List of Hockey Night in Canada commentating crews (1980s)

Stanley Cup playoffs

Year	Round	Series	Games covered	Play-by-play	Colour commentator(s)
1980	First round	Philadelphia-Edmonton	Games 1, 3	Bob Cole (in Philadelphia) Don Wittman (in Edmonton)	Gary Dornhoefer (in Philadelphia) Gerry Pinder (in Edmonton)
		Buffalo-Vancouver	Games 1–4[1]	Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)	Gerry Pinder (in Buffalo) Howie Meeker (in Vancouver)
		Montréal-Hartford	Games 1, 3	Danny Gallivan	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Boston-Pittsburgh	Game 5[2]	Jim Robson	Gary Dornhoefer
		Minnesota-Toronto	Games 1, 3	Bill Hewitt (in Minnesota) Bob Cole (in Toronto)	Howie Meeker and Brian McFarlane (in Minnesota) Gary Dornhoefer and Brian McFarlane (in Toronto)
	Quarterfinals	Montréal-Minnesota	Games 1–7[3][4][5]	Danny Gallivan	Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin Jr.
	Semifinals	Philadelphia-Minnesota	Games 4–5[6][7][8][9]	Dan Kelly (first half of Game 4) Jim Robson (second half of Game 4) Don Wittman (Game 5)	Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Game 4) Dick Irvin Jr. (Game 5)
	Semifinals	Buffalo-New York Islanders	Games 1–3, 6[10][11][12]	Bob Cole (Games 1–2; first half of Game 6) Jim Robson (first half of Game 3) Dan Kelly (2nd half of Games 3 and 6)	Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–2, 6) Gerry Pinder (Game 3)
1981	First round	New York Islanders-Toronto	Games 1–3[13]	Bill Hewitt (in New York) Bob Cole (in Toronto)	Howie Meeker and Brian McFarlane (in New York) Gary Dornhoefer and Chico Resch (in Toronto)
		Montréal-Edmonton	Games 1–3[14]	Danny Gallivan	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Buffalo-Vancouver	Games 1–3	Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)	Gerry Pinder (in Buffalo) Howie Meeker (in Vancouver)
		Philadelphia-Québec	Games 4–5[15][16][17]	Bob Cole	Gary Dornhoefer
		Calgary-Chicago	Games 1–3	Bob Cole (in Calgary) Don Wittman (in Chicago)	Gary Dornhoefer (in Calgary) Gerry Pinder (in Chicago)
	Quarterfinals	New York Islanders-Edmonton	Games 1–6[18][19][20]	Danny Gallivan (in New York) Don Wittman (in Edmonton)	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr. (in New York) Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3–4) Gerry Pinder (Games 6)
	Quarterfinals	Philadelphia-Calgary	Games 1–7[21]	Bob Cole	Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–2, 5–7) Gerry Pinder (Games 3–4)
	Semifinals	Calgary-Minnesota	Games 1–6[22][23][24][25]	Jim Robson (in Calgary) Don Wittman (in Minnesota)	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr. (in Calgary) Gary Dornhoefer and Chico Resch (in Minnesota)
1982	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Québec	Games 1–5[26]	Danny Gallivan	Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1, 3–4) Bobby Hull (in Montréal) Dick Irvin Jr. (Games 2–5)
		Winnipeg-St. Louis	Games 1–4	Don Wittman	Mickey Redmond
		Edmonton-Los Angeles	Games 1–5[27]	Bob Cole	Don Cherry Gary Dornhoefer (Game 5)
		Vancouver-Calgary	Games 1–3	Jim Robson (in Vancouver) Dave Hodge (in Calgary)	Howie Meeker
	Divisional finals	Boston-Québec	Games 1–7[28][29][30][31]	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 1–2) Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. (in Québec) Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 5–7)
	Divisional finals	Vancouver-Los Angeles	Games 1–5[32]	Jim Robson (in Vancouver) Don Wittman (in Los Angeles)	Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Los Angeles)
	Conference finals	New York Islanders-Québec	Games 1–4[33][34][35]	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin Jr. Don Cherry (in New York) Bobby Hull (in Québec)
	Conference finals	Chicago-Vancouver	Games 1–5	Don Wittman (in Chicago) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)	Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) Bobby Hull (Game 5)
1983	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Buffalo	Games 1–3[36]	Danny Gallivan	Don Cherry and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Minnesota-Toronto	Games 1–4	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 1–3	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer
		Calgary-Vancouver	Games 1–4	Jim Hughson (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)	Howie Meeker
	Divisional finals	New York Islanders-New York Rangers	Game 6	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond, Chico Resch, Dick Irvin, Jr. and Don Cherry
	Divisional finals	Edmonton-Calgary	Games 1–5[37]	Jim Robson	Gary Dornhoefer
	Conference finals	Boston-New York Islanders	Games 2–3, 5–6[38]	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin Jr.
	Conference finals	Edmonton-Chicago	Games 1–4[39][40]	Jim Robson (in Edmonton) Bob Cole (in Chicago)	Gary Dornhoefer (in Edmonton) Mickey Redmond (in Chicago)
1984	Divisional semifinals	Boston-Montréal	Games 1–3	Danny Gallivan	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
		New York Islanders-New York Rangers	Games 4–5[41]	Bob Cole	Dick Irvin Jr. and Don Cherry
