NHL on Hughes

NHL on Hughes is the de facto name of a TV program that broadcast National Hockey League games on the defunct independent Hughes Television Network during the 1979-80 season^[1]. Hughes broadcast Thursday night games^[2], the All-Star Game, some playoff games, and Games 1-5 of the Stanley Cup Finals^[3] (the final game, Game 6, was broadcast by CBS). The first broadcast involved the Atlanta Flames against the Chicago Blackhawks on January 25.

Playoff coverage

Round	Teams	Games	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
First round	Pittsburgh-Boston	Game 2
	New York Rangers-Atlanta	Game 4	Jiggs McDonald	Pete Stemkowski
Quarterfinals	Montreal-Minnesota	Game 6	Dan Kelly	Mickey Redmond
	Minnesota-Montreal	Game 7	Dan Kelly	Mickey Redmond
Semifinals	Buffalo-New York Islanders	Games 3, 6 (CBC's feed)	Dan Kelly (Games 3 and 6, second half) Bob Cole (Game 6, first half)	Pete Stemkowski Gary Dornhoefer (Game 6)
	Philadelphia-Minnesota	Games 3-4 (CBC's feed)	Dan Kelly (Games 3 and 4, second half) Jim Robson (Game 4, first half)	Pete Stemkowski (Game 3) Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Game 4)

References

1. ^ "Sports BRIEFING". Chicago Tribune. October 10, 1979. 
2. ^ "Hughes Network to Show Number of Hockey Games". New York Times. October 11, 1979. 
3. ^ Associated Press (May 13, 1980). "Games Will Be Televised". Reading Eagle: p. 22.