The hermit is not a rabid hockey fan, but he hopes the Leafs win so they have a chance finally to appear in the Stanley Cup championship early next summer. Hockey Night in Canada is the most popular television show in Canada, and the delight of it is that it is deservedly so because it is the best television show in Canada. For what it does, and how it does it, Hockey Night in Canada may well be the best television show in the world. When I was co-writing a book on media literacy with John Pungente, a Jesuit and world media scholar, I tried to encourage him to study some sports shows, like the World Series or the Super Bowl or Hockey Night in Canada . No such luck, for Father John is as far from being a jock as I am from being a rocket scientist.
Hockey is the fastest team game in the world.
Hockey Night in Canada is live, which means unscripted, which is television at its best. We saw much more live TV in the early days than we do now. I don't even know these guys' names. I had to call Andrew Lundy, the man in charge of CBC News Online's sports zone. No matter, Cuthbert and Neale displayed the same admirable skills.