Beginning with the 2021-22 season, the new partnerships include approximately 30 regular-season games each year delivered by TSN, in addition to select playoff coverage and the comprehensive suite of CHL national events. Additionally, the agreement includes approximately 20 French-language broadcasted games on RDS, early-season weekend games broadcasted by CBC Sports, as well as digital streaming rights featuring a CHL TV broadcast each week during the regular season on TSN, RDS, and the free CBC Gem streaming service.
Sportsnet has been home to CHL games since 1998 and signed a 12 year extension back in 2014 through to the 2025-26 season.
TSN already hosts many events on the hockey schedule including the yearly World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. If the Halifax Mooseheads are apart of any of the broadcasts this year, I'll let you know. I hope they are as it's been a couple of years since our team has been in the spotlight.
MEIER
According to the San Jose Barracuda, former Halifax Mooseheads captain Timo Meier is set to make his professional debut on Friday night for the Barracuda. Meier's pro debut was pushed back a couple of weeks because the 20 year old was diagnosed with monocleosis at the end of September forcing him out of the lineup for at least 4 weeks. The San Jose Sharks, who drafted Timo 9th overall in the 2015 NHL draft, reassigned the forward to the AHL a couple of weeks ago to get some conditioning after he felt better. Meier had this to say on Tuesday after his first full practice since his diagnosis; “I feel great, and I can’t wait to get out there. I feel like we have a really good team, I think we can really achieve a lot.” According to the article, the Herisau, Switzerland native lost 10 pounds in the month that he was sick but has gained it back. In two and a half seasons with the Herd, Meier had 160 points which included 72 goals in 150 games played. Halifax traded Timo to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on January 6 where he scored 23 goals and 51 points in 29 games to help the team get 1st overall in the league. During the playoffs, the forward was second in team scoring and helped lead the Huskies to their first President's Cup win. He was also the captain of the 2016 Switzerland World Junior team where he finished with 5 points in 6 games. Good luck to Timo in your debut and this season with the Barracuda.
LOCAL NIGHT
Saturday evening's game versus the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles has been designated as Celebrate Local Night at Scotiabank Centre. The Moose will host Pierre-Luc Dubois and the Eagles in the second game of a home-and-home series. The team has stated that about 800 prizes will be handed out from local businesses. There will also be a few Nova Scotian Olympians and Paralympians who participated in the Rio Olympics in August, according to the release.
Photo - Team Canada twitter
U17 CHALLENGE
On Tuesday, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Jared McIsaac, two rookies for the Mooseheads who have played quite well so far this season, left Halifax to head to Saint Ste. Marie to participate in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge hosted by Hockey Canada. The Canadian teams announced their leadership group on Thursday and both boys are apart of their respective team's leaders. Groulx was named captain of Canada Red while McIsaac was given an A for Canada White. The tournament runs from October 28-November 5. Congratulations to Jared and Benoit-Olivier and good luck guys.
Photo - Team Canada twitter
SPORTSNET
It was announced on Friday that the January 7th game vs. the Saint John Sea Dogs will be broadcasted nationally across Canada on Sportsnet. Because the channel now shows NHL hockey on Saturday nights, the start of the Mooseheads game has been moved to 4:00pm Atlantic time instead of the normal 7pm to allow for the TV slot.
MACKINNON
Former Halifax Mooseheads star player Nathan MacKinnon had a little fun on Thursday to celebrate the Denver Nuggets basketball season getting underway. Dressed in a Nuggets jersey, Kid Mack tried some trick shots and made a nice basket while facing the opposite direction. Check it out here.
NEW SIGNEE
The Herd announced that they had signed a 17 year old Ontario free agent on Tuesday. Moose Country would like to welcome Caleb Rich to the team. Rich played 15 games in the Northern Ontario Hockey League this season for the French River Rapids before being signed by the Herd. In 68 career games with the Rapids, the Callander, ON native had 27 goals and 64 points. He was in the lineup for Halifax on Wednesday night even though he wasn't expected to be. General Manager Cam Russell feels "that he could be a top-six player since he was a point per game player as a 16-year-old." Russell also had this to say; “There’s lots to like there he’s got great size, good speed and he seems to play well in traffic.”
