Sportsnet, APTN partner on Hockey Night in Canada in Cree

TORONTO and WINNIPEG – Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet and APTN announced today Cree-language NHL broadcasts are returning with the debut of Hockey Night in Canada in Cree in January. “Building on the historic debut of Rogers Hometown Hockey in Cree in 2019 and the ensuing landmark three-year deal to produce and air NHL on Sportsnet games in Plains Cree, Sportsnet and APTN are set to return to Canadian screens with Cree-language NHL coverage – now on Saturday night,” a press release says. Hockey Night in Canada in Cree will broadcast nationally on APTN and feature six games starting Jan....