TORONTO – Twenty-seven of the 71 nationally televised NHL regular season games this year on TSN will be shown in high definition on TSN HD.
TSN’s NHL HD coverage gets underway on opening night (October 5) with a doubleheader, as two of the network’s four scheduled games are available in high-def: Ottawa @ Toronto at 8 p.m. ET in the battle of Ontario, followed by Phoenix @ Vancouver at 10:30 p.m. ET as Wayne Gretzky makes his coaching debut and Todd Bertuzzi returns to the NHL.
This year, TSN is in the midst of a broadcast schedule featuring 900 hours of HD programming from more than 300 national and international events.
TSN HD is available on Bell ExpressVu channel 850, Rogers Digital Cable channels 407/503, Cogeco Cable channel 278, Videotron channel 660, Access Communications channel 506, and Hamilton’s Mountain Cable channel 641
2005-06 NHL on TSN national broadcast schedule
* = games in HD
October
• *Wednesday, Oct. 5 Ottawa @ Toronto 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
• Wednesday, Oct. 5 Calgary @ Minnesota 8 p.m. ET (regional – Alberta only)
• Wednesday, Oct. 5 Colorado @ Edmonton 10:30 p.m. ET (regional – Alberta only)
• *Wednesday, Oct. 5 Phoenix @ Vancouver 10:30 p.m. ET
• Thursday, Oct. 6 Montreal @ NY Rangers 7 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Oct. 11 Phoenix @ Dallas 8:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Oct. 12 Vancouver @ Minnesota 8:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8 p.m. ET)
• Thursday, Oct. 13 Buffalo @ Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Oct. 18 Boston @ Montreal 7:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Oct. 19 NY Islanders @ NY Rangers 7 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Oct. 25 Philadelphia @ Montreal 7 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Oct. 25 Edmonton @ Colorado 9:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Oct. 26 Tampa Bay @ New Jersey 7:30 p.m. ET
November
• Tuesday, Nov. 1 Chicago @ Detroit 7 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Nov. 2 Ottawa @ Buffalo 7 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Nov. 8 Boston @ Philadelphia 7 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Nov. 9 LA @ Detroit 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Thursday, Nov. 10 Montreal @ Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Friday, Nov. 11 Toronto @ Buffalo 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
• *Wednesday, Nov. 16 Detroit @ Calgary 8:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8 p.m. ET)
• Friday, Nov. 18 Atlanta @ Philadelphia 7 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Nov. 23 Boston @ Toronto 7:30 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Nov. 29 Boston @ New Jersey 7:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Nov. 30 Toronto @ Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Nov. 30 Colorado @ Vancouver 10 p.m. ET
December
• Tuesday, Dec. 6 Atlanta @ San Jose 10:30 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Dec. 7 Calgary @ New Jersey 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Tuesday, Dec. 13 Phoenix @ Montreal 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Dec. 14 Dallas @ Buffalo 7 p.m. ET
• *Friday, Dec. 16 Buffalo @ Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Dec. 20 Colorado @ Nashville 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
• Wednesday, Dec. 21 New Jersey @ NY Islanders 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Dec. 21 Edmonton @ Vancouver 10 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Dec. 28 Nashville @ Vancouver 10:30 p.m. ET
• Thursday, Dec. 29 Minnesota @ Calgary 10 p.m. ET
• Friday, Dec. 30 NY Islanders @ Ottawa 7 p.m. ET
• Friday, Dec. 30 Nashville @ Edmonton 9:30 p.m. ET
January
• *Wednesday, Jan. 4 Ottawa @ Washington 7 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Jan. 10 Detroit @ Carolina 7 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Jan. 11 Montreal @ Colorado 9 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8:30 p.m. ET)
• Tuesday, Jan. 17 New Jersey @ St. Louis 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
• *Wednesday, Jan. 18 Toronto @ Minnesota 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
• Thursday, Jan. 19 Boston @ Philadelphia 7 p.m. ET
• Friday, Jan. 20 Tampa Bay @ Dallas 8:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8 p.m. ET)
• Tuesday, Jan. 24 Phoenix @ Minnesota 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
• Wednesday, Jan. 25 Montreal @ Philadelphia 7 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Jan. 25 Edmonton @ Anaheim 10 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Jan. 31 Toronto @ Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. ET
February
• *Wednesday, Feb. 1 Ottawa @ New Jersey 7:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Feb. 1 Columbus @ Calgary 10 p.m. ET
• *Thursday, Feb. 2 Montreal @ Boston 7 p.m. ET
• *Sunday, Feb. 5 Philadelphia @ Montreal 3 p.m. ET (pre-game at 2:30 p.m. ET)
• Wednesday, Feb. 8 Ottawa @ NY Rangers 7 p.m. ET
• Thursday, Feb. 9 Detroit @ Nashville 8 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7:30 p.m. ET)
March
• *Wednesday, Mar. 1 Ottawa @ Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. ET
• Sunday, Mar. 5 Dallas @ Chicago 7 p.m. ET
• *Tuesday, Mar. 7 Montreal @ Toronto 7:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Mar. 8 Pittsburgh @ Washington 7 p.m. ET
• Sunday, Mar. 12 Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7 p.m. ET)
• Wednesday, Mar. 15 Anaheim @ Detroit 7:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Mar. 22 Philadelphia @ NY Rangers 7 p.m. ET
• *Thursday, Mar. 23 Toronto @ Montreal 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Sunday, Mar. 26 Toronto @ New Jersey 7:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 7 p.m. ET)
• Tuesday, Mar. 28 Anaheim @ Colorado 9 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Mar. 29 LA @ Calgary 8:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8 p.m. ET)
• Friday, Mar. 31 Chicago @ Detroit 7 p.m. ET
April
• Sunday, Apr. 2 Detroit @ Minnesota 3:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 3 p.m. ET)
• *Tuesday, Apr. 4 Boston @ Montreal 7:30 p.m. ET
• *Wednesday, Apr. 5 NY Islanders @ Toronto 7:30 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, Apr. 5 Phoenix @ Calgary 10 p.m. ET
• Friday, Apr. 7 Edmonton @ Chicago 8:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8 p.m. ET)
• *Wednesday, Apr. 12 Montreal @ Buffalo 7 p.m. ET
• Tuesday, Apr. 18 St. Louis @ Chicago 8:30 p.m. ET (pre-game at 8 p.m. ET)
