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. The program aired under the title The NHL '80. Hughes broadcast Thursday night games, the All-Star Game, some playoff games, and the first five games of the Stanley Cup Finals (the final game, Game 6, was broadcast by CBS). Hughes and the USA cable network technically, used CBC's Hockey Night in Canada feeds for the American coverage of the first five games of the Stanley Cup Finals. 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 	 	
First round 	New York Rangers-Atlanta 	Game 4 	Jiggs McDonald 	Pete Stemkowski
Quarterfinals	Buffalo-Chicago 	Game 3 	Dan Kelly 	Jim Craig
Quarterfinals	Montreal-Minnesota 	Games 6–7 	Dan Kelly 	Mickey Redmond
Semifinals 	Philadelphia-Minnesota 	Games 1, 3–4Game 4 used (CBC's feed)	Dan Kelly (Games 1, 3, and first half of Game 4)Jim Robson (second half of Game 4) 	Bill Clement (Game 1)Pete Stemkowski (Game 3)Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Game 4)
Semifinals 	Buffalo-New York Islanders	Games 3, 6 (CBC's feed) 	Dan Kelly (second half of both games)Jim Robson (first half of Game 3)Bob Cole (first half of Game 6)	Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Game 3)Gary Dornhoefer (Game 6)
===Stanley Cup Finals===
Videos:
Play-by-play 	Color commentator(s)
Bob Cole (Games 1–2; first half)Jim Robson (Games 3–4; first half and Game 5; second half)Dan Kelly (second half of Games 1–4, overtime in Game 1, and first half of game 5)	Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr.
==References==
Category:Hughes Television Network
Category:National Hockey League on television