Sportsnet toasts 2015 and welcomes in the New Year with a celebration of hockey, headlined by comprehensive coverage of the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® on New Year’s Day featuring the Montreal Canadiens taking on the Boston Bruins at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA.
Sportsnet’s coverage of the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® festivities kicks off with the 2016 NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game presented by Molson Canadian – featuring Don Cherry as a coach for the Bruins alumni team – on Thursday, Dec. 31 at 3:30 p.m. ET /12:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet, followed by an special New Year’s Eve NHL doubleheader.
Below are the key details of Sportsnet’s NHL coverage from Dec. 31 to Jan.3:
Thursday, Dec. 31
2016 NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game presented by Molson Canadian (3:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. PT, Sportsnet)
- Play-by-play: Jim Hughson; Game Analyst: Glenn Healy; Reporter: Scott Oake
NHL on Sportsnet: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Detroit Red Wings (6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT, Sportsnet)
Hockey Central (8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT, Sportsnet ONE and 360)
- Host: Jeff Marek; Studio Analysts: Doug MacLean and Rich Sutter
NHL on Sportsnet: Los Angeles Kings @ Calgary Flames (9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, Sportsnet ONE and 360)
- Play-by-play: Rick Ball; Game Analysts: Eric Francis and Kelly Hrudey; Reporter: Roger Millions
Friday, Jan. 1
2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® Pre-Game Show (12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT, Sportsnet)
- Hockey Night in Canada host George Stroumboulopoulos will be front and centre at Gillette Stadium, teeing up the game alongside Elliotte Friedman and Nick Kypreos
- Pre-game feature on Canadiens goalie Mike Condon: A Massachusetts native, Condon has surprised many given his unlikely path to the NHL. His journey was inspired in part by his father, a Sergeant with the Massachusetts state police. Now, with Carey Price out with injury, Condon will face the Bruins on New Year’s Day just a short drive from where he grew up.
2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®: Montreal Canadiens @ Boston Bruins (1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, Sportsnet)
- Play-by-play: Hughson; Game Analysts: Glenn Healy and Craig Simpson; Reporter: Oake
- Coach’s Corner: Don Cherry and Ron MacLean are live from Foxborough in the first intermission
Saturday, Jan. 2
Hockey Central (5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, Sportsnet East, Ontario and Pacific)
- Host: Marek; Studio Analysts: John Shannon and P.J. Stock
Hockey Central Saturday (6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT, CBC and City excluding Toronto)
- Host: Stroumboulopoulos; Studio Analysts: Friedman, Hrudey and Kypreos
Hockey Night in Canada (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT)
- Host: Stroumboulopoulos; Studio Analysts: Cox, Friedman, Hrudey and Kypreos
- Coach’s Corner: Don Cherry and Ron MacLean (first intermission)
- Saturday’s Headlines: Damien Cox and Friedman (second intermission)
St. Louis @ Toronto (CBC) (OMNI – Punjabi)
- Play-by-play: Paul Romanuk; Game Analyst: Mike Johnson; Reporter: Sean McKenzie
Hockey Night in Canada (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT)
Winnipeg @ San Jose (Sportsnet)
- Play-by-play: R.J. Broadhead; Game Analyst: Greg Millen; Reporter: Leah Hextall
Calgary @ Colorado (CBC)
- Play-by-play: Dave Randorf; Game Analyst: Garry Galley; Reporter: Millions
Hockey Central Post-Game (1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT, CBC)
Host: Stroumboulopoulos; Studio Analysts: Friedman, Hrudey and Kypreos
Sunday, Jan. 3
Rogers Hometown Hockey Pre-Game, Live from Thunder Bay, ON (6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT, Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)
- Host: Ron MacLean; Reporter: Tara Slone
Rogers Hometown Hockey: Ottawa @ Chicago (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT, Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)
- Play-by-play: Hughson; Game Analyst: Healy; Reporter: Christine Simpson
Host: Ron MacLean; Reporters: Slone
*NOTE: Commentator schedule is subject to change
