Sportsnet, APTN score first Cree-language NHL broadcast

TORONTO - Sportsnet and APTN are teaming up on the NHL’s first ever broadcast in Plains Cree next weekend.The historic broadcast is scheduled for Sunday, March 24, when the Montreal Canadiens meet the Carolina Hurricanes on Rogers Hometown Hockey in Cree on APTN at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT. Sportsnet will handle the production, while APTN will air the matchup with exclusive Cree-language commentary and analysis. Broadcaster Clarence Iron, recognized within the Indigenous hockey community as one of the “Cree Voices of Hockey”, will handle the play-by-play call for APTN, while Juno Award-winning musician Earl Wood will host...