The annual Hockey Day in Canada, which celebrates this country's favourite past time, starts today in Halifax.
Today's events include the opening ceremonies and a shinny game that will be held at the Halifax Forum. The opening ceremonies will start at 6pm followed by the shinny game that will pit Team Ron MacLean versus Team Wendel Clark. NHL alumni and other VIP's will be lacing up there skates for this free of charge event.
While the actual Day isn't until Saturday, the city decided to have 4 days of events held at different places around Halifax. Tomorrow morning, fans will be able to skate with the Stanley Cup on the Emera Oval from 7-9am. Thursday night will be the Stolen from a Hockey Card concert at Spatz Theatre (in Citadel High School). Singers include Buck 65 and Theo Fleury. Tickets to the concert are $35 plus tax. Friday will be the celebrity luncheon hosted by Halifax's Chamber of Commerce. There's a big lineup of hockey players scheduled to be in attendance plus personalities like Don Cherry and Ron MacLean. The Halifax Mooseheads will take on the Shawinigan Cataractes on Friday evening, in a game that will be broadcast across Canada so puck drop has been moved to 8pm.
Saturday will be a full day of events held at the Emera Oval. NHL games during the day will be showing on LED screens. There will also be snow sculptors, the Stanley Cup, free food and Ron MacLean will be hosting the event. Hockey Nova Scotia clinics will be going on from 1-2:30pm and 5:30-7pm, a shinny tournament will be playing 10am-noon plus a public skate from 3:30-4:30pm. A Valentine's Day Jersey skate will be from 7-9pm. All the day's events are free of charge. Sportnet will again be broadcasting a Moose game on this night at 8pm. It will be a battle of Nova Scotia as the Scotiabank Centre hosts the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.
Sportsnet released its Canadian Hockey League television schedule today. The TV channel will show more than 50 CHL games this season as part of a new 12 year partnership deal with the CHL. It will include Friday Night Hockey on SN as well as the CHL/NHL Top Prospect's Game, the Subway Super Series and the Memorial Cup.
As part of the regular season schedule, Sportsnet will be broadcasting two Halifax Mooseheads games. Hockey Day in Canada will be coming to Halifax this year and the Mooseheads game that day will be on national television.
The two games will be Friday February 13, 2015 versus the Shawinigan Cataractes and Saturday February 14, 2015 versus the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Because they will be on national TV, the two games will have a 8pm Atlantic time start now instead of the normal 7pm beginning.
For the full press release and schedule click here.
ROY
Today, it was announced by the Colorado Avalanche that they have made former franchise goalie Patrick Roy their head coach.
Patrick was head coach of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. After playing 10 years in Montreal with the Canadiens, Roy was traded to the Avalanche during the 1995-96 season. He spent 8 years in Denver playing 478 games as their number one goalie. While in Denver, he won two Stanley Cups in 1996 and 2001 while also being named to the NHL All-Star Game in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Congratulations to Patrick we won't miss you in the Q.
THROWER
Dalton Thrower has been suspended for the rest of the Memorial Cup tournament after hitting Taylor Leier in last night's final round robin game. Leier has been said to have a concussion. So Saskatoon will have to play the rest of their season with a man down. They will most likely put one of their healthy scratches in the game when they take on the London Knights at 9pm Atlantic time.
GRAND PARADE
Sunday's Memorial Cup Championship Game will be broadcasted on Sportsnet, just like the rest of the tournament, at 8:00pm Atlantic time. The HRM announced that they will once again show a Moosehead game on the big screen in Grand Parade Square. It will be the fourth time this month that fans can watch one of Halifax's games on the big screen.
