APTN partners with Sportsnet to broadcast more NHL games in Plains Cree

TORONTO — Following the historic first NHL broadcast in Plains Cree last season in conjunction with Rogers Hometown Hockey’s visit to Enoch Cree Nation, Sportsnet and APTN are expanding their partnership to deliver more NHL games over the next three seasons, the companies announced Monday. In total, a minimum of six NHL games per year will be broadcast on APTN in Plains Cree, with the first Cree-language broadcast of the 2019-20 NHL season featuring the Winnipeg Jets vs. Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, January 19 at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. Sportsnet will continue to deliver the broadcast production, which will...