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 1–3	Bob Cole	Gary Dornhoefer
		Calgary-Vancouver	Games 1–4	Don Wittman (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)	Howie Meeker
	Division finals	Québec-Montréal	Games 1–6[42][43]	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. (first two periods of Game 6; rest of series entirely) Mickey Redmond, Don Cherry, Bobby Hull, and Dick Irvin, Jr. (third period of Game 6)
	Division finals	Edmonton-Calgary	Games 1–7[44][45]	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer
	Conference finals	Montréal-New York Islanders	Games 1–6[46][47][48]	Danny Gallivan	Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin Jr.
	Conference finals	Edmonton-Minnesota	Games 1–4	Jim Robson	Mickey Redmond and Chico Resch
1985	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Boston	Games 1–5[49]	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Edmonton-Los Angeles	Games 1–3	Jim Robson	Gary Dornhoefer
		Winnipeg-Calgary	Games 1–4[50][51]	Don Wittman	John Davidson
	Divisional finals	Montréal-Québec	Games 1–2, 5, 7[52]	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Chicago-Minnesota	Game 6	Jim Robson	John Davidson
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 1–4[53][54]	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson
	Conference finals	Edmonton-Chicago	Games 1–6[55]	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson
1986	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Boston	Games 1–3[56]	Dick Irvin Jr.	Harry Neale
		Chicago-Toronto	Games 1–3	Bob Cole	Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Minnesota-St. Louis	Games 4–5	Bob Cole	Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Edmonton-Vancouver	Games 1–3	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Divisional finals	Montréal-Hartford	Games 1–7[57]	Dick Irvin Jr.	Harry Neale
		St. Louis-Toronto	Games 1–7[58][59][60]	Bob Cole	Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Edmonton-Calgary	Games 1–7[61][62][63][64]	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Conference finals	Montréal-New York Rangers	Games 1–5[65]	Bob Cole	Mickey Redmond, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Conference finals	Calgary-St. Louis	Games 1–7[66]	Don Wittman	Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1987	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Boston	Games 1–4	Bob Cole and Dick Irvin, Jr.	Gary Dornhoefer, Harry Neale, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		St. Louis-Toronto	Games 1–6[67][68]	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Edmonton-Los Angeles	Games 1–5	Jim Robson (Games 1–2, 4–5) Steve Armitage (Game 3)	Howie Meeker
		Calgary-Winnipeg	Games 1–6[69]	Don Wittman	Scotty Bowman, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Washington-New York Islanders	Game 7[70]	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Divisional finals	Montréal-Québec	Games 1–2, 5[71], 7	Bob Cole and Dick Irvin, Jr.	Gary Dornhoefer, Harry Neale, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Detroit-Toronto	Games 1–7[72]	Bob Cole	Scotty Bowman, Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 1–4[73]	Don Wittman	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Scotty Bowman, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Conference finals	Philadelphia-Montréal	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1988	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Hartford	Games 1–6	Dick Irvin Jr.	Scotty Bowman
		Detroit-Toronto	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Calgary-Los Angeles	Games 1–5[74]	Bruce Buchanan	John Garrett
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 1–5[75][76]	Chris Cuthbert	Chico Resch
	Divisional finals	Montréal-Boston	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Washington-New Jersey	Games 1 (joined-in-progress), 6–7	Chris Cuthbert (Game 1) Bob Cole (Games 6–7)	Harry Neale (Games 6–7)
		Edmonton-Calgary	Games 1–4[77][78]	Don Wittman	Scotty Bowman, Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Conference finals	Boston-New Jersey	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1989	Divisional semifinals	Montréal-Hartford	Games 1–4	Dick Irvin Jr.	Scotty Bowman
		Calgary-Vancouver	Games 1–7[79]	Bob Cole	Harry Neale (Games 1–2) John Garrett (Games 3–7)
		Los Angeles-Edmonton	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert (Games 1–4) Chris Cuthbert or Don Wittman (Games 5–7)	John Garrett (Games 1–2) Harry Neale (Games 3–7)
	Divisional finals	Montréal-Boston	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Pittsburgh-Philadelphia	Games 6–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		St. Louis-Chicago	Game 5	Don Wittman	Scotty Bowman, Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson and Dick Irvin, Jr.
		Calgary-Los Angeles	Games 1–4	Don Wittman	Scotty Bowman, Harry Neale, Gary Dornhoefer, John Davidson and Dick Irvin, Jr.
	Conference finals	Montréal-Philadelphia	Games 1–6[80][81]	Bob Cole	Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin Jr.
	Conference finals	Calgary-Chicago	Games 1–5[82]	Don Wittman	Harry Neale

