As the official French broadcaster of the NHL and the Montreal Canadiens, RDS and RDS2 will broadcast 109 regular season NHL games, including all 48 Montreal Canadiens regular season games, beginning Saturday, Jan. 19. In total, RDS and RDS2 will broadcast 175 games over a 160-day period, including the Canadiens, Senators, as well as the Stanley Cup playoff games.
More than 100 HD games on RDS and RDS2
RDS kicks off the 2013 NHL season on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 3 pm ET with the Ottawa Senators facing the Winnipeg Jets on RDS and the Philadelphia Flyers facing the Pittsburgh Penguins on RDS2, followed by the Canadiens’ home opener at the Bell Centre against the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7pm ET.
In addition to the entire Canadiens regular season, RDS and RDS2 will broadcast 61 regular season games from across the NHL, including nine Senators games. Exceptionally this year, RDS2 will be broadcasting NHL match-ups along with RDS, delivering HD coverage of all games.
Beginning Saturday, Jan. 19, hockey fans will finally reunite with their favourite on-air hockey personalities, as Pierre Houde and Marc Denis will provide commentary for Canadiens games, along with host Alain Crête and veteran analysts Benoit Brunet, Guy Carbonneau, Vincent Damphousse, Denis Gauthier and Mario Tremblay.
Félix Séguin and Patrick Lalime will handle commentary for Ottawa Senators games while Yanick Bouchard, Michel Lacroix, Denis Gauthier, Norman Flynn, Claude Mailhot and Jocelyn Lemieux will share the duties for other NHL match-ups around the league.
A COMPLETE OFFERING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
All of our programming and platforms will contribute to ensuring that fans miss none of the action. RDS’ flagship shows “LE 5 À 7”, HOCKEY 360, SPORTS 30 and “L’ANTICHAMBRE” will allow viewers to stay up-to-date, to share or debate on all things hockey.
As for RDS.CA, the HOCKEY section will be the gathering place for true hockey fans. In addition to containing the most recent news, analysis, opinion columns and the Video Zone, the hockey section will also feature a DRAFT KIT for this season’s “GRAND POOL”, which begins January 18. RDS’ exclusive and free “C’EST LE BUT!” mobile alert service is back and only available via the RDS HOCKEY app for iOS (Apple) and Android smartphones. Starting with the Habs first game, fans may also discover LA LOGE, a special website allowing them to participate in score predictions, to test their hockey trivia and share thoughts on the game. For more information on RDS’ mobile offerings please visit RDS.ca/mobile.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE: CANADIENS GAMES ON RDS (ALL TIMES IN ET)
| January 2013 | |
| January 19 7:00 PM | Toronto vs Canadiens |
| January 22 7:30 PM | Florida vs Canadiens |
| January 24 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Washington |
| January 27 6:00 PM | New Jersey vs Canadiens |
| January 29 7:30 PM | Winnipeg vs Canadiens |
| January 30 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Ottawa |
| February 2013 | |
| February 2 2:00 PM | Buffalo vs Canadiens |
| February 3 2:00 PM | Ottawa vs Canadiens |
| February 6 7:00 PM | Boston vs Canadiens |
| February 7 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Buffalo |
| February 9 7:00 PM | Toronto vs Canadiens |
| February 12 7:30 PM | Canadiens vs Tampa Bay |
| February 14 7:30 PM | Canadiens vs Florida |
| February 16 7:00 PM | Philadelphia vs Canadiens |
| February 18 7:30 PM | Carolina vs Canadiens |
| February 19 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs NY Rangers |
| February 21 7:00 PM | NY Islanders vs Canadiens |
| February 23 7:00 PM | NY Rangers vs Canadiens |
| February 25 7:30 PM | Canadiens vs Ottawa |
| February 27 7:30 PM | Canadiens vs Toronto |
| March 2013 | |
| March 2 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs Canadiens |
| March 3 7:30 PM | Canadiens vs Boston |
| March 5 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs NY Islanders |
| March 7 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Carolina |
| March 9 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Tampa Bay |
| March 10 6:00 PM | Canadiens vs Floride |
| March 13 7:00 PM | Ottawa vs Canadiens |
| March 16 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs New Jersey |
| March 19 7:30 PM | Buffalo vs Canadiens |
| March 21 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs NY Islanders |
| March 23 7:00 PM | Buffalo vs Canadiens |
| March 26 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Pittsburgh |
