Canucks and Beyond

HNIC Schedule - More Games Than Ever

08/15/2007 at 4:29pm EDT

CBC has released it’s schedule for the 2007-08 season:

Hockey Night in Canada kicks off another season with live coverage of the 2007-08 NHL regular season opener on Sept. 29 between the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings in London, England.
The Ducks-Kings contest is just one of 85 games, more games than ever before, on HNIC’s broadcast schedule, which was revealed by CBC Sports on Wednesday.

The schedule itself can be found here.

Update:
TSN has also announced its national schedule:

Coming off one of its most successful NHL campaigns last year, TSN today unveiled its 70-game NHL on TSN national broadcast package for the 2007/08 regular season, highlighted by increased coverage of the six Canadian clubs.

Full TSN schedule here.

Updated 8:05 PT:
In the Globe & Mail, William Houston writes a very good breakdown on the TSN and CBC schedules and viewer options. In his words, it comes down to “more games and more choices.”

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