Notes

On April 9, 1980, CBC carried the ACTRA awards ceremony. This caused the Hartford-Montréal and Edmonton-Philadelphia playoff games not to be televised. Meanwhile, the Toronto-Minnesota game was shifted to CHCH in Hamilton while the Vancouver-Buffalo game was televised by CBC regionally in British Columbia as usual. The ACTRA awards show was tape-delayed into prime time on the west coast.

Aside from the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals, CBC's only other nationally televised postseason games (all of the other games were seen regionally) from that year were:

Game 4 between Edmonton-Los Angeles (April 12)
Game 6 between Boston-Québec (Game 6 on April 23)
Game 7 between the same two teams at Boston Garden (April 25)
Game 5 between Vancouver-Chicago (May 6).

CTV had the national rights for the 1986 Calgary-St. Louis playoff series, except in the Calgary market, for which CBC and Molson retained exclusive rights to. CTV was unable to televise Games 2 and 3 of this series due to prior commitments. Meanwhile, CBC was allowed to televise Games 2 and 3 to all of Alberta and British Columbia, but not nationally.

On April 18, 1988 (during Game 1 of the Montréal-Boston playoff series) at approximately 8:08 p.m. local time, the was a power outage in the province of Quebec. While darkness enveloped Montreal and the Forum itself, the Forum's reserve generators kicked into gear. The generators were only able to illuminate the rink surface with enough power to keep the game moving. Ultimately, CBC was left with no choice but to abandon coverage following the first period.
- That same day, Chris Cuthbert was assigned by CBC to report and provide updates on Game 1 of Washington-New Jersey playoff series. However, when the Quebec blackout affected CBC's coverage of the Game 1 of the Boston-Montreal playoff series, the network threw to him and the solitary camera beside him in his coverage position to work the rest of this game. The whole process was totally done off the cuff. In other words, there were no graphics, no replay capabilities, and no analyst.

