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List of Stanley Cup playoffs broadcasters (Original Six era)
The Original Six are the six teams (Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs) that composed the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 25 seasons between the 1942–43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. The name is something of a misnomer, since there were other NHL franchises that ceased operations before 1942, including some that were founded before some of the Original Six. The term dates from the 1967 expansion which added six new franchises; hence the six expansion teams and the "Original Six".
Canadian television coverage edit
In the 1952–53 season, CBC began televising Hockey Night in Canada as a simulcast to the radio calls, joining the games in progress either 30 minutes or 60 minutes after the opening faceoff. Until 1961, the CBC was the only operating television network in Canada. Not only that, it was likely that not all Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens playoff games were televised in the early years, including to their local markets.
| Year | Round | Series | Games covered | Play-by-play | Colour commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Semifinals | Montreal-Chicago | Games 1–2, 5–7 (joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |
| 1954 | Semifinals | Detroit-Toronto | in Toronto (joined-in-progress) | Foster Hewitt | |
| Montreal-Boston | in Montreal (joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |||
| 1955 | Semifinals | Detroit-Toronto | in Toronto (joined-in-progress) | Foster Hewitt | |
| Montreal-Boston | in Montreal (joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |||
| 1956 | Semifinals | Montreal-New York Rangers | Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |
| Detroit-Toronto | Games 3–5 (joined-in-progress) | Foster Hewitt | |||
| 1957 | Semifinals | Montreal-New York Rangers | Games 1–5 (Games in Montreal joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |
| 1958 | Semifinals | Montreal-Detroit | Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |
| New York Rangers-Boston | Games 3, 6 (joined-in-progress) | Foster Hewitt (Game 3) Danny Gallivan (Game 6) | |||
| 1959 | Semifinals | Montreal-Chicago | Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |
| Boston-Toronto | Games 1–7 (joined-in-progress)[1][2][3][4][5] | Bill Hewitt | Foster Hewitt | ||
| 1960 | Semifinals | Montreal-Chicago | Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | |
| Toronto-Detroit | Games 1–6 (joined-in-progress) | Bill Hewitt | Foster Hewitt | ||
| 1961 | Semifinals | Montreal-Chicago | Games 1–6 (Games in Montreal are joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy (in Montreal) |
| Toronto-Detroit | Games 1–5 (Games in Toronto are joined-in progress) | Bill Hewitt | Foster Hewitt (in Toronto) | ||
| 1962 | Semifinals | Montreal-Chicago | Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) | Danny Gallivan | Keith Dancy |
| Toronto-New York Rangers | Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) | Bill Hewitt | Jack Dennett (in New York City) | ||
| 1963 | Semifinals | Toronto-Montreal | Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress)[6] | Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) | Guest sportswriters (in Toronto) Keith Dancy (in Montreal) |
| Chicago-Detroit | Game 6 | Bill Hewitt | |||
| 1964 | Semifinals | Montreal-Toronto | Games 1–7 (Games 1–6 joined-in-progress)[7][8] | Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) | Keith Dancy (in Montreal) Guest sportswriters (in Toronto) |
| Chicago-Detroit | Games 2, 5, 7 (joined-in-progress) | Bill Hewitt | Guest sportswriters | ||
| 1965 | Semifinals | Detroit-Chicago | Games 2, 5, 7 (Games 2, 5 joined-in-progress)[9][10][11][12] | Bill Hewitt | Jim Morrison (Game 7) |
| Montreal-Toronto | Games 1–6 (joined-in progress)[13][14][15] | Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) | Keith Dancy (in Montreal) Guest sportswriters (in Toronto) | ||
| 1966 | Semifinals | Montreal-Toronto | Games 1–4[16][17] | Danny Gallivan (in Montreal) Bill Hewitt (in Toronto) | Keith Dancy (in Montreal) Brian McFarlane (in Toronto) |
| Chicago-Detroit | Games 5–6 | Bill Hewitt | Brian McFarlane | ||
| 1967 | Semifinals | Chicago-Toronto | Games 1–6 (Games 1–4, 6 joined-in progress)[18][19] | Bill Hewitt | Brian McFarlane |
| Montreal-New York Rangers | Games 1–4 | Danny Gallivan | Dan Kelly (in Montreal) Dick Irvin Jr. (in New York) |
Notes edit
- 1955 - Game 3 of the Detroit-Toronto series and Game 5 of the Boston-Montreal series were televised nationally.
- 1956 - Game 4 of the Montreal-New York Rangers series was not the potential clincher, nor was it played in Montreal. Therefore, there was a possible chance that the game wasn't going to be televised.
