On Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 4:52:47 PM UTC-5, TMC wrote:

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HNIC started on CBC in the fall of 1952-53; they have covered literally thousands of games since, and I am disinclined to type out thousands of games; briefly...from November 1, 1952 through 1969-70 they covered every Saturday night Canadiens or Leafs
home regular season game, all Canadiens and Leafs playoff games home and away, and all games of the 1961 Stanley Cup final between Detroit and Chicago( the only one in those years not involving either the Leafs or Canadiens), two 1958 semi final games
between New York Rangers and Boston, four 1968 semi final games between Minnesota and St. Louis; get the schedules for those years and you will have what you ask for for the 1952-1970 years.

CBC also televised the NHL All star games when it was played (Stanley cup champs vs all stars) on the Saturday night preceding the start of the regular season (1953-1965).

Once Vancouver came into the league in 1970-71 many, but not all, Vancouver home games were shown; to my knowledge there still has never been a Toronto Saturday home game not shown on HNIC, but as for Montreal, Calgary, Winnipeg,
Edmonton, Vancouver...… Some, but not all, games have been shown every season; when Quebec was in the league HNIC had playoff games vs. Philadelphia in 1981, Montreal, Boston, and New York Islanders in 82, Montreal in 84, 85, Monreal in 93 and Rangers
in 95, but their regular season Saturdays on HNIC were limited to 10-17-81 vs Toronto, 1-15-83, vs Calgary, 12-10-89, vs Los Angeles, 3-24-90, vs Toronto, 3-5-94 vs Toronto, 3-4-95 vs Buffalo, 4-2-95 vs Ottawa, 5-3-95 vs Hartford; I think, but can not be
sure without checking my entire file, that the most games HNIC ever showed on a single Saturday was 4; one example,
January 21, 1989...I was away at the 49ers Super Bowl in Miami and taped all the games, all at 8pm eastern:

Toronto-Montreal: Bob Cole, Harry Neale, Dick Irvin;
Pittsburgh-Edmonton Chris Cuthbert, Scotty Bowman;
Philadelphia-Winnipeg: Don Wittman, Brad Selwood;
Rangers-Vancouver: Bruce Buchanan, John Garrett.
They have done 4 games on a single Saturday a number of times since, most recently January 10, 2009.

Here's a typical schedule for CBLT 5 in Toronto and CKVR 3 Barrie.
These games were also on CHEX 12 Peterborough.

1979-80
10/13 Colorado at Toronto, Quebec at Montreal (ch. 12)
10/20 Vancouver at Toronto
10/27 Detroit at Montreal
11/03 Buffalo at Toronto, Philadelphia at Montreal (ch. 12)
11/10 Toronto at Winnipeg
11/17 Boston at Toronto
11/24 Chicago at Toronto
12/01 Philadelphia at Toronto
12/08 NY Islanders at Toronto
12/15 Atlanta at Toronto
12/22 Detroit at Toronto
12/29 Winnipeg at Toronto
01/05 Quebec at Toronto, Chicago at Montreal (ch. 12)
01/12 Vancouver at Toronto
01/19 Toronto at Montreal
01/26 Toronto at Edmonton
02/02 Chicago at Toronto
02/09 Los Angeles at Toronto, Vancouver at Montreal (chls. 3, 12)
02/16 Hartford at Toronto
02/23 Toronto at Winnipeg
03/01 Philadelphia at Toronto
03/08 Quebec at Toronto
03/15 NY Rangers at Toronto
03/22 Buffalo at Toronto
03/29 Edmonton at Toronto
04/05 Minnesota at Toronto, Boston at Montreal (ch. 12)
04/08 (Tue.) (playoff) Toronto at Minnesota
04/11 (Fri.) (playoff) Minnesota at Toronto
04/12 ??? (playoff) Buffalo at Vancouver
04/14 (Mon.) (playoff) Pittsburgh at Boston
04/16 (Wed.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/17 (Thu.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/19 (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota
04/20 (Sun.) (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota
04/22 (Tue.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/24 (Thu.) (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota
04/27 (Sun.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/29 (Tue.) (playoff) NY Islanders at Buffalo
05/01 (Thu.) (playoff) NY Islanders at Buffalo
05/03 (playoff) Buffalo at NY Islanders
05/06 (Tue.) (playoff) Philadelphia at Minnesota
05/08 (Thu.) (playoff) ?