CanWest-Global aired the 1988 Edmonton-Calgary playoff series nationally, except for the Edmonton and Calgary markets, where CBC retained exclusive rights.

References

External links

Stanley Cup Playoffs on CBC - Google Search
- Hockey Night in Canada

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[1] 1980 BUFFALO @ VANCOUVER GAME 4 YouTube 360p on YouTube

[2] Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins - Preliminary Round Game 5 - April 14, 1980 on YouTube

[3] 1980 Minnesota vs Montreal Game # 2 17 04 on YouTube

[4] 1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota North Stars Game 3 4-19-1980 on YouTube

[5] 1980-Stanley Cup Quarter Finals - North Stars vs Canadiens on YouTube

[6] Flyers vs North Stars (G # 4) 1980 Semi Finals on YouTube

[7] Flyers vs North Stars 1980 playoffs, Game 4 highlights on YouTube

[8] May 08/1980 Minnesota North Stars – Philadelphia Flyers g.5 (1) on YouTube

[9] Flyers eliminate North Stars 1980 playoffs, Game 5 highlights on YouTube

[10] NHL Semi-Finals New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres, May 1, 1980 on YouTube

[11] Game 3 1980 Stanley Cup Semifinal Sabres at Islanders (CBC) on YouTube

[12] Game 6 1980 Stanley Cup Semifinal Sabres at Islanders on YouTube

[13] Game 3 1981 Prelim Round Islanders at Maple Leafs CBC on YouTube

[14] 1981 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Edmonton vs Montreal - Game 1 on YouTube

[15] Apr.12/1981 Philadelphia Flyers – Quebec Nordiques g.4 (1) on YouTube

[16] Apr.12/1981 Philadelphia Flyers – Quebec Nordiques g.4 (2) on YouTube

[17] Nordiques vs. Flyers 4/14/1981 on YouTube

[18] New York Islanders 6 Edmonton Oilers Quarter Finals Game 2 April 17 1981 on YouTube

[19] Game 4 1981 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Islanders at Oilers (CBC / NHLN) on YouTube

[20] Game 6 1981 Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Islanders at Oilers on YouTube

[21] Pat Riggin vs Flyers -1981 on YouTube

[22] 1981 Flames vs North Stars Game 3 (May 3, 1981) on YouTube

[23] 1981 Flames vs North Stars Game 4 May 5 on YouTube

[24] 1981 playoffs Flames @ North Stars, Game 4 highlights on YouTube

[25] 1981 playoffs North Stars @ Calgary Flames, Game 5 highlights on YouTube

[26] NHL Classic Games: 1982 Nordiques vs. Canadiens, Div Semi-Final Gm 5 on YouTube

[27] NHL Classic Games: 1982 Oilers vs. Kings on YouTube

[28] CBC 1982 Playoffs Opening (Bruins-Nordiques) on YouTube

[29] Mike Moffat (Boston Bruins 1982 Playoffs) on YouTube

[30] JOHN GARRETT (Quebec Nordiques 1982 Playoffs) on YouTube

[31] Classic: Nordiques @ Bruins 04/25/82 on YouTube

[32] HNIC 1982 NHL Playoff Update (Canucks-Kings) on YouTube

[33] Game 1 1982 Wales Conference Final Nordiques at Islanders (CBC) on YouTube

[34] Game 3 1982 Wales Conference Final Islanders at Nordiques (CBC) on YouTube

[35] Game 4 1982 Wales Conference Final Islanders at Nordiques (CBC) (better quality) on YouTube

[36] 1983 playoffs Sabres-Habs on YouTube

[37] NHL Classic Games: 1983 Flames vs. Oilers - Division Final, Gm 5 on YouTube

[38] New York Islanders 8 Boston Bruins 4 Conference Finals Game 6 May 7 1983 Condensed CBC Version on YouTube

[39] NHL Classic Games: 1983 Conference Final, Gm1: Blackhawks vs Oilers on YouTube

[40] NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Finals 1983 - Game 4 - Edmonton Oilers @ Chicago Blackhawks on YouTube

