Noting a Highly Respectable Canadian Tradition

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Specifically hockey.

As noted by Tod Maffin at the CBC Blog today, the Hockey Night in Canada regular NHL season broadcast schedule for 2006-'07 has now been posted for one and all to peruse.

Some things, even if not sacred, should not be tampered with.

Update: Inspired by Chris' comments, I did a quick check at the NHL website, with these results. Apparently, the US TV broadcasts aren't even waiting until Thursday after Opening Night.

Comments

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The funny thing is that the "Thursday" aspect didn't surprise me.

I think I've been successfully conditioned to expect this by now. Especially when CBC is trying to hold onto HNiC in the face of ongoing ratings battles with TSN and the other cable operations.

Further on the Subject

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I note that Ottawa's got 16 games on the CBC/HNiC schedule, as opposed to Toronto's 27. And apparently, I'm not alone in noting the Leaf Nation Dominance (http://www.insidethecbc.com/2006/08/09/ice-time/#comments).