| March 27 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Boston |
| March 30 7:00 PM | NY Rangers vs Canadiens |
| April 2013 | |
| April 1st 7:30 PM | Carolina vs Canadiens |
| April 3 7:30 PM | Canadiens vs Philadelphia |
| April 4 7:30 PM | Winnipeg vs Canadiens |
| April 6 7:00 PM | Boston vs Canadiens |
| April 9 7:30 PM | Washington vs Canadiens |
| April 11 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Buffalo |
| April 13 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Toronto |
| April 15 7:30 PM | Philadelphie vs Canadiens |
| April 17 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Pittsburgh |
| April 18 7:30 PM | Tampa Bay vs Canadiens |
| April 20 7:00 PM | Washington vs Canadiens |
| April 23 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs New Jersey |
| April 25 8:00 PM | Canadiens vs Winnipeg |
| April 27 7:00 PM | Canadiens vs Toronto |
BROADCAST SCHEDULE: SENATORS GAMES ON RDS (ALL TIMES IN ET)
| January 19 3:00 PM | Ottawa vs Winnipeg |
| January 21 7:30 PM | Floride vs Ottawa |
| January 25 7:30 PM | Ottawa vs Tampa Bay |
| February 9 2:00 PM | Winnipeg vs Ottawa |
| February 13 7:00 PM | Ottawa vs Pittsburgh |
| March 6 7:30 PM | Ottawa vs Toronto |
| March 8 7:00 PM | Ottawa vs NY Rangers |
| March 11 7:30 PM | Boston vs Ottawa |
| March 28 7:30 PM | NY Rangers vs Ottawa |
BROADCAST SCHEDULE: NHL GAMES ON RDS AND RDS2 (ALL TIMES IN ET)
| January 2013 | ||
| January 19 3:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia | RDS2 |
| January 23 7:00 PM | Toronto vs Pittsburgh | RDS2 |
| January 26 7:00 PM | Toronto vs NY Rangers | RDS |
| January 28 9:30 PM | Colorado vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
| January 31 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs NY Rangers | RDS |
| February 2013 | ||
| February 1 7:00 PM | Philadelphia vs Washington | RDS |
| February 1 10:00 PM | Chicago vs Vancouver | RDS2 |
| February 2 7:00 PM | Boston vs Toronto | RDS |
| February 2 10:00 PM | Chicago vs Calgary | RDS |
| February 4 9:30 PM | Vancouver vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
| February 5 7:30 PM | Tampa Bay vs Philadelphia | RDS |
| February 10 7:30 PM | New Jersey vs Pittsburgh | RDS |
| February 11 7:00 PM | Philadelphia vs Toronto | RDS2 |
| February 15 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs Winnipeg | RDS |
| February 16 10:00 PM | Colorado vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
| February 17 6:00 PM | Washington vs NY Rangers | RDS |
| February 20 7:30 PM | Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh | RDS |
| February 22 7:00 PM | Floride vs Pittsburgh | RDS2 |
| February 26 7:00 PM | Winnipeg vs NY Rangers | RDS |
| February 28 7:00 PM | Tampa Bay vs NY Rangers | RDS |
| March 2013 | ||
| March 1 8:00 PM | Edmonton vs St. Louis | RDS2 |
| March 2 10:00 PM | Los Angeles vs Vancouver | RDS2 |
| March 4 7:30 PM | Tampa Bay vs Pittsburgh | RDS2 |
| March 12 7:30 PM | Boston vs Pittsburgh | RDS |
| March 14 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs Toronto | RDS |
| March 15 7:00 PM | New Jersey vs Philadelphie | RDS |
| March 15 9:30 PM | Detroit vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
| March 16 10:00 PM | Detroit vs Vancouver | RDS2 |
| March 17 12h30 PM | Boston vs Pittsburgh | RDS |
| March 18 7:30 PM | Philadelphia vs Tampa Bay | RDS |
| March 20 7:00 PM | Tampa Bay vs Toronto | RDS |
| March 22 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs NY Islanders | RDS2 |
| March 23 10:00 PM | St-Louis vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
| March 24 7:00 PM | Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh | RDS |
| March 25 7:00 PM | Toronto vs Boston | RDS |
| March 29 7:30 PM | New Jersey vs Tampa Bay | RDS2 |
| March 30 10:00 PM | Vancouver vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
| March 31 7:30 PM | Washington vs Philadelphia | RDS |
| April 2013 | ||
| April 2 7:30 PM | Buffalo vs Pittsburgh | RDS2 |
| April 5 7:00 PM | NY Rangers vs Pittsburgh | RDS |
| April 7 7:00 PM | Tampa Bay vs Washington | RDS |
| April 8 7:00 PM | NY Rangers vs Toronto | RDS |
| April 10 7:30 PM | Toronto vs NY Rangers | RDS2 |
| April 12 8:30 PM | Detroit vs Chicago | RDS |
| April 16 7:30 PM | NY Rangers vs Philadelphia | RDS |
| April 19 7:00 PM | Pittsburgh vs Boston | RDS |
| April 19 9:00 PM | Edmonton vs Colorado | RDS2 |
| April 20 10:00 PM | Detroit vs Vancouver | RDS2 |
| April 22 7:30 PM | Phoenix vs Detroit | RDS |
| April 24 7:00 PM | Toronto vs Tampa Bay | RDS |
| April 26 8:30 PM | Calgary vs Chicago | RDS2 |
| April 27 10:00 PM | Vancouver vs Edmonton | RDS2 |
