AHL on CBC

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The AHL on CBC is a television broadcast of American Hockey League games in Canada produced by CBC Sports and shown on CBC Television and CBC.ca.

2010–11 season[]

During the 2010–11 AHL season, ten broadcasts of the AHL on CBC were produced as part of a one-year contract signed by the CBC and the AHL on Thursday, August 19, 2010.[1] All games were aired at 1:00ET Sunday afternoon across Canada except the January 16 broadcast which aired at 2:00ET.[2] All 10 games involved at least one AHL team that is affiliated with an NHL team based in Canada and all games took place in a Canadian city.[3] The broadcasters for the AHL on CBC were Elliotte Friedman or Nabil Karim as the host, Bruce Rainnie or Dan Robertson as the play-by play announcer, and Brad May as the colour commentator.[4]

Date Result Venue
Sunday, October 17 Binghamton 3 Toronto 1 Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto
Sunday, October 24 Oklahoma 3 Hamilton 2 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
Sunday, November 21 Hamilton 3 Toronto 1 Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto
Sunday, December 12 Hamilton 5 Toronto 1 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
Sunday, January 16 Toronto 3 Abbotsford 2 SO Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Sunday, January 23 Manitoba 5 Abbotsford 3 MTS Centre, Winnipeg
Sunday, February 27 Manitoba 1 Toronto 0 Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto
Sunday, March 6 Hamilton 3 Toronto 2 OT Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto
Sunday, March 27 Manitoba 2 Abbotsford 1 MTS Centre, Winnipeg
Sunday, April 3 Manitoba 3 Toronto 2 Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto
Date Host Play-by-Play Colour Commentator
Sunday, October 17 Elliotte Friedman Bruce Rainnie Brad May
Sunday, October 24 Elliotte Friedman Bruce Rainnie Brad May
Sunday, November 21 Elliotte Friedman Dan Robertson Brad May
Sunday, December 12 Elliotte Friedman Bruce Rainnie Brad May
Sunday, January 16 Nabil Karim Dan Robertson Brad May
Sunday, January 23 Nabil Karim Dan Robertson Brad May
Sunday, February 27 Elliotte Friedman Jeff Marek Brad May
Sunday, March 6 Jeff Marek Bruce Rainnie Brad May
Sunday, March 27 Nabil Karim Dan Robertson Brad May
Sunday, April 3 Jeff Marek Dan Robertson Brad May

2011–12 season[]

Negotiations were underway for a second season of the AHL on CBC,[5] but the negotiations fell through. The league instead aired on Rogers Sportsnet that season. Eventually, in 2014, CBC announced it would no longer bid for the AHL or any professional sports broadcasting rights.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "AHL, CBC announce national broadcast agreement". NHL.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ IceCaps will be seen and heard this season Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today. The Telegram. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
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