List of Stanley Cup playoffs broadcasters (Original Six era)

The Original Six are the six teams (Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montréal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs) that composed the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 25 seasons between the 1942–43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. The name is something of a misnomer, since there were other NHL franchises that ceased operations before 1942, including some that were founded before some of the Original Six. The term dates from the 1967 expansion which added six new franchises; hence the six expansion teams and the "Original Six".
==Canadian television coverage==
In the 1952–53 season, CBC began televising Hockey Night in Canada as a simulcast to the radio calls, joining the games in progress either 30 minutes or 60 minutes after the opening faceoff. Until 1961, the CBC was the only operating television network in Canada. Not only that, it was likely that not all Toronto Maple Leafs and Montréal Canadiens playoff games were televised in the early years, including to their local markets.
Year	Round 	Series 	Games covered 	Play-by-play 	Color commentator(s)
1953	Semifinals	Montréal-Chicago 	Games 1–2, 5–7 (joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1954	Semifinals	Detroit-Toronto 	in Toronto (joined-in-progress) 	Foster Hewitt 	
1954	Semifinals	Montréal-Boston 	in Montréal (joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1955	Semifinals	Detroit-Toronto 	in Toronto (joined-in-progress) 	Foster Hewitt 	
1955	Semifinals	Montréal-Boston 	in Montréal (joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1956	Semifinals	Montréal-New York Rangers	Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1956	Semifinals	Detroit-Toronto 	Games 3–5 (joined-in-progress) 	Foster Hewitt 	
1957	Semifinals	Montréal-New York Rangers	Games 1–5 (Games 3–5 joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1958	Semifinals	Montréal-Detroit 	Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1958	Semifinals	New York Rangers-Boston 	Games 3, 6 (joined-in-progress) 	Foster Hewitt (Game 3)Danny Gallivan (Game 6) 	
1959	Semifinals	Montréal-Chicago 	Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1959	Semifinals	Boston-Toronto 	Games 1–7 (joined-in-progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Foster Hewitt
1960	Semifinals	Montréal-Chicago 	Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	
1960	Semifinals	Toronto-Detroit 	Games 1–6 (joined-in-progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Foster Hewitt
1961	Semifinals	Montréal-Chicago 	Games 1–6 (Games in Montréal are joined-in-progress)	Danny Gallivan 	Keith Dancy (in Montréal)
1961	Semifinals	Toronto-Detroit 	Games 1–5 (Games in Toronto are joined-in progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Foster Hewitt (in Toronto)
1962	Semifinals	Montréal-Chicago 	Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan 	Keith Dancy
1962	Semifinals	Toronto-New York Rangers 	Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Jack Dennett (Games 3–4)
1963	Semifinals	Toronto-Montréal 	Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress) 	Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)Danny Gallivan (in Montréal)	Guest sportswriters (in Toronto)Keith Dancy (in Montréal)
1963	Semifinals	Chicago-Detroit 	Game 6 	Bill Hewitt 	
1964	Semifinals	Montréal-Toronto 	Games 1–7 (Games 1–6 joined-in-progress) 	Danny Gallivan (in Montréal)Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)	Keith Dancy (in Montréal)Guest sportswriters (in Toronto)
1964	Semifinals	Chicago-Detroit 	Games 2, 5 (joined-in-progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Guest sportswriters
1965	Semifinals	Detroit-Chicago 	Games 2, 5, 7 (Games 2, 5 joined-in-progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Jim Morrison (Game 7)
1965	Semifinals	Montréal-Toronto 	Games 1–6 (joined-in progress) 	Danny Gallivan (in Montréal)Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)	Keith Dancy (in Montréal)Guest sportswriters (in Toronto)
1966	Semifinals	Montréal-Toronto 	Games 1–4 	Danny Gallivan (in Montréal)Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)	Keith Dancy (in Montréal)Brian McFarlane (in Toronto)
1966	Semifinals	Chicago-Detroit 	Games 5–6 	Bill Hewitt 	Brian McFarlane
1967	Semifinals	Chicago-Toronto 	Games 1–6 (Games 1–4, 6 joined-in progress) 	Bill Hewitt 	Brian McFarlane
1967	Semifinals	Montréal-New York Rangers	Games 1–4 	Danny Gallivan 	Dan Kelly (in Montréal)Dick Irvin, Jr. (in New York)
===Notes===
*1955 - Game 3 of the Detroit-Toronto series and Game 5 of the Boston-Montréal series were televised nationally.
*1956 - Game 4 of the Montréal-New York Rangers series was not the potential clincher, nor was it played in Montreal. Therefore, there was a possible chance that the game wasn't going to be televised.
*1957 - Games 1, 2, and 4 of the Montréal-New York Rangers series were likely not seen outside the Montreal region if not televised at all.
*1958 - Games 1, 2 and 3 of the Montréal-Detroit series were likely not seen outside Quebec.
*1959 - CBC's telecast of Game 7 of Boston-Toronto series at Boston Garden joins just before the start of the second period. The father-son duo of Bill and Foster Hewitt, both employed by the Toronto Maple Leafs, were simulcasting on Toronto's CKFH and CBC Radio, and one of them welcomed the television audience.
*1960 - In the May 28 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press, a Canadian Press article mentioned the fact that the CBC fielded numerous angry calls from viewers upset that CBC continued to televise all three overtimes of Game 3 of the Toronto-Detroit series. Because of this, the angry viewers missed several previously scheduled shows as the overtime continued on. The CBC said that the policy of telecasting each Stanley Cup playoff game to its conclusion would be enforced.
*1961 - Some semifinal games may not have been seen outside the Toronto or Montréal metro areas.
**This may have been the first time that all playoff games were televised somewhere across Canada.
*1962 - CBC's Winnipeg affiliate carried Game 3 of the Montréal-Chicago series at 8:30 p.m. Central time (9:30 p.m. Eastern time). Meanwhile, they aired The Ed Sullivan Show at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. Eastern), which included guest stars Wayne and Shuster. This was followed by Close-Up at 8 p.m. (9 p.m. Eastern), and then the hockey game in progress.
**On April 3, CBC's affiliates in and near Toronto aired The Garry Moore Show at 8 p.m. followed by Game 4 of the Toronto-New York Rangers game in progress at 9 p.m.
*1967 - Except Game 2 of the Chicago-Toronto series, all Stanley Cup playoff games on CBC were televised in color. The 1967 playoffs were the first time CBC televised NHL games in color.
==American television coverage==
There was no American network television coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs until 1965–66 (which also marked the first telecasts of an NHL game in color), the second to last season of the Original Six era. The earliest known American television coverage of any kind occurred in 1956, when Games 3 and 5 of the Montréal-New York Rangers playoff series were televised in the New York area on WPIX 11 at 9 p.m. local time. Bud Palmer worked play-by-play for those games on WPIX while and Jack McCarthy hosted from the studio.
Year	Round 	Series 	Games covered 	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1966	Semifinals	Games 2, 5	Chicago-Detroit	NBC 	Win Elliot 	Bill Mazer
1967	Semifinals	Game 5 	Chicago-Toronto	CBS 	Jim Gordon 	Stu Nahan
===Notes===
*1967 - CBS was scheduled to televise the Game 2 of the New York Rangers-Montréal series. However, an AFTRA strike forced cancellation of the telecast.
==References==
==External links==
*Stanley Cup Playoffs on CBC - Google Search
**Hockey Night in Canada
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