The National Hockey League season came to a close this month and with it came the end of an era as longtime partners Rogers and CBC were unable to come to a new agreement for NHL broadcasts. So fans will no longer find NHL games on CBC platforms and will, at this point, only be…
Pour one out for another Canadian institution. CBC announced Tuesday its Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts have come to an end, placing the network’s airings of NHL hockey games in the same category as the Hudson’s Bay Company, Eaton’s, the penny, Mr. Dressup and gas below $1.50 per litre: beloved, and no more. But as Canadians grapple…
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CBC will no longer broadcast NHL hockey games after it and national rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet were unable to come to agreement on a new sublicensing deal that would have allowed the public broadcaster to air games on its Saturday program Hockey Night in Canada. The CBC, which began televising NHL games in 1952, had operated…
But that excuse has long since passed. Allowing Rogers to continue to borrow the public airwaves was an increasingly ridiculous proposition, especially after the telecom and media giant started throwing more billions into professional sports, including its takeover of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, owner of the Leafs and Raptors. Rogers’ push into sports has…
Sportsnet said the collaboration with CBC, which evolved since the 2014-15 season when Rogers obtained the exclusive national multimedia rights to NHL games in Canada, sub-licensing Saturday night and playoff games to the CBC, “has been a terrific partnership.”
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 16, 2026 11:57 am Updated June 16, 2026 11:58 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rogers Sportsnet and the CBC say that the public broadcaster will not carry NHL broadcasts next season. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to…