al Hiller

    I got the h?abs last year on TSN habs and RDS.I was wondering if I would get anything in English this year?/Would I ger the habs on nhl centre ice or will they be blocked out on nhl centre ice.I live in atlantic Canada

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      I got the habs last year on TSN habs and RDS.I was wondering if I would get anything in English this year?

      You’ll get the 32 national games, and all playoff games, in English. The remaining 50 regular-season games, and any preseason games that air on TV, will only be broadcast regionally on RDS, unless something changes.

      Would I ger the habs on nhl centre ice or will they be blocked out on nhl centre ice.I live in atlantic Canada

      Since you’re in the Canadiens’ broadcast region, there’s no need for NHL Centre Ice.

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      1. Al Hiller

        Thanks for thr reply.I do live in atlantic Canada.In past years I had nhl centre ice.I could get the habs on nhl centre ice I would get the games in english from the oppositios team.Broadcasters of the opposite teams would be giving the habs games in english.This year I dont think this is available.I know I can get RDS but as for english we just have to wait and see

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    1. Fagstein Post author

      Will the 22 Habs’ games on TVA be available on RDS east of Belleville (Kingston) as well?

      No. None of the games will be on both French networks. Though RDS plans to have some form of postgame programming on Saturday nights.

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      1. James Tallon

        Thanks for your prompt reply.
        So I assume this means I have to add TVA Sports to my cable package, correct?
        Does Cogeco even offer TVA Sports?

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        1. Fagstein Post author

          So I assume this means I have to add TVA Sports to my cable package, correct?

          If you want to watch those Canadiens games in French, yes. All 22 games TVA Sports carries are also broadcast in English on CBC, City or Sportsnet.

          Does Cogeco even offer TVA Sports?

          Yes it does.

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          1. James Tallon

            Thanks! You have been an excellent resource. It’s nice to finally receive some concrete information about Habs’ games in Ontario.

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