Puck drops on Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour starting in October
Posted September 9, 2014 8:55 am.
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A hockey party is coming to a city near you.
The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour will visit 25 communities every weekend throughout the NHL season.
The tour kicks off in London, Ont., on Oct. 11-12.
At each event, there will be free festivities, interactive games, appearances by NHL alumni and local hockey heroes, and more. It will also host outdoor viewing parties on Saturday and Sunday.
Before each Sunday’s featured match-up on City, Ron MacLean will host a 30-minute pre-game show program live on-site from the Sportsnet Mobile Studio, featuring interviews with celebrities, NHL alumni and other special guests.
“It’s a half-hour tee-up to the program, but because it’s an NHL game, it’s actually a three-and-a-half hour broadcast,” MacLean told Breakfast Television on Tuesday.
MacLean, and other Sportsnet personalities, will also make appearances during the intermission and post-game show.
“The passion for hockey in this country is unrivaled. Every Canadian has a connection to the game – it is part of our DNA, it is part of our communities,” said MacLean. “We’re excited to share in this season-long celebration of Canada’s favourite pastime, help grow the game and bring to life those great hockey stories every Sunday.”
The first broadcast will take place on Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET on City before the Toronto Maple Leafs take on New York Rangers.
The broadcasts will culminate with the hockey game each week on City.
Below is a map of the tour locations:
Below is a list of the dates and locations of the event & pre-game broadcasts:
WEEK |
DATE |
TOUR LOCATION |
SUNDAY MATCHUP |
TV |
1 |
Oct. 12 |
London, Ont. |
Toronto at NY Rangers |
City |
2 |
Oct, 19 |
Selkirk, Man. |
Calgary at Winnipeg |
City |
3 |
Oct. 26 |
Saskatoon, Sask. |
Ottawa at Chicago |
City |
4 |
Nov. 2 |
Red Deer, Alta. |
Calgary at Montreal |
City |
5 |
Nov. 9 |
Burnaby, B.C. |
Vancouver at Anaheim |
City |
6 |
Nov. 16 |
Kelowna, B.C. |
Montreal at Detroit |
City |
7 |
Nov. 23 |
Fort McMurray, Alta. |
Montreal at NY Rangers |
City |
8 |
Nov. 30 |
Brandon, Man. |
Vancouver at Detroit |
City |
9 |
Dec. 7 |
Sudbury, Ont. |
Vancouver at Ottawa |
City |
10 |
Dec. 14 |
St. Catharines, Ont. |
Calgary at Chicago |
City |
11 |
Dec. 21 |
Kingston, Ont. |
Toronto at Chicago |
City |
12 |
Dec.28 |
Peterborough, Ont. |
Vancouver at Anaheim |
City |
13 |
Jan. 4 |
Owen Sound, Ont. |
Tampa Bay at Ottawa |
City |
14 |
Jan. 11 |
Moncton, N.B. |
Florida at Edmonton |
City |
15 |
Jan. 18 |
Charlottetown, P.E.I. |
Arizona at Winnipeg |
City |
16 |
Feb. 1 |
Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Que. |
Arizona at Montreal |
City |
17 |
Feb. 8 |
St. John’s, Nfld. |
Montreal at Boston |
Sportsnet |
18 |
Feb. 15 |
Cole Harbour, N.S. |
Philadelphia at Buffalo |
City |
19 |
Feb. 22 |
Boischatel, Que. |
Vancouver at NY Islanders |
City |
20 |
March 1 |
Sault Ste Marie, Ont. |
Toronto at Washington |
City |
21 |
March 8 |
Thompson, Man. |
Calgary at Ottawa |
City |
22 |
March 15 |
Regina, Sask. |
Philadelphia at Ottawa |
City |
23 |
March 22 |
Prince George, B.C. |
Vancouver at Arizona |
City |
24 |
March 29 |
Lethbridge, Atla. |
Chicago at Winnipeg |
City |
25 |
April 5 |
Kanata, Ont. |
Ottawa at Toronto |
City |
Sportsnet will broadcast more than 500 national and regional regular season NHL games across nine networks, including City, Sportsnet, CBC, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360 and FX Canada.
The network also has the exclusive Canadian broadcast coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final, NHL All-Star Game, NHL Draft Lottery, NHL Draft, and the NHL Awards.
Also, more than 1,000 regular season games on tablet and smartphones via Rogers NHL GameCentre Live.
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