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All About Hockey Day In Canada

by Paul on 02/06/12 at 01:10 PM ET
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via a CBC release…

SCOTIABANK HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA journeys across the Confederation Bridge to bring its nationwide broadcast to Prince Edward Island for the first time, on Saturday, Feb. 11, beginning at 12 noon ET as Ron MacLean hosts live from a specially built outdoor rink in Summerside, P.E.I. MacLean will be joined by Don Cherry for Coach’s Corner, with fellow CBC stars and hosts P.J. Stock, Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Dick Irvin. The NHL Alumni will also have a strong presence with Bryan Trottier, Lanny McDonald, Wendel Clark, Doug MacLean, Mark Napier, Stéphane Richer, Tim Taylor and Gerrard Gallant, along with Olympian Tessa Bonhomme.

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Video- Best Of The Week

by Paul on 02/03/12 at 04:52 PM ET
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First up are the goals, followed by saves and hits below.  All three videos are about 2 and a half minutes long.

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Evening Line

by Paul on 01/31/12 at 06:28 PM ET
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“I have to admit I (as coach of the Boston Bruins) lost twice to Montreal in the finals and lost again to Montreal in the semi-finals seventh game in overtime but maybe Ron (MacLean) is right because since (Burke) has been with the Leafs he hasn’t lost a playoff game.”

-Don Cherry of Hockey Night in Canada.  More on the Burke/Cherry feud that seems to be escalating from Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun.

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Cherry On Burke

by Paul on 01/29/12 at 09:22 AM ET
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from Tim Baines of the Ottawa Sun,

Burke is steamed with Cherry for frequent criticism of Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson ... so ticked off that sources say he is considering airing his beefs with CBC.

“I like Brian Burke. I have nothing against Brian Burke,” said Cherry in an exclusive sit-down interview with the Ottawa Sun on Saturday. “But Brian Burke doesn’t like me. That’s the sad thing. We used to be the best of friends. I used to get St. Patrick’s Day cards from him ... no more.

“Brian Burke does not like what I say about the Leafs. But what am I supposed to say about them? They haven’t made the playoffs in (seven) years. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I guess he doesn’t like it. But I am what I am.”

The Burke rants are kind of puzzling for Cherry, never afraid to air out his beefs on-air.

“The Leafs are my favourite team outside of the Boston Bruins. I wear Leaf ties and I wear Leaf cufflinks. I get letters that I’m too pro-Leaf. Ask anybody in Ottawa if I’m anti-Leaf. They’ll say: ‘Are you nuts?’

more and Don Cherry with an all-topic interview too…

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Burke vs. Cherry

by Paul on 01/28/12 at 10:26 AM ET
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from Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun,

Has Toronto Maple Leafs boss Brian Burke had enough of Don Cherry?

An insider told QMI Agency Burke is tired of Cherry criticizing his team — in particular, his coach — and he is contemplating asking for a meeting with CBC brass to complain.

“He is furious at the comment Cherry made about Ron Wilson not applauding for the troops and for other things too,” said an insider. “He is fiercely loyal to his guys.”

On Jan. 14, Cherry mentioned during a broadcast that visiting New York Ranger coach John Tortorella applauded when the troops were introduced at a recent Armed Forced appreciation game at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

He also called a clapping Leafs assistant coach Rob Zettler “a good Canadian boy.”

But he said Wilson and other coaches “couldn’t have cared less.”

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Detroit vs. Montreal

by Paul on 01/25/12 at 11:00 AM ET
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Did you know the very first Hockey Night in Canada game was Detroit against Montreal in 1952?

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Programming The Sports Networks

by Paul on 01/23/12 at 10:12 AM ET
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from Stuar Miller of Multichannel News,

Programming a network run by a pro sports league is, on one level, extremely simple: Dedicate time and resources to live coverage of games and surround them with news coverage, previews, updates, live cut-ins and post-game analysis.

Then fill in the gaps with countdown list series, which can be produced cheaply, repurposing footage from the archives. All four major sports league networks — NFL Network, MLB Network, NBA TV and NHL Networks — follow this same basic formula. But even that’s not enough to fill the screen 24/7 in or out of season. So the networks continue exploring new ways to fill out the fringes of their schedules….

In the fall, the NHL created NHL Original Productions, partnering with former HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg; its first effort is NHL 36, which follows a current star for 36 hours.

However, to make the finances work, NHL 36 runs first on NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus), prior to live games featuring the profiled player, before repeating on NHL Network. Similarly, the reality series Oil Change is produced for Canadian television before reaching the NHL Network.

“It’s a good economic model for us,” Coplin said.

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Video- Don Cherry With A Fluffy/Puffy Shirt

by Paul on 01/22/12 at 09:37 AM ET
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Don and Ron discuss numerous topics and those of us who watched Coach’s Corner on NHL Net-US finally understand why Don is wearing that getup.

Not sure why NHL Net-US keeps missing the first ten seconds of Coach’s Corner, but I sure would like to know.

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Video- Best Of The Week

by Paul on 01/20/12 at 05:40 PM ET
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First up are 3 minutes and 18 seconds of the top 10 goals of the week ,followed below by saves (2:52 minutes) and hits 2:12 minutes)...

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The Guys Between The Benches

by Paul on 01/11/12 at 06:38 PM ET
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from Bruce Dowbiggin of the Globe and Mail,

“Man the stuff you hear,” says Ray Ferraro, who usually mans the space for TSN. “You hear everything ‘I’ll kill you.’ Life threats. Stuff about wives and girlfriends. Anything but stuff about kids. That’s off-limits. I have to press my cough button because I can’t let it get on air.”

Ferraro’s one of the few (along with CBC’s Glenn Healy and NBC’s Pierre McGuire) regularly assigned to the hot spot. As a former player—and a yappy one himself—he’s in a perfect position to hear the sniping and humour that pass amongst rivals. “The area around the bench like a bus stop,” he says. “Guys have to stop and talk. As a former player I find a lot of humour in it. Some of the guys are very funny.”

McGuire revolutionized the position when TSN first talked the NHL into allowing a broadcaster in the area that was meant for a single cameraman. Now you can have as many as three people jammed like sardines into the cramped space. “The league, the players and the coaches have really reached out to try and help make the position work,” McGuire tells Usual Suspects. “The buildings that only have glass on one side of the box are great. Pittsburgh does that a lot.”

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