- 1957 - Games 1, 2, and 4 of the Montreal-New York Rangers series were likely not seen outside the Montreal region if not televised at all.
- 1958 - Games 1–3 of the Montreal-Detroit series were likely not seen outside Quebec.
- 1959 - CBC's telecast of Game 7 of Toronto-Boston series at Boston Garden joins just before the start of the second period. The father-son duo of Bill and Foster Hewitt, both employed by the Toronto Maple Leafs, were simulcasting on Toronto's CKFH and CBC Radio, and one of them welcomed the television audience.
- 1960 - In the May 28 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press, a Canadian Press article mentioned the fact that the CBC fielded numerous angry calls from viewers upset that CBC continued to televise all three overtimes of Game 3 of the Toronto-Detroit series. Because of this, the angry viewers missed several previously scheduled shows as the overtime continued on. The CBC said that the policy of telecasting each Stanley Cup playoff game to its conclusion would be enforced.
- 1961 - Some semifinal games may not have been seen outside the Toronto or Montreal metro areas.
- This may have been the first time that all playoff games were televised somewhere across Canada.
- 1962 - CBC's Winnipeg affiliate carried Game 3 of the Montreal-Chicago series at 8:30 p.m. Central time (9:30 p.m. Eastern time). Meanwhile, they aired The Ed Sullivan Show at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. Eastern), which included guest stars Wayne and Shuster. This was followed by Close-Up at 8 p.m. (9 p.m. Eastern), and then the hockey game in progress.
- On April 3, CBC's affiliates in and near Toronto aired The Garry Moore Show at 8 p.m. followed by Game 4 of the Toronto-New York Rangers game in progress at 9 p.m.
- 1967 - Except Game 2 of the Toronto-Chicago series, all Stanley Cup playoff games on CBC were televised in color. The 1967 playoffs were the first time CBC televised NHL games in color.
American television coverage edit
There was no American network television coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs until 1965–66 (which also marked the first telecasts of an NHL game in color), the second to last season of the Original Six era. The earliest known American television coverage of any kind occurred in 1956, when Games 3 and 5 of the Montreal-New York Rangers playoff series were televised in the New York area on WPIX 11 at 9 p.m. local time. Bud Palmer worked play-by-play for those games on WPIX while and Jack McCarthy hosted from the studio.
| Year | Round | Series | Games covered | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
| 1966 | Semifinals | Games 2, 5 | Chicago-Detroit | NBC | Win Elliot | Bill Mazer |
| 1967 | Semifinals | Game 5 | Chicago-Toronto | CBS | Jim Gordon | Stu Nahan |
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ NHL Mar.26/1959 Game2 Toronto Maple Leafs - Boston Bruins on YouTube
- ^ NHL Mar.28/1959 Game3 Boston Bruins - Toronto Maple Leafs on YouTube
- ^ Apr.04/1959 Game6 Boston Bruins - Toronto Maple Leafs on YouTube
- ^ 1959 Stanley Cup Semi-Final Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins Game 7 on YouTube
- ^ 1959 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 7 - Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins on YouTube
- ^ 1962-63 1963 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Keon Jean Beliveau on YouTube
- ^ 1964 Leafs vs Habs game #3 March 31st on YouTube
- ^ 1964 NHL SCP Semi Final G 6 Montreal @ Toronto 4 7 1964 on YouTube
- ^ 1965 Stanley Cup Semi Final Chicago Blackhawks Vs Detroit Red Wings Game 5 4 11 1965 1 on YouTube
- ^ NHL Apr.11/1965 Game5 Chicago Blackhawks - Detroit Red Wings on YouTube
- ^ NHL Apr.15/1965 Game7 Chicago Blackhawks - Detroit Red Wings on YouTube
- ^ 1965 NHL Stanley Cup SF G7 Chicago vs Detroit (1965, April 15) on YouTube
- ^ 1965 NHL Stanley Cup SF G1 Toronto vs Montreal (1965, April 01) on YouTube
- ^ 1965 Stanley Cup Semi Final Game 1 on YouTube
- ^ 1965 04 13 Montreal @ Toronto LEAF TV RB game 6 with Frank Selkie on YouTube
- ^ NHL Apr.14/1966 Game4 Montreal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs on YouTube
- ^ 1966 04 14 Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens 01 Title 01 on YouTube
- ^ Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs Apr. 15, 1967 Game 5 Highlights on YouTube
- ^ Brian Conacher Terry Sawchuk 1967 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks on YouTube
External links edit
- Stanley Cup Playoffs on CBC - Google Search
- Hockey Night in Canada