[41] Game 5 1984 Patrick Division Semifinal New York Rangers at New York Islanders on YouTube

[42] 1984 Adams Division Final Montreal Canadiens vs Quebec Nordiques Game 4 on YouTube

[43] Classic: Nordiques @ Canadiens 04/20/84 on YouTube

[44] Oilers vs Flames OT (G # 6) - 1984 Division Finals on YouTube

[45] Oilers vs Flames (G # 7) - 1984 Division Finals on YouTube

[46] Game 3 1984 Wales Conference Final Canadiens at Islanders (CBC) on YouTube

[47] Game 4 1984 Wales Conference Final Canadiens at Islanders (CBC) on YouTube

[48] Game 6 1984 Wales Conference Final Canadiens at Islanders (CBC) on YouTube

[49] Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 1985 on YouTube

[50] BRIAN MULLEN SCORES OT WINNER FOR JETS on YouTube

[51] Winnipeg Jets First NHL Playoff Series Win 1985 on YouTube

[52] Quebec Nordiques vs Montreal Canadiens - Match 7 - 1985 Adams Conference Quart de final on YouTube

[53] 1985 Winnipeg Jets vs Edmonton Oilers Game#3 Second Round on YouTube

[54] 1985 Winnipeg Jets vs Edmonton Oilers Game#4 Second Round on YouTube

[55] NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Finals 1985 - Game 5 - Chicago Blackhawks @ Edmonton Oilers on YouTube

[56] 1986 Playoffs - Habs sweep Bruins on YouTube

[57] Claude Lemieux 1986 Game 7 OT vs Whalers on YouTube

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[60] 1986 Toronto vs St Louis April 30 gm 7 RB on YouTube

[61] CBC 1986 Playoffs Opening (Oilers vs Flames) on YouTube

[62] Classic: Flames @ Oilers 04/18/86 on YouTube

[63] Classic: Oilers @ Flames 04/28/86 on YouTube

[64] NHL Smythe Division Final 1986 - Game 7 - Calgary Flames @ Edmonton Oilers on YouTube

[65] 1986 Habs-Rangers Game 3 highlights/ Claude Lemieux scores OT winner on YouTube

[66] Monday Night Miracle on YouTube

[67] 1987 Stanley Cup Playoffs Divsion Semi Final St Louis at Toronto on YouTube

[68] 1987 Leafs vs Blues gm 6 RB April 16 on YouTube

[69] 1987 Smythe Division Semi Final Winnipeg Jets vs Calgary Flames Game 6 on YouTube

[70] 1987 Easter Epic Full Game CBC feed on YouTube

[71] Apr.28/1987 Quebec Nordiques – Montreal Canadiens G5 on YouTube

[72] NORRIS DIVISION FINALS 1987 - Game 7 - Toronto Maple Leafs @ Detroit Red Wings on YouTube

[73] 1987 Winnipeg Jets vs Edmonton Oilers Game#1 Second Round on YouTube

[74] 1988 NHL Playoff Update (Flames-Kings) on YouTube

[75] "Oilers Goals" 1988 Playoffs vs Jets (1st Round) on YouTube

[76] Oilers vs Jets 1988 G # 3 (Winnipeg First Playoff Game Win vs Edm)d on YouTube

[77] NHL Smythe Division Finals 1988 - Game 2 - Edmonton Oilers @ Calgary Flames on YouTube

[78] Oilers sweep Flames 1988 on YouTube

[79] 1989 Smythe Division Semi Final Calgary Flames vs Vancouver Canucks Game 7 on YouTube

[80] 1988-89 - Canadiens @ Flyers, Game 4 - Fight at Habs Bench on YouTube

[81] 1988-89 - Canadiens @ Flyers, Game 6 - Ron Hextall mugs Chris Chelios on YouTube

[82] Flames win Conference Final (1989) on YouTube

List of Hockey Night in Canada commentating crews (1980s)

Stanley Cup playoffs

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