Here's the updated list:

3=Barrie 12=Peterborough W=Winnipeg WFr. = Winnipeg (French) V=
Vancouver

10/13 Colorado at Toronto, Quebec at Montreal (ch. 12, W, WFr.),
Detroit at Edmonton (V)
10/20 Vanoouver at Toronto, NY Rangers at Montreal (W Fr.)
10/27 Detroit at Montreal, Washington at Vancouver (V)
11/03 Buffalo at Toronto, Philadelphia at Montreal (ch. 12, W, WFr.,
V)
11/10 Toronto at Winnipeg, St. Louis at Montreal (W Fr.)
11/17 Boston at Toronto
11/24 Chicago at Toronto, Vancouver at Winnipeg (W,V), Boston at
Montreal (W Fr.)
12/01 Philadelphia at Toronto, Hartford at Montreal (W Fr.)
12/08 NY Islanders at Toronto
12/15 Atlanta at Toronto, Montreal at Winnipeg (W, W Fr.,V)
12/22 Detroit at Toronto, Vancouver at Monteal (W, W Fr.,V)
12/29 Winnipeg at Toronto, Buffalo at Montreal (W Fr.), Quebec at
Vancouver (V)
01/05 Quebec at Toronto, Chicago at Montreal (ch. 12, W, W Fr.), Los
Angeles at Edmonton (V)
01/12 Vancouver at Toronto, NY Rangers at Winnipeg (W), Philadelphia
at Montreal (W Fr.)
01/19 Toronto at Montreal
01/26 Toronto at Edmonton, Buffalo at Montreal (W Fr.)
02/02 Chicago at Toronto
02/09 Los Angeles at Toronto, Vancouver at Montreal (chls. 3, 12, W, W
Fr.,V)
02/16 Hartford at Toronto, Pittsburgh at Montreal (W, W Fr.),
Washington at Vancouver (V)
02/23 Toronto at Winnipeg, Detroit at Montreal (W Fr.), Boston at
Vancouver (V)
03/01 Philadelphia at Toronto, Vancouver at Edmonton (W, W Fr.,V)
03/08 Quebec at Toronto, NY Rangers at Montreal (W, W Fr.)
03/15 NY Rangers at Toronto, Montreal at Edmonton (W, W Fr., V)
03/22 Buffalo at Toronto, Hartford at Montreal (W Fr.)
03/29 Edmonton at Toronto
04/05 Minnesota at Toronto, Boston at Montreal (ch. 12, W, W Fr.,V)
04/08 (Tue.) (playoff) Toronto at Minnesota
04/09 (Wed.) (playoff) Vancouver at Buffalo (V only)
04/11 (Fri.) (playoff) Minnesota at Toronto
04/12 (playoff) Buffalo at Vancouver
04/14 (Mon.) (playoff) Pittsburgh at Boston
04/16 (Wed.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/17 (Thu.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/19 (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota
04/20 (Sun.) (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota
04/22 (Tue.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/24 (Thu.) (playoff) Montreal at Minnesota
04/27 (Sun.) (playoff) Minnesota at Montreal
04/29 (Tue.) (playoff) NY Islanders at Buffalo
05/01 (Thu.) (playoff) NY Islanders at Buffalo
05/03 (playoff) Buffalo at NY Islanders
05/06 (Tue.) (playoff) Philadelphia at Minnesota
05/08 (Thu.) (playoff)

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